Hit and run driver charged in Wheeling pedestrian death
AP reports 39 year old Sheila Holub accused ofreckless homicide after striking 72 year old Donald Santowski as he walked to buy sandwiches and lottery tickets. She allegedly continued driving to B L s Liquor, bought whiskey beer and cigarettes, then drove home with a shattered windshield.
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409 vipers sent to zoo
Slade Kentucky AP report notes Jim Harrison owner of the Kentucky Reptile Zoo received 409 Malayan pit vipers as a gift from Abbott Laboratories. Abbott had acquired several thousand vipers in March when it bought Knoll Pharmaceutical. Knoll used the venom for stroke research, which was later discontinued.
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Naperville man gets four years for 1999 fatal DUI crash
Kirk Owens, 27, formerly of Belvidere, was sentenced to four years in prison after a 1999 drunk driving crash killed four members of a Michigan family. Boone County Judge J Todd Kennedy presided as Owens faced the sentence. Kane County’s top prosecutor said she had no good reason for leaving three messages on a friend’s answering machine suggesting a county job in exchange for campaign contributions to a political ally. Meg Gorecki testified Friday at an ICAC hearing of the state Supreme Court.
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Freedom rider from Texas journeys 2000 miles to aid 9 11 families
Leslie Nichols from Celeste Texas rides atop JJs Cowboy on a 2000 mile trek from San Antonio to New York to raise funds for police and fire service families killed in the Sept 11 attacks. He hopes to raise 2 million through raffle tickets and mile sponsorships while chronicling the trek on Americanposse.org.
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Bush appeals to Senate for economic plan
President Bush urged Congress to pass his stimulus package to aid those harmed by the recession and post attacks downturn. He backed extending 13 weeks of jobless benefits, Medicaid for uninsured workers, and grant money for job training while Democrats argued the plan falls short and favors corporate tax breaks. The GDP fell 1.1 percent from July to September, signaling a weaker economy.
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Gas War Drops Gas to 10 Cents a Gallon in Dayton
Two Dayton grocers Kroger and Meijers sparked a gas war with pumps outside, slashing prices to 10 cents a gallon by evening. Shoppers lined up as deputies managed traffic at the Meijer station and organizers said more than 1,000 people bought the fuel.
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