US snowboarders sweep halfpipe at Winter Olympics
Ross Powers Danny Kass and JJ Thomas finished 1-2-3 in halfpipe snowboarding marking the first Winter Olympics sweep since 1956. Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze won Nagano silver to take gold in pairs figure skating. Kyoko Ina and John Zimmerman placed fifth in pairs. NBC coverage lists events across channels with weather forecast for the region.
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Anton Sikharulidze
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Tommy Creschin
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Salt Lake City
NBC
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Former rep seeks six year limit on Illinois leaders
Former Illinois representative Cal Skinner Jr proposes a constitutional amendment to cap a legislator’s time as a leader at six years. He argues long tenures by House Speaker Michael Madigan and Senate President James Philip concentrate power and enable back room deals. He cites rising taxes and special interests as outcomes.
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Cal Skinner Jr
Crystal Lake
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Dchicago
James “Pate” Philip
Wood Dale
Lee A. Daniels
Elmhurst
Emil Jones Jr
Chicago
Charges filed in Sparta killing
Randolph and Madison counties will seek the death penalty against Sparta man Ryan Parker 24 charged with first degree murder in the Dec 18 shooting of Sparta video store worker Randa Clarkson 39 and the Jan 5 killing of Granite City florist Edward Kirby 48 Both victims shot during robberies tied by a same 9 mm handgun Parker arrested at an Amoco in St Peters and held on 1 million bond pending extradition to Illinois The case cites robbery motives and similar circumstances across both killings.
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Sparta
Ryan Parker
Randa Clarkson
Granite City
Edward Kirby
N. Market St
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Amoco
St. Louis
Parker
St. Peters
Clarkson
St. Charles County
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Illinois
FBI issues new terror warning
The FBI issued a high level alert asking law enforcement and the public to watch for a Yemeni man Fawaz Yahya al Rabeei born 1979 and about a dozen associates from Saudi Arabia Yemen and Tunisia possibly planning an attack in the United States or against U.S. interests around February 12 2002. The notice urged detaining suspects labeled extremely dangerous and posted on www fbi gov while noting no Olympic targets were identified.
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Fawaz Yahya al-Rabeei
Saudi Arabia
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Tunisia
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Salt Lake City
Johnston City man embodies Lincoln in classrooms across region
Fred Stritzel 90, a retired coal miner, has portrayed Abraham Lincoln for 27 years. It began after a Montana elk hunt when he chose not to shave for a local church event. His Gettysburg address sparked school invites, leading to years visiting many classrooms in period costume with historic artifacts from local societies.
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Fred Stritzel
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Stritzel
Abe
Marion Historical Society
Huck Novara
Bryce Pulley
Jefferson School
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