Olympic speedskating and bobsled highlight Salt Lake events
Column covers USA speedskater Joey Keek leading in the 1000 meters and Team USA’s medal run extending to eight days. Former aluki Garrett ines and Todd ays aim to end a 6 year Olympic fever in bobsled as Norway’s Kjetil Andre Aamodt wins men’s super G. Tonight’s NBC NBC CNBC listings, weather outlook, and subscription details from The Southern Illinoisan.
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Privatized prison food service under scrutiny at Joliet Center
In Joliet Correctional Center, a private food service contractor faced near daily security problems over three months. Unlocked tool rooms, grapes and lemon juice for inmates, homemade hooch found, a supervisor attacking a guard, and frequent food shortages sparked union concern as privatization talk rose.
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Freedom Summer volunteer recalls a generation's work
SIU professor Jane Adams recalls her 1964 Freedom Summer days in Harmony Mississippi. Volunteers registered black voters opened centers and ran schools while threats loomed and leaders Chaney Goodman and Schwerner vanished. Adams describes training in Oxford and the fear then faith that kept moving civil rights forward.
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Bush vows not to blink in war on terrorism during Alaska stop
President Bush addressed fatigue clad U S soldiers at Elmendorf Air Force Base Alaska promising America will not blink in the fight against terrorism and Osama bin Laden He said he will carry the message to Asia during a three nation trip and raised 400 000 for the Alaska Republican Party The stop featured a large delegation including Colin Powell Frank Murkowski and Condoleezza Rice with Bush urging unity in a global war on terror.
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Death in Fire Hotly Investigated as Possible Homicide
Katherine Smith, 49, a Tennessee driver’s license examiner, died when a 1992 Acura Legend erupted in flames along a Piperton road. Witnesses reported a slow move before the crash, and investigators treated the scene as homicide though suicide remained possible. FBI probe links to terrorism surfaced as details emerged.
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