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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 2012
Page
5
Detroit report says General Motors Co. posted 2011 record profit of 7.6 billion dollars after bankruptcy bailout, with leaner operations and cost cuts boosting sales worldwide. It reclaimed the title of world's largest automaker from Toyota under new management.
The hearing drew about 25 environmentalists including Ernest Reed of Heartwood. Attorneys criticized the Forest Service for past failures while supporters said the injunction has protected the forest and improved conditions. Gilbert will issue a decision after reviewing arguments from both sides.
Trading moderately active with hogs 270 to 700 pounds at 52.00 to 58.50 per hundredweight. Sows mostly 21.00, under 300 pounds steady, 300-400 pounds 27.00, 52.00, 400-500 pounds 58.00. Boars over 300 pounds and barrows and gilts noted. details fragmented in the offer.
Grain futures in Chicago showed mixed moves with corn rising to $6.3625 a bushel and soybeans sliding to $12.5825 a bushel while wheat and oats saw small declines. Prices reflect daily trading activity on the Board of Trade with March contracts highlighted.
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U S intelligence officials named al Qaida in Iraq as the likely perpetrator behind Syria’s deadly bombings amid an 11 month uprising. Clapper warned Assad’s fall could trigger a power vacuum enabling extremists to seize chemical stockpiles. Panetta called Syria crisis more serious for U S, citing al Qaida infiltration of opposition. U N General Assembly backed Arab League plan calling for Assad to step down.
A Washington DC group leads a lawsuit against the Illinois Department of Corrections demanding removal of soy from inmate diets. Judge Harold A. Baker allowed the case to proceed, with experts to be heard mid-April and a possible jury trial after mid-July. The suit notes Illinois as a major producer and exporter of soy and related products.
Shawnee district will receive a 2.04 million state grant matched by 1.5 million in local funds to add eight classrooms at the junior senior high. Superintendent Shelly Clover-Hill says the project will improve efficiency and curriculum alignment for a district with three buildings spaced 26 miles apart. Mount Vernon to replace aging high school with 47.6 million state funds. new two story, 95 classroom, 320 square foot facility opening fall 2015.
Governor Quinn said there will be several facility closures including the Jacksonville Developmental Center with more centers to shut down over the next two years. Lawmakers in affected areas say they have not been briefed, while critics fear closures of Choate Mental Health Center and youth and adult prisons. Quinn also outlined school construction funding in Marion Shawnee Mount Vernon districts to support about 4,000 construction jobs.
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