Exelon gains big boost at four Illinois nuclear plants
Federal approval to raise Dresden 2 and 3 output by 17 percent and Quad Cities 1 and 2 by 17.8 percent lifts each plant to 912 megawatts. Exelon plans ramp up to 900 plus megawatts across Illinois reactors by 2005 amid deregulation.
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Washington
Exelon Generation Co
Illinois
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Dresden
Morris
Quad Cities
Moline
Pennsylvania
Wallach
Steve Kerekes
Nuclear Energy Institute
Wall Street
Danielle Seitz
Salomon Smith Barney
Exelon
Dresden 2
Rantoul considers pet limit with breed exemptions in draft ordinance
Village officials weigh a proposal restricting to three animals older than four months per household and one breeding female within the limit. Extra pets face 100 dollar fines, with licenses and show-dog or show-cat exceptions for certified owners. Exemptions apply for zoos and schools. Springfield murders jump in 2001 doubling from 6 to 15, police cite varied motives and note several cases unsolved.
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Rantoul
Humane Societies
Springfield
William Pittman
Man crashes van into CTA bus killing himself and injuring child
A 34 year old Chicago man David Heatherly drove a van into a CTA bus and killed himself while seriously injuring his 3 year old son who remained in serious but not life threatening condition. Police tied threats to the boy to the crash. No bus passengers were hurt. Illinois Supreme Court candidate Robert Steigmann will keep airing ads using Chief Illiniwek despite university objections over trademark and endorsement concerns.
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Chicago Transit Authority
David Heatherly
Chicago
Heatherly
Dennis Walsh
Illinois Supreme Court
Robert Steigmann
Chief Illiniwek
University of Illinois
Steigmann
Ageless Wonder Climbing Everest Stays in Chicago
Ageless Al Hanna trains on a Lincoln Park hill with 60 pound pack five days a week to climb Mount Everest, aiming for May. He is near 72, older than the previous age record holder, and faces steep costs and sleep deprivation as he pursues a dream.
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Chicago
Death Valley
al Hanna
Lincoln Park
Hanna
Sherman Bull
Connecticut
Richard Oglesby
Illinois
Gordon Janow
Alpine Ascents International
Seattle
Vernon Tejas
Anchorage
Tejas
Mount
Everest
Kidnapping suspect approves transfer to Chicago hearings
Sheila Matthews, accused of kidnapping 16 month old Jasmine Anderson from a Greyhound terminal, waives Charleston hearings and agrees to transfer to Chicago for preliminary and detention hearings. Public defender later says Matthews prefers Chicago hearings to speed trial. She appeared in federal court in Charleston in chains.
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Charleston
W.va
Chicago
Sheila Matthews
Matthews
Jasmine Anderson
Williamson
U.S
Mary Stanley
Mary Lou Newberger
Racehorse Ambro Mackintosh Returns as Illinois Breeding Stallion
AP report describes Ambro Mackintosh, a former top pacing racehorse sidelined by a hoof injury, resurging at the University of Illinois veterinary college as a prized sire. The 10 year old bred 150 mares last year and 240 the prior year at 2000 dollars per insemination, with the school sharing fees with the owner. Illinois alumnus Carl Becker, who owns Fair Meadow Farm, bought him for 100000 dollars after discovering his bloodline potential following an obscure retirement in New Jersey.
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Urbana
University of Illinois Veterinary College
Illinois
Carl Becker
Fair Meadow Farm
Altamont
Ambro Mackintosh
New Jersey
Becker
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Clearchannel
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