Hale SUC graduate charged in murder scheme
Hale, a SUC graduate, is accused in a federal indictment of soliciting murder against U.S. District Judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow in a case over the World Church of the Creator. The group, tied to white supremacist views, claimed branches in many states and countries, with Illinois pursuing charity registration violations.
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Hale
U.S
Joan Humphrey Lefkow
Lefkow
World Church of the Creator
Oregon
Te-Ta-Ma Truth Foundation
Patrick Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Riverton
Wyo
State of Illinois
Hale’s Group
Jim Ryan
Illinois
Unemployed Illinoisans Face Extended Benefit Bill Passages
A $7.2 billion unemployment extension cleared the House 416 to 4 and won Senate approval by voice vote. Rep. Shimkus cites need and GOP support. Democrats push for a longer 26 week plan. Cost totals rise with the additional extension as Durbin and Costello urge quicker action. The nation’s jobless rate hovered near six percent with December figures due.
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Senate
John Shimkus
Collinsville
Shimkus
David Scott
Congress
Jerry Costello
Dbelleville
U.S
Dick Durbin
Springfield
Illinois
Durbin
Costello
Labor Department
Associated Press
Court: U.S. can hold citizens overseas as enemies
A four circuit panel ruled that U.S. citizens abroad who take up arms against the United States can be held as enemy combatants without ordinary constitutional rights. The decision affirms the president's power to detain indefinitely those captured overseas or who aid terrorist attacks, while not yet deciding on Americans arrested on U.S. soil.
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Washington
U.S
4Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Richmond
Bush
County eyes reassessment after underassessed homes found
Perry officials report widespread underassessment of properties over the years. Officials say old assessment schedules misvalue homes, especially remodeled ones, and county plans a phased countywide reassessment over four years. The process could trigger substantial tax increases for many owners.
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Perry
Edwards
Danny Wildermuth
Dallas McGrady Wins Top Photog Honor in Quiz Race
In May 2002 US President Bush and Vladimir Putin agreed to cut nuclear stockpiles by two thirds. Dallas McGrady answers questions on the Merrimack River Chesapeake Bay and Yucca Mountain. He wins by correctly naming the Mexican and Argentine currency as pesos.
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U.S
George W. Bush
Vladimir Putin
Elsaid
Putin
Seth
Afghanistan
Dallas
el Said
Russia
Merrimack River
Chesapeake Bay
Yucca Mountain
Mexico
Argentina
Elsard
Winkler
U.S. States
Geography Bee questions stump Winkler School champs
Fourth and fifth graders at Winkler School in Carbondale tackled a National Geographic Society Geography Bee with ten challenging questions. Answers included Yorktown Montgomery Atlantic Ocean Maryland Georgia Mexico Nevada and Alaska St Louis Philadelphia and more, as students and staff praised the contestants before recess cake.
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Carbondale
National Geographic Society
Virginia
Alabama
Martin Luther King Jr
Merrimack River
Pemigewasset
Winnipesaukee
Chesapeake Bay
Georgia
Yorktown
Montgomery
The
Atlantic Ocean
Maryland
Mexico
Nevada
Alaska
St. Louis
Philadelphia
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Southern Illinois Unlimited
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Clinton
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