Hawking at Cambridge Birthday Symposium and Pets Plates
Famed cosmologist Stephen Hawking celebrated his 60th birthday with a world science symposium at Cambridge's Centre for Mathematical Sciences. Gov. George Ryan signed pet friendly license plates for Illinois, starting June 1, costing 40 dollars more at purchase and 27 dollars on renewal. Monks laid a healing sand mandala in Washington to ease Pentagon attack pain, with daily chants through Jan. 27. Weather outlook: mostly cloudy on Sunday with highs near 40s and 40s on Sunday.
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Stephen Hawking
Centre For Mathematical Sciences
University of Cambridge
England
Hawking
George Ryan
Illinois
Washington
Arthur M. Sackler
Pentagon
Free on site drug test kits offered to Perry County parents
Perry County law enforcement offices offer on site Quick Screen Drug Test kits to parents at no cost. The FDA approved tests detect marijuana and cocaine and take about three minutes. Officials say tests are confidential with results not reported to medical or legal professionals and aim to help parents address potential drug use before escalation.
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Perry County
Food and Drug Administration
Keith Kellerman
Kellerman
Breese
Clinton County
du Quoin
Ken Dement
Pinckneyville
Tom Denton
David Stanton
Ed Yohnka
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Mistaken identity leads to Chicago parking ticket mix up
Harold Kniffen of Ewing, Franklin County, received a Chicago parking ticket for a 1973 Ford truck he says has not left the county in years. The notice claimed a March 20, 2001 violation at 2819 Drake St with a $25 fine and possible driver’s license suspension, though he asserts the truck has never traveled to Chicago.
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Harold Kniffen
Ewing
Kniffen
Chicago
Franklin County
City of
Department of Revenue
Drake St
Secretary of State
Salukis host UNI in MVC showdown at SIU Arena
Southern Illinois faces Northern Iowa in a key Missouri Valley Conference game at SIU Arena. UNI leads the league at 4-0, SIU sits 3-1, with 7 05 p m tipoff. Leading scorers are Sieverding for UNI at 19.3 and Williams for SIU at 17.8. The game is broadcast on WUEZ 95.1.
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Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
Northern Iowa
SIU
UNI
Salukis
Robbie Sieverding
Kent Williams
Sieverding
Williams
Mount Vernon
Widow waits for ring as Marine death toll rises
Pacific crash victims toll grows as families mourn. Jennifer Germosen planned to give her husband Staff Sgt. Scott Germosen a wedding ring upon his return from overseas. Aboard the crashed aircraft, six crew members died, prompting tributes across several states for service members and loved ones.
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San Diego
Jennifer Germosen
Scott Germosen
Pakistan
Germosen
Alyssa
Missouri
Daniel McCollum
Irma
S.C
Stephen L. Bryson
Montgomery
Ala
Bryson
Raymond Bryson
Mississippi National Guard
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Wash
Nathan P. Hays
Marine Corps
Jeannette L. Winters
U.S
Gary
Ind
Winters
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