Penguins Breed Amid World’s Largest Colony on Zavodovski Island
Two million emperor penguins converge to breed on Zavodovski Island in the South Sandwich Islands, home to the world’s largest penguin colony. The Discovery Channel’s The Blue Planet: Seas of Life airs over two nights at 8 p.m. A Columbus judge set a 500000 dollar bond for Robert Hedrick after he claimed to board a plane with a concealed knife. He faces a felony charge of carrying a weapon aboard an aircraft.
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South Sandwich Islands
Columbus, Ohio
Robert Hedrick
Hedrick
Columbus
US Airways
Greensboro
N.C
Angie Neal
Port Columbus International
Carbondale absorbs cable fee rise to shield residents
Carbondale will not raise cable bills this year as Mediacom planned a 25-cent monthly hike. The city will cover about 16,630 in franchise fees for 5,622 subscribers, averaging roughly 3 per year, while Mediacom pays the city about 132,000 in rights-of-way fees.
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Carbondale
Mediacom Communications
Jeff Doherty
Mediacom
FCC
Doherty
Gomez family ties music with ministry in Marion
Johnny and Elaine Gomez of Marion owners of WGGH radio have built a worldwide gospel ministry through concerts and broadcasts. They have performed for a broad audience from a church in Alaska to a 42,000 strong Fort Hood audience after the Gulf War and were guests at the 1989 World Pentecostal Conference in Singapore. They moved to Southern Illinois in 1992 after buying WGGH and have appeared on WTCT TV in telethons.
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Elaine Gomez
WGGH
Marion
Johnny and
Alaska
Fort Hood
Texas
Okinawa
Japan
Moscow
Russia
Republic of Singapore
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Johnny Gomez
Southern
Illinois
California
Gomezes
WTCT
Police arrest woman who abandoned baby
Royalton resident Lisa Williams, 29, was captured at the Franklin County Courthouse after attending a status hearing on her two week old son abandoned Jan 9 at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale. Deputies surrounded exits and arrested her without resistance following the hearing with attorney Terry Green present.
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Franklin County
Royalton
Lisa Williams
Memorial Hospital of
Carbondale
Williams
West Frankfort
Terry Green
Poshard Backs Vallas Candidacy for Illinois Governor
Former U.S. Rep. Glenn Poshard, a 1998 Democratic gubernatorial candidate, says he hopes Paul Vallas wins the party nomination. He stops short of an outright endorsement and clarifies he has not endorsed Blagojevich, noting prior statements to party leaders.
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U.S
Glenn Poshard
Illinois
George Ryan
Paul Vallas
Poshard
Blagojevich
The
Southern
Democratic Party
Lindh faces U.S. charges in Afghanistan conspiracy case
John Walker Lindh, shaved of hair and beard, appeared in Alexandria as he was charged with conspiring to harm Americans abroad and aiding extremist groups tied to Osama bin Laden. His lawyers criticized FBI questioning after his capture. Lindh said he understood the accusations and penalties.
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John Walker Lindh
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Lindh
United States
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al-Qaida
Taliban
FBI
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