Southern Illinoisans split on Martha Stewart jail risk
A Southern Illinois online poll asks if Martha Stewart will serve time for SEC violations. About 75 percent think she will avoid prison, citing her money and legal representation, while others cite grand jury perjury concerns. SI Speaks notes the poll is non scientific and invites votes on a new question about an east west interstate.
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Martha Stewart
SI Speaks
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The Southern Illinoisan Editorial Board Details and Letters Policy
The Southern Illinoisan provides contact details for Publisher Dennis DeRossett and editors Meta Minton and Jeff Smyth. It lists newsroom tips and reader voice contact numbers for Carbondale Murphysboro and De Soto areas, Williamson County, and toll free lines. It also outlines subscriber services, ad placement contacts, and daily publication details plus letters policy including word limit and required signatures.
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Minton
Thesouthern
Carbondale Murphysboro
de Soto
Williamson County
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Poverty touches all in region, editor notes
META MINTON reflects on The Price of Poverty feature and readers' responses. She highlights a single mother's $14,000 income, subsidized by care and housing aid, yielding a near 36,000 annual support when counted in benefits. Community workers stress broader poverty causes and solutions, including literacy and job training through Even Start.
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Caleb Hale
Mogharreban
Illinois
Heartland Alliance For Human Needs and Human Rights
Southern Illinois
Chicago
Winkeler
Les Winkeler
What a typical day in freedom worldwide reveals
A digest of global repression across Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Nigeria, Morocco and Iran contrasts with a BBC poll showing broad unfavorable views of the United States. The piece argues Americans should recognize their own freedoms amid worldwide limits on press and protest, ending with a Creators Syndicate note.
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Kuwait
Mohammed Jassem
al- Watan
Washington Post
Persian Gulf
Jassem
Saudi Arabia
Jamal Khashoggi
People’s Republic of Vietnam
Pham Hong Son
U.S. State Department
Nigeria
Center For Law Enforcement Education
Nigerian Customs Service
Murtal Muhammed International
Morocco
Mohammed VI
Ali Lamrabet
Lamrabet
Iran
Ayatollah
Ali Khamenei
Tehran
British Broadcasting Corp
United States
Australia
Brazil
Britain
Canada
France
Indonesia
Israel
Jordan
Russia
South Korea
George W. Bush
U.S
Iraq
America
China
Syria
North Korea
Bits of Humor Headlines From Real Newspapers
A collection of serious seeming headlines with double meanings. Headlines include Cold wave linked to temperature and Red tape holds up new bridge, among others. Jim Davidson, a motivational speaker and syndicated columnist, shares the humorous angle and closes with common sense sayings for courteous interaction.
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Massachusetts
British Union
Lansing
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