March Dance Card preview in The Southern this Wednesday
Column previewing NCAA tournament coverage in The Southern, with questions about top seeds and potential Hotlanta teams. Also reports on UNC at Greeley intramural team The Fighting Whities protesting mascot stereotypes and a Wisconsin teacher objecting to Guinness World Records 2001 images deemed inappropriate for students.
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Weather outlook and daily forecast brief from The Southern Illinoisan
Outside today shows decreasing clouds with highs in the mid fifty s Light winds Tonight partly cloudy with a low around 40 Wednesday partly cloudy highs 60 to 65 The notice appears in the papers weather section and calendar listings for readers
Spirit of twin towers memorials light up New York
Six months after the September 11 attacks a memorial week marks the day with silence and a gashed sculpture at Battery Park while the 88-light Tribute in Light shines nightly near Ground Zero. The Sphere by Fritz Koenig, damaged but surviving, is placed as a temporary memorial with mayor Bloomberg calling for a lasting, heartfelt tribute.
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SIH chief denies sale amid regional hospital changes
SIH president and chief executive officer Dr. Thomas Firestone says Southern Illinois Healthcare is not for sale and has no plans to exit the health care business. He notes SIH consolidated six hospitals into one system to control costs, despite closures and upcoming sales of several facilities in Carbondale Murphysboro Benton West Frankfort Eldorado and ongoing Ferrell Hospital sale talks.
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Teens star in anti smoking TV film project
A group of 18 teens from Carbondale Murphysboro Marion and surrounding counties took part in a filmmaking project to deliver a delicate anti smoking message on Fox. Teen Sarah Cripps 15 said teens hear less from parents and respond to peer voices.
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Union denies racism claims by electrician in West Frankfort
Attorney for Illinois Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 302 says the union strongly denies race discrimination and retaliation claims raised by Marion electrician Ron Smart. Judge David Herndon ruled December 26 that Paschall Electric and Smart failed to prove discrimination. Smart appealed to the Seventh Circuit in Chicago.
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