Rural doctor shortages persist as visa waivers halt arrivals
Rural Illinois faces doctor shortages after Sept. 11 as visa waivers for foreign physicians are blocked. University of Illinois experts warn rural areas may miss newly funded anti terrorism health programs while officials cite background check authority concerns.
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Springfield
Illinois
Paul E. McNamara
University of Illinois
Illinois Rural Health Association
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Judith A. Cooksey
Illinois Center For Health Workforce Studies
Scaffolding Collapse at John Hancock Center Kills Three
Chicago officials said no warnings were received about the John Hancock Center scaffold before it collapsed in high winds. Three women died as cars were crushed when a section of scaffold fell from the 48th floor around 1 45 pm Saturday. Investigators will determine if the scaffold was secured properly and whether city code violations occurred.
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Chicago
John Hancock Center
Robert Cargie
911
Larry Langford
911 Center
Dorothy Conger
Hancock
Conger
Nanatta Cameron
Melissa Cook
Jill Semplinski- Nelson
Olathe
Kan
Andrew Neilly
Shorenstein Co
Building Commission
Kristen Lobbins-Cabanban
Lobbins-Cabanban
Signs Return for Election Season in Central Illinois
In Peoria and across central Illinois, two statewide GOP candidates, Patrick O MALLEY for governor and Robert Steigmann for the Supreme Court, use Burma Shave style serial signs posted on highways. The Champaign County Rifle Association owns the signs, repainted for the campaigns, with over a dozen sets along interstates and more than 581000 daily passing motorists.
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Peoria
Illinois
Patrick O’malley
Appeals Court
Robert Steigmann
Supreme Court
Champaign County Rifle Association
O’malley
Steigmann
Dan Prost
University of Illinois
Champaign-Urbana
Prost
Tom Menner
Champaign County Rifle Association Board
Signs seen on the road in statewide primary jingles
The article lists roadside signs for statewide offices featuring jingles for Robert Steigmann, Republican candidate for the Supreme Court, and Patrick O Malley, gubernatorial hopeful. It notes gun rights messaging with a jingle, Guns are neither good nor evil, How they're used depends on people, and promotes Gunssavelife.com.
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Gunssavelife.com
Tightened security eases tension at Sears Tower
In Chicago the Sears Tower has bolstered security after Sept 11 with red white and blue barriers metal detectors and X ray machines. Security staff more than doubled and include armed off duty police. Bomb sniffing dogs scan trucks and packages while plans call for elevator access turnstiles for tenants.
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Chicago
Sears
Spencer
Starr
Woman allegedly e mails threats to public officials
Addison woman Donna Kasprzak 27 was charged with threatening public officials in an e mail on March 5 from Lombard. Police say she threatened Gov George Ryan Chicago Mayor Richard Daley President Bush and others, prompting a Secret Service probe with state police assistance.
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Donna Kasprzak
George Ryan
Chicago
Richard M. Daley
Lombard
Kasprzak
Ryan
Daley
Bush
U.S. House
J. Dennis Hastert
Bill
John McCain
R-Ariz
U.S. Secret Service
Alleged vandal charged with storing cyanide in CTA tunnel
Joseph Konopka, linked to a Wisconsin vandal group, faced federal charges for storing sodium and potassium cyanide in a Chicago Transit Authority underground passageway under Dearborn Street. FBI said he admitted keys to substations and involvement in property damage since spring 1997. a juvenile companion was also arrested for trespassing.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Joseph Konopka
Chicago Transit Authority
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Konopka
U.S
Edward A. Bobrick
FBI
University of Illinois-Chicago
UIC
CTA
Ameritech
Dear
Polls show Madigan lead narrows in attorney general race
Chicago poll finds Lisa Madigan at 44 percent and John Schmidt at 32 percent among likely Democratic primary voters with 22 percent undecided for the March 19 contest. Schmidt cut Madigan’s former 26 point edge. Coleman gains on Republican Joseph Birkett with 31 percent support.
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Chicago
John Schmidt
Lisa Madigan
Chicago Tribune
Wgn-Tv
Madigan
Illinois
Michael Madigan
Schmidt
U.S. Justice Department
Robert Coleman
DuPage County
Joseph Birkett
Birkett
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