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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 03, 2012
Page
2
Washington zoo releases video showing Shanthi the 36 year old Asian elephant at the National Zoo using a harmonica attached to her stall. Keeper Debbie Flinkman calls her musically inclined as she taps, flaps ears, and moves along the instrument to create crescendos and changing notes.
A wolf dog hybrid named Chief, once ordered euthanized for aggression, will serve as a guard dog at Louisiana State Penitentiary after District Judge James Best signed an order turning the animal over to the state prison system. Chief had terrorized neighbors in Pointe Coupee Parish by escaping regularly.
Graduating students at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business confront supply and demand as some fail to pick up their three allotted graduation tickets. Officials distributed tickets weekly from April 23 and April 30, but late pickups led to tickets appearing for sale on eBay and Craigslist.
Eli Manning prepared to host Saturday Night Live following his second NFL championship. He declined offered hosting after his first title, fearing beating brother Peyton’s strong performance. Manning will perform 40 to 45 sketches, with scripts seen midweek, aiming for 12 to 13 final bits for live TV.
An unde termined cause fire ripped through a backlot facade at Tyler Perry Studios in southwest Atlanta. More than 100 firefighters battled the four alarm blaze that damaged the backlot street scene known as 34th Street with no injuries reported and only interior water damage noted.
Listing of latest lottery results across Illinois and Missouri including Pick 3 and Pick 4 for day and evening draws, Day Lotto, Lotto, Lotto jackpot, Mega Millions, Powerball and related jackpot amounts. Includes numbers drawn and current jackpot totals.
On May 3 1937 Margaret Mitchell won the Pulitzer for Gone With the Wind. Other notable events include Poland adopting a national constitution in 1791 and Washington DC becoming a city in 1802. The Derby, TV debuts, Thatcher’s victory, and key NASA and NBA milestones also appear.
Readers urged to report inaccuracies in The Southern via three listed phone lines, seeking corrections and timely fixes to published content.
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