Evel Knievel faces aging pain and enduring fame
Evel Knievel at 67 battles lung disease stroke diabetes and numerous injuries yet remains a cultural icon. He depends on an oxygen tank takes 50 pills daily and uses fentanyl lollipops while preparing for Evel Knievel Days in Butte Montana. His legend endures as toys projects and a rock opera keep his memory alive.
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Clearwater
Fla
Evel Knievel
Derring-Do
Knievel
Caesars Palace
Billy Rundle
Robert Craig Knievel
Snake River Canyon
Idaho
Ideal Toys
eBay
State taps Google for Springfield web search upgrade
Illinois joins Google for General Assembly site searches paying 30000 to switch from Microsoft to Google. Tim Rice notes advanced search options and customization while citizens track legislation and see current status and prior assemblies. Other states also use Google based systems.
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Springfield
Illinois
Google Inc
General Assembly
Mountain View
Calif
Microsoft
Yahoo Inc
Tim Rice
Legislative Information System
Rice
Virginia
Massachusetts
Kentucky
Kansas
Trucker gets four year sentence in family death case
Illinois truck driver Nasko Nazov, 47, pleaded guilty to four counts of reckless homicide after a March 2004 crash near Baileyton that killed Edward Armstrong III, his wife Melissa, and their two children from Waynesboro Virginia. He also admitted forgery and license fraud. He faces four years total with parole possible after about 14 months.
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Greeneville
Illinois
Tennessee
Nasko Nazov
Greeneville Sun
Edward Armstrong III
Melissa Renee Armstrong
Edward Dean IV
Brittany Nicole
Waynesboro
Nazov
Macedonia
Downers Grove
Ill
Wisconsin
Interstate 81
Baileyton
Kingsport
Greene County Criminal Court
James E. Beckner
Nazor
Protesters obey new state funeral law at soldier's service
Across from Faith Lutheran Church in Shumway protesters aligned with the Westboro group did not disrupt as a 200-foot zone kept them from blocking entrances. Gov signed the law to protect mourners while preserving free speech and Lt. Gov Quinn praised the measure amid the funeral for Warrant Officer Christopher Donaldson, 28, from Effingham who died in Afghanistan.
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Shumway
Sara Phelps
Rod Blagojevich
Christopher Donaldson
Phelps
Fred Phelps
Westboro Baptist Church
Topeka
Kan
Faith Lutheran Church
Donaldson
Effingham
Afghanistan
10Th Mountain Division
Patriot Guard
Kyra Rose
Petersburg
Ind
Indiana
Kentucky
Illinois
Rose
Dave Burkham
Decatur
Burkham
Pat Quinn
Quinn
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