Salukis Fall Twice In MVC Tourney Elimination Game
Wichita State used three pitchers to limit SIU to four hits in each game as the Salukis suffered two straight losses in the MVC tournament elim final. SIU coach Dan Callahan lamented after the exits, noting the team’s progress from previous seasons and four seniors ending college careers.
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Salukis
MVC
Callahan
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Sal Frisella
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Memorial Day honors families of servicemen slain in battle
In Chicago, Illinois and Indiana families of servicemen killed in Iraq and elsewhere attend a Memorial Day tribute. Joint Chiefs chair Richard Myers leads a pre parade ceremony, praising military sacrifice since 9 11 and reaffirming resolve in the war on terror. Families recall lost sons and praise Chicago for reviving its Memorial Day parade in 1998.
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Illinois
Indiana
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Hobart
Ind
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Richard Myers
Myers
Greg
Sanders
Iraq
Afghanistan
Jerry Skibinski
Minooka
Eric Das
Air Force
Amarillo
Texas
Skibinski
Daley Plaza
Illinois House passes death penalty reform package
A House backed package aims to curb arbitrariness in capital cases with safeguards. It includes decertifying perjuring officers, sharing evidence with the defense, banning executions for IQ under 75, and line up reforms. Senate action pending.
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House
George Ryan
Illinois
Ryan
Senate
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Rod Blagojevich
Blagojevich
Tom Cross
Roswego
John J. Cullerton
Chicago
John J. Millner
Carol Stream
Millner
Scott Rueter
Macon County
Rueter
Jane Bohman
Illinois Coalition Against
Bohman
Senate approves two nominees to Illinois departments
The Senate confirmed Roger Walker Jr. as director of the Department of Corrections by 58 to 0, with a start date of June 2 and a $127,600 salary. Former Rep Charles A. Hartke was approved as director of the Agriculture Department by 58 to 0, after serving as acting director, with a $113,200 salary and focus on minority hiring and mad cow disease monitoring.
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Senate
Macon County
Illinois Department of Corrections
Department of Agriculture
Roger Walker Jr
Department of Corrections
Walker
Rod Blagojevich
Ernesto Velasco
Blagojevich
Cook County
Charles A. Chuck Hartke
Dteutopolis
Hartke
Agriculture Department
Canada
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