Army Reserve troops called to active duty in Illinois
DoD announced 281 Reserve soldiers mobilized in Illinois. Fifty from 6015th Garrison Support Unit in Forest Park, 216 from 733rd Ordnance Company in Canton, and 15 from Detachment 1 Joint Transportation Reserve Unit in Belleville. Springfield Bureau
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Springfield
Illinois
Department of Defense
6015Th
Forest Park
733Rd Ordnance Company
Canton
Joint Transportation Reserve Unit
Belleville
Ryan backs Peotone airport as Daley presses O'Hare plan
Gov. George Ryan said plans for a third airport or O'Hare expansion are on hold until aviation returns to normal. He supports a Peotone site about 40 miles south of Chicago, while Mayor Richard Daley favors expanding O'Hare.
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Chicago
O'Hare International Airport
George Ryan
Ryan
Peotone
Richard Daley
O’hare
ComEd rate cut drives 20 percent electric bill drop
Chicago based Commonwealth Edison customers saw a 20 percent rate reduction take effect. The cut translates to about $40 annual savings per customer, with Citizens Utility Board projecting a $1.25 billion total savings by year end through the nationwide deregulation measure.
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Chicago
Commonwealth Edison
Citizens Utility Board
Assessor seeks relief on county property tax bills
St. Clair County Assessor Percy McKinney called on Illinois officials to trim house prices used to compute tax multipliers. He asked the Illinois Department of Revenue to discount several property values in St. Clair County townships to ease rising bills.
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Belleville
St. Clair County
Percy McKinney
McKinney
Illinois Department of Revenue
Ben Affleck cited for speeding in Georgia on interstate
Ben Affleck was stopped by sheriff's deputies after being clocked at 114 mph on a Georgia interstate. He paid a 1114 dollar fine and was released without arrest. In other news, President Bush announced he will appoint longtime on-air host Robert Reilly, a Reagan era figure, as director of Voice of America.
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Ben Affleck
Sheriff's
Georgia
Affleck
Pearl Harbor
Bush
Robert Reilly
Voice of America
Supreme Court declines to hear racial profiling case
The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by upstate New York residents who allege they were rounded up or questioned due to their race after a 1992 burglary and attack. The case highlighted tensions over police stops and constitutional equal protection amid post 9 11 anxieties. The denial leaves unresolved questions about guidelines for minority arrests and questioning.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New York
Kevin Johnson
University of California-Davis
Oneonta
Illinois worker's sex case bypassed by high court
The Supreme Court refused to hear Antonio Contreras's appeal claiming Suncast Corp. should have accommodated his sex related disability after he could only have sex twice a month following a 1995 injury at an Illinois plant. The 7th Circuit upheld that no evidence showed his condition limited him compared to others. the case paused with Contreras ordered to pay about $5,000 in Suncast's legal costs.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Antonio Contreras
Illinois
Suncast Corp
Batavia
Contreras
7Th Circuit
Warning sirens go silent statewide amid terrorism aftershock
Illinois emergency officials suspend 10 am siren tests and EAS radio checks to reduce panic following the Sept 11 attacks. Mike Chamness urges sirens for emergencies only as agencies monitor guidance, with local authorities deciding to heed the advice. Citizens are advised to monitor television or radio for instructions.
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Illinois Emergency Management Agency
Chamness
Illinois
Chris Tamminga
First Black Eastern Illinois President Rebounds From Cancer
Carol Surles, the first black woman to lead Eastern Illinois University, resumes life in Pensacola after cancer remission. She plans further surgery at MD Anderson in Houston, while reflecting on her achievements at EIU and noting UW Pensacola seeks a new president. Surles, 54, lives at Perdido Key and aims to stay involved locally.
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Carol Surles
Eastern Illinois University
Perdido Key
Pensacola
Fla
Pensacola, Fla
Eastern Illinois
Texas Women’s University
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston
Surles
University of West Florida
Pensacola News Journal
Barrier Island
South
Booker T. Washington High School
Pensacola High School
Fisk University
Nashville
University of Michigan
Allan Hancock College
Santa Maria
Calif
Michigan
University of Central Florida
California State University
Texas Women’s College
Denton
Texas
Charleston
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See
Mike Chamness
Louis Hertter
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Dish Network
SABIN
Dishnetwork.com
Ya Edi Bee
W.dishnetwork.com
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Eeay
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Southernillinoisan.com
Nme
Troy L. Bell
Horner Rausch Optical
Dr. Davis
Calvin Klein
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DKNY
NZOD
Lanvin Studio
Kenneth Cole
Polo
Oshkoshe
Cazal
Fisher Price
Chaps
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Diva
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EON Tele Eyel
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