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Drivers, cars ill-equipped when panic sets in
DETROIT -- You're driving down the highway and suddenly your car starts accelerating on its own. Knuckles white, going from 60 to 90 miles an hour in a couple of seconds, you do what comes naturally -- hit the brakes. But what if the car keeps going?
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Heartland names 3 finalists in presidential search
NORMAL -- Heartland Community College has named three finalists in its presidential search.
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Winter storm warning canceled, but beware blowing snow
BLOOMINGTON -- The winter storm warning for the McLean County area has been canceled but has been replaced by a snow/blowing snow advisory.
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Lack of prison firings a surprise to House speaker
SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Pat Quinn should have fired state prison officials responsible for a secret early release program, House Speaker Michael Madigan said Tuesday.
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Normal Days Inn bought by mortgage holder in foreclosure sale
NORMAL -- The Days Inn, 202 Landmark Drive, was sold Tuesday to the company that holds its mortgage.
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Toyota recalls 437,000 Priuses, hybrids globally
TOKYO -- Toyota is recalling 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems -- the latest embarrassing safety lapse at the world's largest automaker.
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Arrests made in vehicle shootings with BB gun
BLOOMINGTON -- Bloomington police have arrested four people in connection with a rash of BB-gun shootings. Authorities said more charges are possible.
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Bloomington OKs $1.5 million street resurfacing program
BLOOMINGTON -- A $1.5 million street resurfacing program will not solve all of the city's headaches, but officials hope it will make a few of the city streets a little less bone-jarring.
Feb 08, 2010 | 10:20 pm | Loading…
Performance troupe turns tragedy into art
DWIGHT -- Josh Jahn uses the silence of an empty house to make a loud statement about personal choice.
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School considers cutbacks in light of uncertain state aid
PONTIAC -- Pontiac Township High School is still projected to end the fiscal year in the black, but uncertainties with the state may lead the district to make cuts for next year.
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Olympia to change physical ed program
STANFORD -- Students at Olympia High School will do more than play badminton and basketball in physical education classes next year.
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Lincoln mourns death of 29-year-old alderman
LINCOLN -- A 29-year-old Lincoln alderman who died unexpectedly after less than a year in office was being mourned Monday as someone who already was having an impact on the city.
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Local church members rummage through ashes at Crossroads Chapel
BLOOMINGTON -- The Rev. Mark Wallace spent Monday rummaging through the smoky, charred building that had housed Crossroads Chapel for the past 16 years.
Feb 08, 2010 | 6:25 pm | Loading…
Candidates already lining up to replace Lt. Gov. nominee
SPRINGFIELD -- The race to replace Democratic lieutenant governor nominee Scott Lee Cohen on the general election ballot could become even more crowded than the original field of six candidates who vied for the office.
Feb 08, 2010 | 4:00 pm | Loading…
Lawyer: Stacy Peterson mulled extorting Drew
JOLIET -- Days before a former suburban Chicago police officer's fourth wife vanished in 2007, she told a divorce attorney that her husband thought she suspected he had killed his previous wife and suggested extorting money from him to keep quiet, the lawyer testified Monday.
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Officials: Cutting $4M from city budget not 'daunting task'
BLOOMINGTON -- Bloomington took its lumps early in the recession, so city officials said Monday that the possibility of cutting $4 million from the city budget is not a daunting task.
Feb 08, 2010 | 10:25 pm | Loading…
Pontiac inmate allegedly used dummy in escape attempt
PONTIAC -- A Pontiac Correctional Center inmate faces escape charges after trying to use a dummy to fool guards.
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Woodland board meeting explains next year's shortages
SOUGH STREATOR -- A Woodland school board meeting called Monday night to explain next year's expected shortages in state funding quickly turned into a discussion of more than $200,000 overpaid to some teachers over a four-year period.
Feb 08, 2010 | 10:20 pm | Loading…
Woman wins $17.87 million asbestos lawsuit
BLOOMINGTON - An asbestos-exposure lawsuit yielded a $17.87 million verdict Monday in favor of a woman who worked at a Bloomington factory in the 1960s.
Feb 08, 2010 | 9:15 pm | Loading…
Prosecutor: DNA testing produces no surprises in Whalen case
BLOOMINGTON — Results of DNA testing on several items of evidence related to the 1991 murder conviction of Donald Whalen produced no surprises, a prosecutor said Monday.
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Two people displaced after Fairbury fire
FAIRBURY -- No one was injured during a house fire early Saturday morning in Fairbury, but a tenant and the homeowner were displaced.
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Today's Events
Local
- Heartland names 3 finalists in presidential search New
- Winter storm warning canceled, but beware blowing snow
- Normal Days Inn bought by mortgage holder in foreclosure sale
- Arrests made in vehicle shootings with BB gun
- Bloomington OKs $1.5 million street resurfacing program
- Performance troupe turns tragedy into art
- School considers cutbacks in light of uncertain state aid
- Olympia to change physical ed program
- Lincoln mourns death of 29-year-old alderman
- Local church members rummage through ashes at Crossroads Chapel
- Candidates already lining up to replace Lt. Gov. nominee
- Officials: Cutting $4M from city budget not 'daunting task'
- Pontiac inmate allegedly used dummy in escape attempt
- Woodland board meeting explains next year's shortages
- Woman wins $17.87 million asbestos lawsuit
Illinois
- Lack of prison firings a surprise to House speaker New
- Man says he was asked to kill Peterson's ex-wife
- Candidates already lining up to replace Lt. Gov. nominee
- Lawyer: Stacy Peterson mulled extorting Drew
- Whoops: New law accidentally bars farmers from using ATVs
- High winds, 10 inches of snow expected in Illinois
- Iowa man accused of murder conspiracy
- Ill. universities make plea for state money
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- Central Ill. schools, roads feel winter blast
- Young central Ill. alderman dies after surgery
- Discrimination suit against Ill. college tossed
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National
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- Another major storm headed to snowy Mid-Atlantic
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- Court halts rules on Edwards sex tape retrieval
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