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Bill to allow concealed weapons on campuses dead (6/1)
The House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice voted 8-4 to defer the bill, which kills it for this session. One person prepared to testify against the bill was a victim of the shootings at Virginia Tech, where 32 students were killed.
Updated: 06/01/2011 11:59P
Search on for baby after kayak accident
CEDAR GROVE, Ind. (WISH) - Rescue teams were searching the Whitewater River in Franklin County on Wednesday afternoon for a 17-month-old Kentucky boy after the kayak he was riding in with his parents overturned. The boy's parents, Carmen D. Sickmeier
Updated: 06/01/2011 11:59P
A look at Illinois' new political maps
Redrawing the political maps comes just once a decade, but strongly shapes the politics and policy making in the decade that follows, says University of Illinois political scientist Brian Gaines. The new maps for Illinois are on the governor's desk
Updated: 06/01/2011 11:59P
Alki David Copyright Suit Against CNET Has Only One Movie, Five Songs
While he originally floated the idea of a class-action lawsuit against CBS, his current suit has several named plaintiffs but is not seeking class-action status. CBS told Wired.com, which reported on this filing earlier today, that it is “confident
Updated: 06/01/2011 11:59P
Flying debris takes many by surprise
Michelle Slyvester was just getting out of work at the Hampden County Hall of Justice late in the afternoon and had trouble comprehending what was unfolding right in front of her, "We were exiting the building at the I-91 part of the building at street
Updated: 06/01/2011 11:58P
Police lower speed tolerance for all public holidays
Police will be lowering their speed tolerance to 4kmh over the limit for all public holidays, starting this Queens Birthday weekend. "We believe that lowering the tolerance has made a real difference to the number of deaths on the roads over the
Updated: 06/01/2011 11:57P
Diocese Faces a Lawsuit and Other Criticisms Over Priest Child Porn Case
saying they believed Father Ratigan may be a "child molester." Also Wednesday, attorneys who say they represent a victim of ratigan, said they would file a lawsuit in federal court Thursday, naming Ratigan, Bishop Finn, and the Diocese.
Updated: 06/01/2011 11:57P
Neighborhood Rallies Around Family After Pool Tragedy
A Kansas City, Missouri, neighborhood is pulling together to comfort the family of a toddler who drowned in a tragic pool accident. Maxmiliano Hendrickson, 2, was found in his family's in-ground pool near 66th Terrace and Ward Parkway on Tuesday
Updated: 06/01/2011 11:57P
Family Mourns After Tragic Accident Kills Mother
A trip to Lawrence was supposed to mark the beginning of a new future for Jeff and Cindy Burnett of Lyndon, Kansas. They were on their way to visit their son and celebrate some happy news when a sudden, terrible tragedy struck, leaving Cindy Burnett
Updated: 06/01/2011 11:57P
Shooting suspect dead after standoff on South US 65
According to emergency radio traffic, there was a brief standoff with the subject near the MoDOT maintenance barn less than a mile north of the junction, but the man apparently returned to his vehicle, which was parked on the shoulder when George
Updated: 06/01/2011 11:57P
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