http://www.bnd.com/homepage/index.xml News, sports, and entertainment from Belleville News Democrat en-us Copyright 2008 Belleville News Democrat Homepage 60 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:55:46 CST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys support@Belleville.com http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/566403.html http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/566403.html Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:55 CST The government would order a major restructuring of Detroit's struggling Big Three auto companies in exchange for a multibillion-dollar bailout under a plan circulating in Congress. http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/566253.html http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/566253.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:17 CST Gas prices have jumped 20 cents a gallon in the metro-east. http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/565352.html http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/565352.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:47 CST Few steelworkers who were arriving at U.S. Steel Corp.'s Granite City Works on Wednesday were surprised that the steel mill was temporarily halting production. http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/564720.html http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/564720.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:11 CST U.S. automakers are returning to Congress for high-stakes hearings they hope will persuade skeptical lawmakers to save their troubled industry with $34 billion in emergency aid, but a top Senate Democrat wants to hand their problem to the Federal Reserve. http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/563624.html http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/563624.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:38 CST U.S. Steel Corp. announced Tuesday that it must lay off more workers at its Granite City plant as it temporarily suspends operations there and at two other Midwest mills. http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/563583.html http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/563583.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:47 CST The state multiplier, which jacked up property tax bills by nearly 29 percent for city homeowners and businesses, will be waived for the Casino Queen, reducing the gambling boat's bill by $1.16 million, a county official said. http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/563203.html http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/563203.html Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:54 CST Humbled and fighting for survival, Detroit's once-mighty automakers appealed to Congress with a retooled case for a bailout as large as $34 billion Tuesday, pledging to slash workers, car lines and executive pay in return for a federal lifeline. GM and Chrysler said they needed an immediate cash infusion to last 'til New Year's, and warned they could drag the entire industry down if they fail. http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/562177.html http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/562177.html Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:18 CST The City Council on Monday unanimously approved an offer to take over sewer service for Allsup Inc. from Stookey Township and reimburse the township for the increased property tax revenue it will lose when the city annexes Allsup's land. http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/562258.html http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/562258.html Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:13 CST Former Southwestern Illinois College President Elmer Kirchoff still is being paid his full salary, nearly five months after a new president took over. http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/562246.html http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/562246.html Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:05 CST Jerry Coombs had just been named aircraft commander at Scott Air Force Base in September 1987 when he found out he was HIV-positive. http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/561145.html http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/561145.html Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:11 CST The stock market suffered one of its worst days since the financial meltdown Monday, slicing 680 points off the Dow Jones industrial average as Wall Street snapped out of its daydream of a rally and once again faced the harsh reality of a recession. http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/561424.html http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/561424.html Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:21 CST President-elect Barack Obama announced Monday that Robert Gates would remain as defense secretary, making President Bush's Pentagon chief his own as he seeks to wind down the U.S. role in Iraq. Obama picked former campaign rival Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state. http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/560920.html http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/560920.html Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:50 CST The metro-east saw a few snowflakes Sunday. http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/560400.html http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/560400.html Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:00 CST Consider how a city looks to a terrorist seeking targets. http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/560531.html http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/560531.html Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:59 CST The Miami Dolphins kept the St. Louis Rams out of the end zone, even with Steven Jackson back in the lineup. http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/559994.html http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/559994.html Sun, 30 Nov 2008 04:46 CST As the number of needy families increases in the metro-east, the resources of food pantries and charities are being stretched thin. http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/559996.html http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/559996.html Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:12 CST The East St. Louis Flyers state championship drought is a thing of the past. http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/559608.html http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/559608.html Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:51 CST East St. Louis junior quarterback Detchauz Wray fired three second-half touchdown passes to lead a furious Flyers rally as they captured their seventh state football title Saturday with a 33-14 win over Geneva in the Class 7A championship game at Memorial Stadium. http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/558978.html http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/558978.html Sat, 29 Nov 2008 05:21 CST Thousands of shoppers hit the streets and the stores early Friday morning to try to find the best deals on Christmas presents and treats for themselves. http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/557735.html http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/557735.html Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:38 CST Shoppers, who had snapped their wallets shut since September, turned out in force Friday to grab early morning deals and hard-to-find toys like Elmo Live, but many said worries about the economy have them focusing on fewer gifts and less expensive, more practical items. http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/557796.html http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/557796.html Fri, 28 Nov 2008 05:16 CST Hettie Jordan, 82, tilted her smiling face towards the sun and thanked the stranger who helped her bring several packaged Thanksgiving dinners to her car. http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/557440.html http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/557440.html Fri, 28 Nov 2008 05:41 CST ST. LOUIS -- The Belleville East Marching Lancers took first place and Mater Dei High School placed fourth on Thursday in the 2008 AmerenUE Thanksgiving Day Parade after competing with area bands. http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/556810.html http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/556810.html Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:01 CST Black Friday is expected to bring retailers out of the red this year, but they still could have a blue Christmas. That’s if people spend only slightly more or even less this year on holiday gifts because of the down economy, as some analysts predict. http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/555504.html http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/555504.html Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:45 CST Travelers breezed through airport terminals Wednesday and drivers cruised open roads, the effects of a sour economy blamed for keeping people closer to home at the start of the annual Thanksgiving rush. http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/554997.html http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/554997.html Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:33 CST A Missouri mother on trial in a landmark cyberbullying case was convicted Wednesday of only three minor offenses for her role in a mean-spirited Internet hoax that apparently drove a 13-year-old girl to suicide.