Belleville News Democrat: State/Nation/World http://www.bnd.com/news/state/index.xml News, sports, and entertainment from Belleville News Democrat en-us Copyright 2008 Belleville News Democrat State/Nation/World 60 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:07:41 CST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys support@Belleville.com Rush Limbaugh endorses Clinton for Obama's cabinet http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/561468.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/561468.html Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:55 CST Rush Limbaugh has seldom been a fan of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. But the conservative radio pundit has given his blessing to her selection as the next secretary of state. Lights to be dimmed in Illinois for AIDS Day http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/560750.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/560750.html Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:12 CST Lights in the Illinois State Capitol rotunda in Springfield and at the Thompson Center in Chicago will be dimmed for 15 minutes on Monday to observe World AIDS Day. Battling cancer, Ted Kennedy to get Harvard honors http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/560954.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/560954.html Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:32 CST With Sen. Edward Kennedy battling a malignant brain cancer, admirers are showering accolades on the liberal lion for his decades of work in the U.S. Senate. Thousands of taxi drivers strike in Chicago http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/560756.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/560756.html Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:27 CST The head of a Chicago taxi driver advocacy group says about 3,500 of the city's 15,000 drivers stayed home from work on Sunday in a strike for increased fares. Illinois AG issues gift card guidance http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/560711.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/560711.html Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:28 CST The Illinois attorney general wants consumers to be cautious before they purchase gift cards for presents this holiday season. Blagojevich says park closures necessary http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/560675.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/560675.html Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:12 CST Gov. Rod Blagojevich says Illinois residents should know he didn't want to shutter seven state parks and a dozen historic sites, but he needed to make the closings to balance the budget. OBAMA license plates become target for NY thieves http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/561117.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/561117.html Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:02 CST A Long Island Democratic supporter says he's been driven to hide his OBAMA vanity license plates inside his car because people kept trying to steal them. Ill. Treasurer Giannoulias wants pensions pooled http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/560690.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/560690.html Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:50 CST Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias is proposing that the five state-funded pension systems be merged into a single new investment system. Husband of Mo. dispatcher on duty calls 911 to report their house on fire http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/560472.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/560472.html Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:50 CST Lisa Potter is glad she did not take the call. Officials: Obama set to introduce Clinton Monday http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/559785.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/559785.html Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:32 CST A deal with Bill Clinton over his post-White House work helped clear the way for Hillary Rodham Clinton to join President-elect Barack Obama's national security team as secretary of state, reshaping a once-bitter rivalry into a high-profile strategic and diplomatic union.