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Former Brooklyn cop charged with DUI, impersonating an officer

A former Brooklyn police officer was stopped in Caseyville at 1:25 a.m. Saturday and later charged with driving under the influence and impersonating a police officer.

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Lottery will determine where candidates are listed on St. Clair County ballot

A lottery to determine the order candidates will be listed on the ballot for the March 18 general primary election will be held Wednesday in St. Clair County. 9 minutes ago

Crime

An 18-year-old was shot to death and found in front of a house in the 1400 block of North 44th Street, East St. Louis Assistant Police Chief Ronald Ike said. He said police have no suspects or motive. Illinois state police crime scene investigators were on the scene Friday morning.

Teen found shot dead in the snow in East St. Louis

Ambulance workers found a dead teen, face down in the snow and in a pool of blood early Friday.

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A pile of debris and bricks on the back wall of the Taxes Et Al building Wednesday in East St. Louis.

Businessman discovers someone was tearing his building down, brick by brick

It's unlikely Superman broke through, so why is there a gaping hole in a downtown building? And the owner wants to know why no one in City Hall or police knows who was tearing his building down.

Sports

Dupo football coach is Tim Nelson had to step down from his position eight games into his first season after being diagnosed with rectal and colon cancer.

Former Dupo football coach is in the fight of his life

Tim Nelson headed into his first year of coaching football at Dupo High School with tons of optimism.

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In this October 2012 photo provided by The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Emily Whitehead is checked by pediatric oncologist, Dr. Stephan A. Grupp, at the hospital. In early 2012, she was the first child given gene therapy for acute lymphocytic leukemia and shows no sign of cancer today, nearly 21 months after.

Gene therapy scores big wins against blood cancers

In one of the biggest advances against leukemia and other blood cancers in many years, doctors are reporting unprecedented success by using gene therapy to transform patients' blood cells into soldiers that seek and destroy cancer. 2 hours ago

State|Region

A runner makes his way down Main Street, despite the cancellation of the St. Jude Memphis Marathon, in Memphis, Tenn. Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013. The weather forced the cancellation of the marathon, which expected to include 20,000 runners.

Sleet, ice, deep-freeze hit large swath of US

A powerful storm system that spread hazardous snow, sleet and freezing rain widely across the nation's midsection rumbled toward the densely populated Eastern seaboard on Sunday, promising more of the same. 3 minutes ago

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In this image from TV, Christo Brand the Robben Island jailer talks to The Associated Press Saturday Dec. 7, 2013, in his Cape Town home, about former South African President Nelson Mandela who was assigned to guard Mandela from 1978 until his release in 1990. Mandela was convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment in 1964. The former Robben Island warder Brand said "I want to say Mandela was my prisoner. He became my friend, and was also like a father to me". During the interview Brand recounted a meeting with Mandela during political negotiations to build a new constitution for South Africa, when Mandela saw Brand and said to the assembled members of parliament making a big announcement to everyone, "You know who is this person? This person was my warden, this person was my friend." I feel very humble, I feel very small at that moment said Brand, during a photo session Brand stood on the side but Mandela said, "No, no, you must stand next to me, we belong together." (AP Photo / APTN) TV OUT

Mandela's jailer praises the anti-apartheid icon

He was with Nelson Mandela during all those years the anti-apartheid icon was imprisoned on Robben Island. And, like millions around the world, he has been hit hard by Mandela's death. 3 minutes ago

Opinion

A better way to conduct government business

We often comment that government ought to operate more like private business, and wonder of wonders, even some government bureaucrats now see it that way.

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