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Fairmont City woman driving 100 mph is killed in crash

A Fairmont City woman driving more than 100 mph was killed Sunday evening in a traffic crash in Alton, authorities said.

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Lawsuit: Former inmates allege St. Clair County strip searches were illegal

Two former inmates who allege they were humiliated during strip searches at the St. Clair County...

Another trustee appointed to replace felon's wife in Washington Park

A village trustee who was appointed last month to replace her husband on the board after he pleaded...

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St. Patrick's Day block party may become part of Belleville's annual celebration

A block party will be part of the St. Patrick’s Day celebration Saturday in downtown Belleville and may become part of the city’s annual celebration.

Crime

An alleged drunken driver rammed into this state police car after the state trooper had already arrested a man on DUI charges.

Two charged with DUI after crash that injured trooper

Illinois State Police charged two people with driving under the influence on Sunday -- the one in back of the squad car and the one who hit the back of the squad car.

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Rep. Pat Garofalo, R-Farmington, talks to the media after he apologized for a tweet on Monday, March 10, 2014, in St. Paul, Minn. Garofalo suggested in a tweet Sunday night that pro basketball players have criminal tendencies. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Glen Stubbe) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT

Minnesota GOP lawmaker apologizes for NBA tweet

A Minnesota lawmaker apologized Monday for his tweet about NBA players that some saw as racist, saying he was rightly held accountable for inaccurate stereotyping. 38 minutes ago

Sports

St. Louis Cardinals' Shelby Miller pitches against the Detroit Tigers on Monday.

Matheny on blowout loss to Tigers: 'That's ugly no matter where it is'

JUPITER, Fla. --It was not a good Monday afternoon for St. Louis Cardinals pitchers at Roger Dean Stadium.

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In this Jan. 1, 2014, file photo, a long line of buyers trails from a store selling marijuana in Pueblo West, Colo. Colorado made roughly $2 million in marijuana taxes in January, state revenue officials reported Monday, March 10, 2014, in the world's first accounting of the recreational pot business. Colorado made roughly $2 million in marijuana taxes in January, state revenue officials reported Monday, March 10, 2014, in the world's first accounting of the recreational pot business.

Colorado collects $2M in recreational pot taxes

Colorado made roughly $2 million in marijuana taxes in January, state revenue officials reported Monday in the world's first accounting of the recreational pot business. 8 minutes ago

The heads of a suburban Chicago family accused of stealing $7 million in goods in a decadelong, multistate shoplifting spree will stay in jail pending trial because they are flight risks, a federal judge ruled Monday.

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This handout photo provided by the University of Sussex, taken in April 2011, shows a wild elephant in Amboseli National Park in Kenya reacting to sound played by scientists in experiments that show they can distinguish between human languages and genders. Elephants are so clever they use their famed memory to be discriminating listeners of us humans. That way they can determine who is a threat and who isn’t, according to study released Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. This is an advanced thinking skill that no other non-human animal have demonstrated, scientists say.

How smart are elephants? They can distinguish voices, genders

Dr. Seuss had it right: Horton really does hear a Who. Wild elephants can distinguish between human languages, and they can tell whether a voice comes from a man, woman or boy, a new study says.