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Costello bill would restrict protests at military funerals: 'This issue is very near and dear to me'
Despite opposition from a labor union and a civil liberties organization, state Rep. Jerry Costello II's legislation putting restrictions on protests at funerals sailed out of House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.
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West Junior High and Abraham Lincoln Elementary, which share the same campus in the 800 block of Royal Heights Road in Belleville, were temporarily locked down Tuesday afternoon after two second-graders said they saw a woman walk near the school with a gun.
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Class 1A Girls' Basketball Regionals -
2011 World Series Trophy -
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Glenn McCoy cartoons -
Triad vs. Althoff -
662nd FFT to be deployed -
Gibault vs. Madison -
Dedication at Scott Air Force Base -
Wrestling Regional - Class 3A in Edwardsville -
Daddy-Daughter Dance -
Collinsville vs O'Fallon -
Flyers vs. Lancers
Mascoutah School District Superintendent Sam McGowen said a student has been disciplined for a Jan. 31 incident in which a plastic toy gun was brought to Scott Elementary.
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Q. My daughter recently bought me a radon test. I say the test should be done on the lowest living area, which in my house is the first floor. My daughter insists that it be put in the basement. But I spend no time in the basement other than to briefly put in four or five loads of laundry.
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Personally I enjoy getting junk mail, even if it is solicitations for charity that I never answer.
Schools in the metro-east Tuesday took part in the 2012 Great Central U.S. ShakeOut, an earthquake preparedness drill designed to help save lives in the event of a major quake.
Etihad Airways, the fast-growing Gulf carrier, on Thursday posted its first annual profit since starting operations just over eight years ago.
