http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/index.xml News, sports, and entertainment from Belleville News Democrat en-us Copyright 2009 Belleville News Democrat Breaking news 60 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:15:58 CST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys support@Belleville.com http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/1000521.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/1000521.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:47 CST East St. Louis City Councilmen voted 4-0 Sunday night to fire their city manager. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/1000222.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/1000222.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:06 CST Hurricane Ida, the first Atlantic hurricane to target the United States this year, plodded early Monday toward the Gulf Coast with 105 mph winds, bringing the threat of flooding and storm surges. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/1000458.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/1000458.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:44 CST Authorities have identified a 17-year-old girl found dead in the basement of a Peoria house but haven't released her cause of death. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/1000452.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/1000452.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:26 CST Police on Sunday arrested a man in St. Louis that they believe is responsible for killing three women in East St. Louis. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/1000093.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/1000093.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:19 CST The family of the alleged Fort Hood shooter held his mother's funeral at the same Virginia mosque that two Sept. 11 hijackers attended in 2001, at a time when a radical imam preached there. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/1000304.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/1000304.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:29 CST The average price of regular gasoline in the United States has jumped 2.86 cents over a two-week period to $2.68. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/1000160.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/1000160.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:14 CST Jim Carrey's Scrooge collected holiday donations from movie fans with his new take on "A Christmas Carol," which took in $31 million to open as the weekend's top movie. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/1000260.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/1000260.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:14 CST The U.S. Forest Service has begun to uncover the remains of a fort used to temporarily house migrating Cherokee along the Trail of Tears more than 170 years ago. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/1000236.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/1000236.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:59 CST A Northwestern University professor and journalism students who spent three years investigating the case of a man convicted in the 1978 killing of a security guard believe they have evidence that shows prosecutors put the wrong man behind bars. But in the quest to prove his innocence, they may have to defend themselves, too. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/1000205.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/1000205.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:37 CST The St. Clair County Coroner on Sunday identified the third victim in a triple murder and verified the identities of the other two women. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/1000131.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/1000131.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:51 CST A 3-year-old was shot in the hand and his guardian was shot in the back early Sunday after a man kicked in the door to their home. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/999346.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/999346.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:26 CST New York State Police investigators said in a written report that a woman who killed seven people plus herself in a crash on the Taconic State Parkway was a regular marijuana user. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/999921.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/999921.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:51 CST CHICAGO - Sammy Sosa tells friends he is comfortable in his own skin. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/998076.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/998076.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:48 CST Retired orthopedic surgeon Chris Smith thought his hunt was over when he bagged a white tail deer with a bow and arrow near Sheridan. Because the light was fading, he decided to return the next day to recover the deer. But when he returned Wednesday morning, the carcass had been covered by grass and bush - which is what mountain lions typically do. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/999609.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/999609.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:24 CST A U.S. Army spokesman says the man authorities say went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood is in critical but stable condition. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/1000066.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/1000066.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:14 CST It burns like marijuana, works like marijuana and it sort of looks like it, too. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/1000079.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/1000079.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:19 CST McDonald's is bringing the dollar menu to a breakfast promotion nationwide. Where do you like to go for breakfast? http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/999977.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/999977.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:07 CST One of two suspects accused of killing a southern Illinois man by hitting him in the head with a fire extinguisher has pleaded guilty. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/999979.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/999979.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:17 CST Two people at a suburban Chicago nursing home have died from Legionnaires' disease, and a third case has been confirmed. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/998990.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/998990.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:50 CST Police in Florida say a graffiti artist who apparently ran out of paint midway through a spray-painted creation left a note to potential critics to explain the unfinished work.