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 Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:24:43 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys support@Belleville.com http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/841732.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/841732.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:41 CDT A Cottage Hills man was killed in an industrial accident at Olin Corp. in East Alton Saturday morning. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/841668.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/841668.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:06 CDT Police were called to Loisel Village Saturday afternoon by a woman who reported her husband, who is an East St. Louis police officer, was beating her. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/841470.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/841470.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:35 CDT The St. Louis Cardinals recalled right-hander P.J. Walters from Triple-A Memphis on Saturday, and optioned infielder Brian Barden to their top minor league club. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/841469.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/841469.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:36 CDT Many of the 400-plus pit bulls seized in multistate dogfighting raids appear happy in their new digs at a temporary shelter in St. Louis, where one volunteer described them wagging their tails in seeming gratitude for newfound human contact. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/841466.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/841466.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:29 CDT President Barack Obama is headed home after a brief but whirlwind visit to Ghana. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/841513.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/841513.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:46 CDT Two suspects were arrested in connection with an armed robbery of the McDonald's restaurant at 109 East Highway 50 Friday night and police are looking for a third person. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/841514.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/841514.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:01 CDT The founder of Wild Horse Ministries will give a demonstration Monday at Cornerstone Farms in St. Jacob. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/840322.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/840322.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:04 CDT NASA scrubbed space shuttle Endeavour's Saturday evening launch after lightning struck at least 11 times near the seaside launch pad. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/841200.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/841200.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:44 CDT Titans quarterback Vince Young didn't expect to speak Saturday during his mentor's funeral. He wound up summing up the emotional day with just a few words. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/840671.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/840671.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:23 CDT A cleaning woman who improbably vanished days ago from a Manhattan skyscraper bristling with security cameras was finally found dead Saturday, stuffed inside an air conditioning duct on the 12th floor. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/840400.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/840400.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:54 CDT Seven-time champion Lance Armstrong remains in third place in the Tour de France, after Spain's Luis Leon Sanchez won the eighth stage Saturday in a sprint ahead of three other breakaway riders. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/841341.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/841341.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:31 CDT The National Weather Service in St. Louis issued a flash flood warning for several counties in Illinois, including Bond, Marion, Clinton and Washington counties. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/841183.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/841183.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:14 CDT The judge presiding over former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's corruption case has approved the release of $78,473.80 from his campaign fund to pay his lawyers and buy them office equipment. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/840634.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/840634.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 05:35 CDT A guardianship hearing for Michael Jackson's three children has been delayed for a week to give the singer's mother and ex-wife time to reach an agreement, an attorney said Friday. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/840604.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/840604.html Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:04 CDT Gov. Pat Quinn said Friday he is shelving his proposal for a major tax increase until November in an effort to end budget gridlock at the state Capitol and provide time to build support for the increase. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/841184.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/841184.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 05:37 CDT Illinois State Fair officials say two Nickelodeon musicians won't perform at the Illinois State Fair as planned because of "lagging ticket sales." http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/840402.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/840402.html Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:04 CDT Authorities said a bullet from a gun that was accidentally dropped injured a Tampa woman sitting in a bathroom stall. Police said the bullet hit 53-year-old Janifer Bliss in the lower left leg. She was taken to a hospital with minor injuries. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/840778.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/840778.html Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:04 CDT A suburban Philadelphia man has agreed to take anger management classes for blaring a pornographic soundtrack to chase away kids playing outside his home. Michael Buck was arrested May 31 at his upscale Phoenixville cul-de-sac after irate neighbors told police they could hear the sexually explicit audio a block-and-a-half away. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/839862.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/839862.html Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:04 CDT There's a long-running discussion in St. Louis about how to better link the famed Gateway Arch that stands near the Mississippi River with the rest of the city's downtown. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/841185.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/841185.html Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:14 CDT A scientist at Southern Illinois University's School of Medicine has been awarded a three-year federal grant from the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program.