Belleville News Democrat: State/Nation/World http://www.bnd.com/news/state/index.xml News, sports, and entertainment from Belleville News Democrat en-us Copyright 2009 Belleville News Democrat State/Nation/World 60 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:55:56 CST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys support@Belleville.com Army: Shooting suspect taken off ventilator http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/999609.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/999609.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:55 CST A U.S. Army spokesman says the man authorities say went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood has been taken off a ventilator but still remains in intensive care at a military hospital. Alleged Ohio serial killer rare among mass killers http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/999266.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/999266.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:24 CST Authorities say Anthony Sowell lured women into his home in a busy neighborhood, killed them - most by strangulation - and scattered their remains throughout the inside and buried some in the backyard. Police: College student beat roommate to death with bat http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/998885.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/998885.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:59 CST SACRAMENTO — A police synopsis filed in court papers sheds startling new light on what happened the day Quran Mahammed Jones allegedly beat Scott Hawkins to death in their dorm suite before he was shot by police officers responding to a report of a disturbance. 2 Ill. soldiers among those killed at Fort Hood http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/997891.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/997891.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:59 CST Family and friends of Michael Pearson and Francheska Velez understood that their joining the military could cost them their lives. Lawyer: Fla. office shooting suspect mentally ill http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/997705.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/997705.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:20 CST The engineer accused of fatally shooting one employee and wounding five others at the firm where he once worked is "very mentally ill" and crumbled under the stress of his divorce, bankruptcy and unemployment, his attorney said Saturday. Man hides till closing time, then attacks tavern manager http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/998354.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/998354.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:06 CST Chicago police say they believe an armed man dressed in black somehow hid and lay in wait inside a popular Wrigleyville tavern before making an attack on the manager. Jail employee accused of stealing from Illinois inmates http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/998291.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/998291.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:58 CST A Cook County Jail employee has been accused of stealing money from inmates as they were processed into the facility. Prostitution case tossed over government-funded sex http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/997926.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/997926.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:39 CST A Pennsylvania appeals court says state police mishandled a prostitution investigation in which they gave a private citizen $360 so he could pay for sex at a massage parlor along with $180 for his trouble. Army to review gun policies for all bases http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/998514.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/998514.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:29 CST One day after a shooter opened fire at Fort Hood, Texas, Army Chief of Staff George W. Casey Jr. ordered a review of all force protection policies at Army bases worldwide. Beauty queen gives up crown; she got in a bar fight, police say http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/997465.html http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/997465.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:37 CST No Miss Congeniality here: The reigning Miss England has relinquished her crown after being accused of a fight in a bar.