http://www.bnd.com/statenationworld/index.xml News, sports, and entertainment from Belleville News Democrat en-us Copyright 2012 Belleville News Democrat .State/Nation/World 60 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:12:29 CST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys support@Belleville.com http://www.bnd.com/2012/02/12/2055865/santorum-defends-views-on-working.html http://www.bnd.com/2012/02/12/2055865/santorum-defends-views-on-working.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:48 CST Rick Santorum, still enjoying a surge in fundraising and attention after winning three states last week in the battle for the Republican presidential nomination, pushed back Sunday against the idea that his socially conservative views could alienate working women. http://www.bnd.com/2012/02/13/2056554/interview-offers-glimpse-into.html http://www.bnd.com/2012/02/13/2056554/interview-offers-glimpse-into.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:06 CST "I didn't have, like, the intention of killing a kid," Ryan Brunn told police after he pleaded guilty to molesting a girl, slashing her throat and dumping her body in a trash bin. In a candid, three-hour interview, Brunn went into detail about how and why he lured the girl to an empty apartment - and when he made the decision to kill her. http://www.bnd.com/2012/02/13/2056334/grandma-dies-in-house-fire-that.html http://www.bnd.com/2012/02/13/2056334/grandma-dies-in-house-fire-that.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:50 CST Authorities say the grandmother of a 7-year-old boy killed in a Chicago house fire has died. http://www.bnd.com/2012/02/13/2056035/speed-freak-killers-disclosures.html http://www.bnd.com/2012/02/13/2056035/speed-freak-killers-disclosures.html Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:47 CST The abandoned well sits off a country road in a region of open pastures and hills stamped with oak tree silhouettes. http://www.bnd.com/2012/02/13/2056214/ge-to-hire-5000-veterans-over.html http://www.bnd.com/2012/02/13/2056214/ge-to-hire-5000-veterans-over.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:47 CST General Electric Co. plans to hire 5,000 veterans over the next five years and invest $580 million to expand its aviation business. http://www.bnd.com/2012/02/13/2056219/classes-to-resume-at-nh-school.html http://www.bnd.com/2012/02/13/2056219/classes-to-resume-at-nh-school.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:16 CST Classes are resuming at a New Hampshire elementary school after a 14-year-old boy shot himself in the face in a crowded cafeteria on Friday. http://www.bnd.com/2012/02/13/2056223/hundreds-of-human-bone-fragments.html http://www.bnd.com/2012/02/13/2056223/hundreds-of-human-bone-fragments.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:57 CST In a macabre series of discoveries, authorities unearthed 300 human bone fragments Sunday in an abandoned well near Linden, marking the fourth consecutive day they have found possible victims of two serial killers. http://www.bnd.com/2012/02/13/2056091/quinn-defends-states-business.html http://www.bnd.com/2012/02/13/2056091/quinn-defends-states-business.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:22 CST Gov. Pat Quinn defended the state's business climate Sunday after the head of Caterpillar Inc. blasted state political leaders in a published column for not doing enough to grow business and jobs in Illinois. http://www.bnd.com/2012/02/11/2055027/mystery-disease-kills-thousands.html http://www.bnd.com/2012/02/11/2055027/mystery-disease-kills-thousands.html Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:07 CST Jesus Ignacio Flores started working when he was 16, laboring long hours on construction sites and in the fields of his country's biggest sugar plantation. http://www.bnd.com/2012/02/12/2055093/man-to-face-alabama-trial-in-wifes.html http://www.bnd.com/2012/02/12/2055093/man-to-face-alabama-trial-in-wifes.html Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:42 CST A dream honeymoon to scuba dive on Australia's Great Barrier Reef turned into a terrible nightmare, and the horror is about to play out years later in a courtroom in Alabama.