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Jockey Phenomenon Bounces Back From Bad Breaknew
Seventeen-year-old Kyle Kaenel, who broke his neck in Phoenix, Ariz., is back on the track and winning.
Illinois Times |
Bruce Rushton |
10-14-2005 |
Sports
Tags: Arizona, Horses, Illinois, Chicago, break neck, Lindy McDaniel, Pinckneyville, ponies, pony, rookie jock
Burmese Buddhist Master Teaches Vipassana Meditationnew
With the arrival of Gunasiri, Springfield, Ill., becomes the first U.S. outpost for disciples of Burmese Buddhist master Chanmyay Sayadaaw.
Illinois Times |
Karen Fitzgerald |
10-14-2005 |
Religion
Illinois Governor Touts Latest Health Initiativenew
Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s plan to offer health coverage to the state’s quarter-million uninsured children plays to mixed reviews, as critics point out the state has put the screws to other health-care
programs.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
10-14-2005 |
Science
State Fights Claim of Woman Raped at Mental Health Centernew
Lisa Weisser was raped in 1994 in a state mental-health facility -- and has been seeking justice ever since. Her rapist got a slap on
the wrist, and returned to the streets, where last year he threatened another woman.
Illinois Times |
Bruce Rushton |
10-14-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Sandpaper Dipped in Sorghumnew
Picking out highlights from an album so consistently brilliant is a fool's endeavor.
Illinois Times |
Bettye LaVette |
10-07-2005 |
Reviews
Boilermakers Locked Outnew
Dallas-based Celanese keeps operating its plant in Meredosia, Ill., with replacement workers as locked-out union members accuse the company of
failing to bargain in good faith.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
10-07-2005 |
Business & Labor
New Nuclear Reactors May Go to Southnew
A nuclear-power consortium targets Alabama and
Mississippi for the next reactors, suggesting that Clinton, Ill., no longer is a leading site for Exelon Corp.'s next nuke.
Illinois Times |
Bruce Rushton |
10-07-2005 |
Environment
Karyn’s Killers?new
For the first time, members of the Slover family -- convicted of murdering and dismembering Karyn Hearn Slover in 1996 -- tell their story.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
10-07-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Weirdly Endearing Torture Musicnew
The quintet that grew out of the one-man band Skeletons is as bourgeois-averse as ever. Also reviewed: Petracovich's We Are Wyoming.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
09-23-2005 |
Reviews
State of Illinois Accused of Discriminationnew
Two groups representing minorities will ask state agencies to investigate what they believe is a pattern of discrimination at the state Department of Natural Resources.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
09-23-2005 |
Politics
Tags: African Americans, and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, DNR, Horseshoe Lake State Park, Illinois Association of Minorities in Government and the Illinois State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People a Attorney General Lisa Madigan, Ray Coleman, the Illinois Human Rights Commission
Mother Opposes Her Son's Warnew
A woman joining in this weekend's antiwar protests considers her son a trained killer and a mercenary, but she's proud of him, too.
Illinois Times |
Bruce Rushton |
09-23-2005 |
War
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' onnew
Women figure large in the Illinois poet’s verse; their sexuality, sensuality, and friendship are
the sources of joy and pain.
Illinois Times |
Corrine Frisch |
09-16-2005 |
Poetry
Cold Gets Hot Againnew
There is a sense that real human emotions, rather than standard-issue adolescent rage, were at work during its production of Cold's latest album.
Illinois Times |
Matthew Everett |
09-16-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Doveman's Gentle Hodgepodgenew
The mood is melancholy, not desperate in Doveman's banjo-driven album.
Illinois Times |
Renee Spencer Saller |
09-16-2005 |
Reviews
Love, Indispensable and Inadequatenew
Pixel Revolt sounds so fantastic we'll forgive you for not noticing the lyrics immediately.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
09-09-2005 |
Reviews
