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ILLINOIS EXCHANGE: Eckert's Orchard plans expansion
- Timing and need are driving the expansion and remodeling that will soon begin at Eckert's Country Store and Restaurant.
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Canal expansion sets off race among Gulf ports
- With the recession showing signs of ebbing, Gulf of Mexico ports hope hundreds of millions of dollars in expansion projects proposed before the downturn will help them capture more trade as the world economy recovers.
Coroner: 9 likely died of smoke inhalation in fire
- Six children and three adults killed in a Mississippi apartment fire likely died of smoke inhalation, though autopsies on the three women were being performed Tuesday to find out for sure, the coroner said.
- Six children and three adults killed in a Mississippi apartment fire likely died of smoke inhalation, though autopsies on the three women were being performed Tuesday to find out for sure, the coroner said.
Plans evolve for high-speed rail from Minn to Ill.
- Plans continue to evolve for a high-speed rail line from the Twin Cities to Chicago, as Minnesota officials study possible routes the rail could follow.
McNair's advice guided OSU's Price
- As he was growing up and learning the game of football, Jermiah Price could always depend on the advice of a former NFL MVP.
SE Mo. jail finally gets to house ICE detainees
- A southeast Missouri sheriff has been trying for years to bring in extra revenue by housing Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees at the county jail.
Agency: 39 Mo. drinking water systems fail to test
- Missouri environmental officials say 39 drinking water systems have repeatedly failed to complete required testing.
Officials probe Miss. apartment fire that killed 9
- Investigators were working to figure out what sparked a Mississippi apartment fire that killed six children and three women.
- Investigators were working to figure out what sparked a Mississippi apartment fire that killed six children and three women.
Mississippi State routs MVSU 73-45
- Ravern Johnson scored 22 points to lead Mississippi State to a 73-45 victory over Mississippi Valley State on Monday night.
Bowl Glance
- Wyoming 35, Fresno State 28, 2OT
Review: Tennessee Williams' `Teardrop Diamond'
- "The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond" was made from a screenplay written by Tennessee Williams in 1957. Unfortunately, the film does little to suggest the script's decades of neglect was unwarranted.
- "The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond" was made from a screenplay written by Tennessee Williams in 1957. Unfortunately, the film does little to suggest the script's decades of neglect was unwarranted.
Miss. apartment fire kills 6 children, 3 women
- Fire gutted an apartment in a rundown complex Monday, killing three women and six children, including several family members taken in because they had nowhere else to go, officials and neighbors said.
- Fire gutted an apartment in a rundown complex Monday, killing three women and six children, including several family members taken in because they had nowhere else to go, officials and neighbors said.
Northwestern among 4 newcomers to AP Top 25
- It usually isn't big news when a team from the Big Ten moves into The Associated Press' college basketball poll. It is when that team is Northwestern.
