washingtonpost.com - IllinoisIllinoisJudges Ask Congress For More Protection- May 8, 2005 Worried after recent attacks, federal judges urged Congress yesterday to provide more protection, including $12 million for security systems in most of their homes.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32375-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_nation/states/i... Twinkies, 75 Years And Counting- May 8, 2005 C'mon, admit it. You eat Twinkies. You love 'em. Maybe you feel a little guilty about it, but you're not alone. Americans spent $47 million on them in the past 12 months.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46062-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Group Plans Urban Development for Tysons- May 8, 2005 Developers and civic leaders hope to have Tysons Corner expand beyond existing limits and become more like a traditional downtown.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7443-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_nation/states/i... NATION IN BRIEF- May 8, 2005 White Supremacist Gets 40 Years CHICAGO -- White supremacist Matthew Hale was sentenced to 40 years in prison Wednesday for trying to have a federal judge killed -- the same judge whose husband and mother were murdered five weeks ago by a deranged man with no connection to Hale.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32891-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_nation/states/i... The Think Tank That Thought It Could- May 8, 2005 This is what juice looks like on a Wednesday night.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6367-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_nation/states/i... Ill. Pharmacies Required to Fill Birth-Control Prescriptions- May 8, 2005 Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich issued an emergency rule Friday requiring pharmacies to fill prescriptions for contraceptives without delay.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19703-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_nation/states/i... Bush Honors President Lincoln- May 8, 2005 Speaking to an audience assembled for dedication of the $90 million museum here memorializing the president often called "the savior of the nation," Bush said, "to understand the life and the sacrifice of Abraham Lincoln is to understand the meaning and promise of America."http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2518-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_nation/states/i... Prostate Cancer Effort Enlists Barbers- May 8, 2005 Grass-roots group enlists doctors at medical centers across the country to train black barbers in advising their customers about the disease.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5416-2005Mar27.html?nav=rss_nation/states/i... On Va. Tour, Gardeners Think Small- May 8, 2005 Roaming the side yard of one of Alexandria's oldest homes yesterday, Jeff and Mary Wagner Ginger were hunting for tips for their townhouse garden back home in Chicago.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59612-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Letters Target Minority Students- May 8, 2005 DEERFIELD, Ill., April 22 -- Authorities at a Christian university near Chicago moved dozens of black and Hispanic students to a hotel for their safety, and police stepped up patrols on campus Friday after three people received threatening, racist letters.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10336-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... |