washingtonpost.com - IllinoisIllinoisThe Family Channel- May 8, 2005 While 4-year-old Michael spins circles around the toy-filled living room and 4-month-old Evan bounces in a baby seat, Mom and Dad peer at the screens of nearly identical silver PowerBook computers. Maria Sokurashvili and Jeff Steele, home for the evening after work, are tending to their other baby -- the online parenting support group called DC Urban Moms.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32728-2005May3.html?nav=rss_nation/states/i... Nancy Olson; Hill Aide and Lobbyist- May 8, 2005 Nancy Moyer Olson, 75, who died of congestive heart failure March 25 at a care center in Roanoke, was a legislative aide to two Democratic U.S. senators and later became a lobbyist on trade issues. She also was a former actress and recovering alcoholic who briefly aspired to be a nun.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55094-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Chicago Zoo's Last Elephant Dies After Arriving in Utah- May 8, 2005 CHICAGO, May 2 -- The last of three African elephants brought to Lincoln Park Zoo in 2003 -- over the objections of animal activists -- died soon after arriving at a Utah zoo with a warmer climate and elephant companions, officials said.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32846-2005May3.html?nav=rss_nation/states/i... NATION IN BRIEF- May 8, 2005 Adoption Error Enables Mother to Regain Baby CHICAGO -- A 6-month-old girl at the center of an interstate custody battle was reunited with her biological mother after a judge ruled that the adoption agency in Utah mishandled the paperwork.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2366-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_nation/states/i... NATION IN BRIEF- May 8, 2005 Black Student Charged In Hate Mail Case BANNOCKBURN, Ill. -- A black college student was charged with a hate crime Tuesday for allegedly mailing racist threats to fellow minorities on campus, apparently because she was homesick and wanted to convince her parents the school was dangerous, authorities said.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18528-2005Apr27.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Role of U.S. Cardinal Sparks Protest- May 8, 2005 ROME, April 10 -- American victims of sexual abuse by priests said Sunday that the Vatican was "rubbing salt into our wounds" by honoring Cardinal Bernard F. Law, who was designated to celebrate a special Mass of mourning for Pope John Paul II on Monday.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42581-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... 14 Alleged Chicago Mobsters Indicted- May 8, 2005 CHICAGO, April 25 -- Fourteen reputed Chicago mob figures were indicted Monday on charges of plotting at least 18 murders, including the 1986 slaying of the crime organization's top man in Las Vegas, Tony "The Ant" Spilotro, who was buried alive in a cornfield.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16429-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Protocol Officer and Artist David Waters Dies at 81- May 8, 2005 David Waters, 81, a protocol officer under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson who also was an accomplished artist, died March 20 at the Washington Community Hospice. He had Crohn's disease.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11386-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... COAST TO COAST- May 8, 2005 Illinois Lawmakers Aim to Get Students to Take a Load Off Illinois students need to lighten up.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12547-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... NATION IN BRIEF- May 8, 2005 Prison Journalist Faces $126,000 in Court Costs NEW ORLEANS -- Former prison journalist Wilbert Rideau sought a plea agreement that would have avoided his high-profile murder trial in January. He may have to pay about $126,000 in court costs, anyway.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61786-2005Mar23.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... |