AP Wire News en-us Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:10:10 GMT Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:10:10 GMT 5 iNEWS AP Wire Story Listing Generator http://www.wicd15.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/34dbbb88-www.wicd15.com.shtml OTTAWA, Ill. (AP) -- Lawyers for a Seneca man charged in the July 2007 beating deaths of an elderly couple are preparing a motion seeking to get the man out of solitary confinement. AP News www.wicd15.com-34dbbb88 http://www.wicd15.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/2fdbb814-www.wicd15.com.shtml NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- A military judge has ordered immunity for several defense witnesses in the case against a Navy SEAL accused of mistreating an Iraqi detainee. AP News www.wicd15.com-2fdbb814 http://www.wicd15.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/3fdbb7ca-www.wicd15.com.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- So, who can lend Illinois the $4.7 billion Gov. Pat Quinn wants to borrow to move the state closer to balancing the budget? AP News www.wicd15.com-3fdbb7ca http://www.wicd15.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/2adbb7a0-www.wicd15.com.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- A former Democratic candidate for Illinois lieutenant governor has withdrawn his application for the post. AP News www.wicd15.com-2adbb7a0 http://www.wicd15.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/2adbb729-www.wicd15.com.shtml SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- The Illinois House wants to change the way political parties select their candidates for lieutenant governor. AP News www.wicd15.com-2adbb729 http://www.wicd15.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/30dbb6ea-www.wicd15.com.shtml MACOMB, Ill. (AP) -- Western Illinois University's Quad Cities campus will offer students interested in the great outdoors a chance to earn a degree in three years. AP News www.wicd15.com-30dbb6ea http://www.wicd15.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/25dbb67d-www.wicd15.com.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- Gov. Pat Quinn says the state's "Leave No Child Inside" program aims to fight childhood obesity by getting kids to spend more time outdoors. AP News www.wicd15.com-25dbb67d http://www.wicd15.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/3edbb675-www.wicd15.com.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- Prosecutors today unsealed an indictment that accuses a reputed Chicago mobster and another man of rigging bids at Chicago's McCormick Place lakefront exposition center. AP News www.wicd15.com-3edbb675 http://www.wicd15.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/37dbb61f-www.wicd15.com.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- As many as 20 percent of students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign might be able to graduate in three years. AP News www.wicd15.com-37dbb61f http://www.wicd15.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/39dbb56e-www.wicd15.com.shtml CANNELTON, Ind. (AP) -- Memorial events are set to recall the day 50 years ago when a plane plummeted nose first into a southern Indiana bean field, killing all 63 people onboard. AP News www.wicd15.com-39dbb56e http://www.wicd15.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/30dbb542-www.wicd15.com.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- The U.S. attorney's office says a suburban Chicago man is accused of taking part in a bid-rigging scheme involving contracts at McCormick Place, Chicago's lakefront exposition hall. AP News www.wicd15.com-30dbb542 http://www.wicd15.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/24dbb480-www.wicd15.com.shtml BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) -- Attorneys for an Illinois State Police trooper accused in a high-speed freeway wreck that killed two sisters want a judge to use reason and not emotion in deciding a request to have the charges thrown out. AP News www.wicd15.com-24dbb480 http://www.wicd15.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/2edbb476-www.wicd15.com.shtml ALTON, Ill. (AP) -- An Alton police officer shot and killed a pit bull after the dog attacked him while he was arresting a suspect in a shooting. AP News www.wicd15.com-2edbb476 http://www.wicd15.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/25dbb471-www.wicd15.com.shtml MORRIS, Ill. (AP) -- Exelon Nuclear will pay more than $1 million to settle lawsuits filed by the Illinois attorney general over leaks of radioactive tritium from three of the company's plants. AP News www.wicd15.com-25dbb471 http://www.wicd15.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/25dbb164-www.wicd15.com.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- A spate of recent reports suggest that when it comes to health care, too many Americans are being over-treated. AP News www.wicd15.com-25dbb164 http://www.wicd15.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/26dbb078-www.wicd15.com.shtml ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The official groundbreaking for a $670 million Mississippi River bridge at St. Louis is now scheduled for April 19. AP News www.wicd15.com-26dbb078 http://www.wicd15.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/26dbaf17-www.wicd15.com.shtml OAK PARK, Ill. (AP) -- Scam artists sometimes target older adults and their Medicare benefits. But there are ways to avoid being fooled. AP News www.wicd15.com-26dbaf17 http://www.wicd15.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/20dbaf17-www.wicd15.com.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- National Poison Prevention week starts Sunday and the American Academy of Pediatrics cites some startling statistics to kick it off. AP News www.wicd15.com-20dbaf17 http://www.wicd15.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/2adbaf02-www.wicd15.com.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- Federal officials say Illinois is getting more than $500,000 in grants for fire departments and other municipalities across the state. AP News www.wicd15.com-2adbaf02 http://www.wicd15.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/3ddbaefb-www.wicd15.com.shtml SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- The Illinois National Guard's public affairs team has received eight military media awards. AP News www.wicd15.com-3ddbaefb http://www.wicd15.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.il/3fdbaef5-www.wicd15.com.shtml EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) -- A suburban Chicago fire chief is retiring after nearly 30 years with the department. AP News www.wicd15.com-3fdbaef5 http://www.wicd15.com/