http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/index.xml News, sports, and entertainment from Belleville News Democrat en-us Copyright 2009 Belleville News Democrat Breaking news 60 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:14:06 CST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys support@Belleville.com http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/605838.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/605838.html Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:52 CST The office of Jack Kemp says the former housing secretary, congressman and Buffalo Bills quarterback has been diagnosed with cancer. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/605847.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/605847.html Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:47 CST Members of the Trails West Boy Scout Council and the Okaw Valley Boy Scout Council voted to consolidate the two councils and form a new council. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/605813.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/605813.html Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:12 CST St. Louis Blues forward Keith Tkachuk was named to the NHL's Western Conference All-Star team Wednesday, giving him his fifth All-Star Game appearance. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/604542.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/604542.html Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:57 CST Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White and Attorney General Lisa Madigan say White's done everything he's legally required to do regarding Roland Burris' appointment to the U.S. Senate. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/605786.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/605786.html Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:47 CST The two Boy Scout councils covering the metro-east voted Tuesday night to combine. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/605751.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/605751.html Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:07 CST -- A-Belleville man who was out of jail on probation was charged Tuesday with a weapons violation that revokes his probation. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/605707.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/605707.html Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:37 CST EDWARDSVILLE - The public will get a chance to see the new biology lab and Geographic Information Systems at SIUE on Friday. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/605642.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/605642.html Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:57 CST Ten area attorneys applied for the vacant associate judge position in the 3rd Judicial Circuit, which is comprised of Madison and Bond counties. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/605620.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/605620.html Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:47 CST The legal spat over Gov. Matt Blunt's e-mails and a fired staff attorney has cost Missouri taxpayers about $1.5 million. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/605609.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/605609.html Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:32 CST Taylor Crowe has overcome long odds in his life with autism. Now, the 27-year-old southeast Missouri man is featured in a new documentary about the disorder. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/605583.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/605583.html Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:32 CST Nissan Motor Co. is recalling more than 240,000 trucks in 20 cold weather states to fix a problem that could prevent front air bags from deploying in a crash. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/605581.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/605581.html Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:05 CST An inspector's report shows Chicago Public Schools employees bent district rules to spend $67,000 for espresso machines that largely haven't been used. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/605565.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/605565.html Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:47 CST Former NASCAR team owner Larry McClure expects to spend time in federal prison after agreeing to a guilty plea on tax charges, SceneDaily.com reported Wednesday. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/605509.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/605509.html Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:02 CST Hold the homemade desserts. Health concerns have led Gov.-elect Jay Nixon to alter his plans for a potluck inaugural dinner. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/605492.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/605492.html Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:52 CST The federal budget deficit will nearly triple to an unprecedented $1.2 trillion for the 2009 budget year, according to grim new Congressional Budget Office figures. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/605477.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/605477.html Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:20 CST A St. Louis man finds out the hard way that jokes about shoe bombs on planes will not be tolerated. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/605480.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/605480.html Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:07 CST That photographers' dream shot of the current president, the next president and the still-living presidents posing for a picture in the Rose Garden? Forget it! An unrelenting rain has forced the class picture inside. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/605450.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/605450.html Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:26 CST St. Louis Metropolitan Police are looking for two people who crashed an SUV into a store near the Central West End and stole televisions. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/605317.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/605317.html Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:56 CST The FBI is launching one of its largest recruiting blitzes ever to hire 2,100 support staff and 850 special agents worldwide. http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/605422.html http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/605422.html Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:07 CST Members of Illinois congressional delegation left a meeting with President-elect Barack Obama's nominee for energy secretary encouraged that an experimental coal-fired power plant once planned for Illinois could be revived.