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Genesis starting new ambulance garage in East Moline

As East Moline residents debate whether to start their own ambulance service, the city’s current ambulance provider has decided to open a new ambulance garage on Avenue of the Cities.

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UC students occupy buildings to protest fee hike

UC students occupy buildings to protest fee hike

Students barricaded themselves inside buildings on University of California campuses to protest a 32 percent increase in student fees and budget cuts that have led to slashed programs and lost jobs.

Nov 20, 2009 | 3:45 pm

Edgar: Thomson likely would be safe

SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois governor who ordered Thomson Correctional Center built said Friday he’s not worried about security if the prison eventually holds Guantanamo Bay detainees.

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Terror plot ringleader gets 13-year prison term

The ringleader of a group of men convicted of plotting to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices has been sentenced to 13 1/2 years in prison.

Nov 20, 2009 | 3:40 pm

Calif. launches probe into scam targeting churches

California is investigating several companies suspected of bilking churches nationwide of hundreds of thousands of dollars through fraudulent computer leasing schemes, authorities said Friday.

Nov 20, 2009 | 3:35 pm

Floods devastate UK Lake District, much of Ireland

Floods devastate UK Lake District, much of Ireland

Raging floods engulfed northern England's picturesque Lake District on Friday following the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Britain, killing a police officer and trapping dozens in their swamped homes.

Nov 20, 2009 | 3:25 pm

Afghan police are weak link in security force

Afghan police are weak link in security force

Underpaid, under-equipped and under-trained, Afghanistan's 93,000-member police force is the weak link in an ambitious security strategy to hand over defense of the country to Afghans so American and other foreign troops can go home.

Nov 20, 2009 | 3:25 pm

Police: NC girl raped, killed on day she was taken

Police: NC girl raped, killed on day she was taken

A 5-year-old North Carolina girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home, according to an arrest warrant released Friday. Shaniya Davis was sexually assaulted and asphyxiated Nov. 10, the day her mother reported her missing from the trailer park where she was staying…

Nov 20, 2009 | 3:20 pm

Murder trial move to LA a setback for transit cop

The decision to move Johannes Mehserle's trial to Los Angeles County is a setback for the former transit officer charged with killing an unarmed man on New Year's Day.

Nov 20, 2009 | 3:20 pm

Pa. judges in juvenile kickbacks case win immunity

Two former Pennsylvania judges accused of taking kickbacks to supply private detention facilities with juveniles have been granted partial immunity from civil liability.

Nov 20, 2009 | 3:20 pm

Researcher: Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin

Researcher: Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin

A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus.

Nov 20, 2009 | 3:20 pm

Kidnapped Britons say Somali pirates may kill them

A British couple being held hostage by Somali pirates said in an interview broadcast Friday that they fear they will be killed or handed to a terrorist group if a ransom is not paid soon.

Nov 20, 2009 | 3:15 pm

SC lawmakers to take up impeachment of governor

SC lawmakers to take up impeachment of governor

South Carolina lawmakers plan to formally consider impeaching Gov. Mark Sanford for the first time next week, the chairman of the committee beginning that work said Friday.

Nov 20, 2009 | 3:15 pm

US envoy criticizes coverage of Obama China visit

US envoy criticizes coverage of Obama China visit

Washington's ambassador to Beijing hit out Friday at negative U.S. media coverage of President Barack Obama's visit to China, saying it failed to take into account important progress on many issues.

Nov 20, 2009 | 3:15 pm

Daley: Saddened at end of Winfrey show in Chicago

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley says Oprah Winfrey has been a "tremendous asset" to Chicago and he's saddened to hear her show will end.

Nov 20, 2009 | 3:10 pm

Planes ready to leave Brunswick, Maine Navy base

Planes ready to leave Brunswick, Maine Navy base

The rumble of Navy patrol aircraft flying overhead will soon be a thing of the past as the remaining P-3 Orions depart from Brunswick Naval Air Station.

Nov 20, 2009 | 3:10 pm

Museum: Galileo's fingers, tooth are found

Museum: Galileo's fingers, tooth are found

Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again, a Florence museum said Friday.

Nov 20, 2009 | 3:00 pm

Teen pleads guilty in violent Border Patrol murder

A 17-year-old pleaded guilty Friday to murdering a Border Patrol agent who was shot eight times in head, neck and torso in the mountains east of San Diego.

Nov 20, 2009 | 2:55 pm

Lawyer: Ohio's legal injection a human experiment

An attorney for a condemned killer says Ohio's new lethal-injection plan is so untested it would amount to human experimentation if used for the first time next month.

Nov 20, 2009 | 2:55 pm

'La Familia' drug cartel members indicted

A federal grand jury has indicted 15 alleged members of the La Familia Michoacana (MEE'-chu-a-kah-nah), a violence-prone Mexican cartel that has flooded American cities with millions of dollars worth of drugs.

Nov 20, 2009 | 2:50 pm

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