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Wife gravely ill and only treatment available is in Europe. She was born in Stuttgart, Germany in 1958 as her Army father was stationed there and she came to the US as literally a "babe in arms". Her birth certificate is lost and I cannot get her a Passport. Working with the State Dept, etc., is frustrating and so far getting me nowhere. Any Freepers have advise? Bless you.

Police Chief William Clay has banned all on-duty police officers from eating at Denny's Restaurant on South Illinois Street after a detective was asked to remove her gun or leave the restaurant. "All sworn (uniformed/non-uniformed) officers have been prohibited from entering Denny's Restaurant at 1130 South Illinois for any meal or coffee breaks while on duty," Clay said in a released statement. "Additionally, no officers may enter the restaurant off-duty if in uniform."

SPRINGFIELD — Senate candidate Mark Kirk says he ``got the message'' from Republicans who were outraged that he supported pollution limits that some people consider a hidden tax. Kirk said Tuesday that he has heard from plenty of people angry that he voted for ``cap-and-trade'' when the U.S. House considered the measure recently. The plan would cap the pollution that companies can release but then allow them to buy and sell permits for more emissions. Critics say cap-and-trade would drive up the cost of electricity and goods. Kirk says he can't take back his vote but he understands why people...

KTRS will air audio from tonight's Nightline which has been pre-empted from TV broadcast in St. Louis. Nightline will air at 10:35pm and will include the reading of the 500+ names of US soldiers killed in Iraq.

Frist aide says feds may have Durbin in crosshairs Due to pressure following his release of condemning memos about Circuit Court nominee Miguel Estrada, written by U.S. Senator Dick Durbin's Judiciary Committee staff, Manuel Miranda resigned his post Friday on U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist's staff. WASHINGTON DC -- U.S. Senate staffer Manuel Miranda, who resigned Friday under pressure after U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) launched an investigation into the source of the leak of condemning memos written by his staffers, revealed today Durbin himself may be under investigation for leaking classfied information. Last autumn, memos written by Democrat...

Statement by NFL Executive Vice President Joe Browne regarding the Super Bowl halftime show: "We were extremely disappointed by elements of the MTV-produced Halftime show. They were totally inconsistent with assurances our office was given about the show. It's unlikely that MTV will produce another Super Bowl halftime."

CHICAGO -- I met Dr. Alveda King two years ago when we taped back-to-back shows for Father Frank Pavone’s Defending Life television series at the EWTN studio in Birmingham. Alveda’s Uncle was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who was assassinated in 1968. Her father was Martin’s younger brother, Reverend Dr. A. D. King, who died in 1969 in a drowning "accident" that was deemed questionable. The occasion of our meeting marked the first time Alveda returned to Birmingham since her home was bombed in 1963. This is where our interview began. I asked Alveda of her thoughts and emotions that...

CHICAGO -- Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr., today said, "It's a good thing that Saddam Hussein has been captured, and captured alive. I hope his capture and trial will be used, not only to achieve justice with respect to Mr. Hussein, but to close the many gaps in information of what actually happened leading up to the U. S. pre-emptive war against Iraq. "I also hope it means a reduction in Iraqi resistance, the loss of American, Iraqi and other lives, and success in the effort to reconstruct Iraq. I believe it gives the U.S. a new chance to internationalize both...

Soldier blasts Commander-in-chief on Rockford air waves Friday, November 07, 2003 - David Hale, Rockford correspondent ROCKFORD -- An Illinois National Guardsman at home on leave blasted the President today on a Rockford area radio show, saying the President lied about his reasons for American military going to Iraq. Sergeant Jessica Macek of Rockford, Illinois has been serving in Iraq for six-months with the National Guard's 333rd MP Company, and while home on leave, during an interview on WNTA 1330 AM Radio in Rockford said she believes that President Bush lied about the reasons for going to war. "I believe...

Former Congressman Paul Findley (R-Jacksonville) told the Illinois Times that America is in the "darkest of times." JACKSONVILLE -- A former Republican congressman from central Illinois recently made Illinois news when he called President George W. Bush "the most dangerous guy in the world." Patrick Arden wrote in Springfield-based Illinois Times, a free alternative newsweekly, that 82 year old retired Congressman Paul Findley (R-Jacksonville) is unhappy with many of President Bush's foreign policy decisions. Findley is quoted as saying: Bush has been a disaster. I view him as, in a sense, the most dangerous guy in the world because he...

<p>The chief federal judge for Southern Illinois said Wednesday that U.S. Attorney Miriam Miquelon is under investigation by the Justice Department and lied about why she is resigning.</p> <p>The eruption by Chief District Judge G. Patrick Murphy, a highly unusual departure for the decorum-conscious federal judiciary, was met with a steely denial from Miquelon.</p>

May 11, 2:41 PM (ET) LOS ANGELES (AP) - The federal government should guarantee parents protection against testifying against their own children, former White House intern and reality TV host Monica Lewinsky says. In an opinion piece published in Sunday's Los Angeles Times, Lewinsky said it seemed appropriate on Mother's Day to urge Congress to establish a parent-child privilege. "We have a husband-wife privilege, a doctor-patient privilege, an attorney-client privilege and even a privilege between priest and penitent," she wrote. "Isn't the parent-child relationship every bit as important, if not more so?" Lewinsky had a sexual relationship with President Clinton...

All Weekly World News News -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- More from Weekly World News • Feature from the WWN • WWN WebGuide • Subscribe to the WWN Saddam Starred in Gay Porn Films! Thursday April 10, 2003 KUWAIT CITY -- Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has been caught with his pants down -- literally. A shocking 1968 porn film has surfaced, in which the flamboyant strongman appears performing raunchy homosexual acts! The image quality of the grainy 16mm film, uncovered by the Kuwaiti secret police, is poor -- but experts who've taken a close look at the hairy-chested actor are "100 percent certain" it...