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aniimff Saturday, January T4, 20 2 The Dispatch Rock Island Argus C8 4 4 ILLINOIS Ll6o to jjob seetas: Check out state website Illinois lieutenant governor is urging residents to use the states jobs database to find new jobs. In a news release issued after a new round of layoffs of civilian employees at Scott Air Force Base was announced this week, Lt Gov Sheila Simon says state residents and employers can connect on Illinois Job Link. The site is maintained through die states Department of Employment Security Simon says the database aggregates job postings from nationwide websites as well as small businesses around Illinois. Employers can post openings free of charge, and those looking for work arent charged to access the job postings. Republican presidential candidate, Texas Gov.

Rick Perry greets people during a campaign visit Thursday in Summerville, SC GOP candidates fail to get on some primary ballots WASHINGTON (AP) Many of Mitt Romneys presidential challengers are having trouble fulfilling a fundamental requirement of running for public office: getting on the ballot. Rick Santo rum. Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry and Jon Huntsman have all failed to qualify for the ballot in at least one upcoming GOP primary. In other states, they have failed to file full slates of delegates with state or party officials, raising questions about whether these candidates have the resources to wage effective national campaigns. And if one of them were able to marshal enough anti-Romney forces to challenge the front-runner, the ballot blunders could limit their ability to win delegates in key states.

The exception: Ron PauL who appears to have avoided such pitfalls so far This is why you need a real-life, no-kidding-around campaign, said Rich Galen, a GOP strategist and former Gingrich aide who is neutral in the 2012 race. All these Associated Prea Lined up are some of the last bottles Dr Pepper produced in Dublin, Texas, on Thursday. Under an agreement, the Dublin Dr Pepper bottler will end production of the drink that Jeff KlosteTs family has been bottling for more than a century Demise of Dublin Dr Pepper7 brand has Texas community worried DUBLIN, Texas Dublin didnt invent Dr Pepper, but no other place has embraced the soft drink quite like it has A dozen or so signs and murals around town tout the virtues of the local version of the drink, Dublin Dr Pepper; which was first bottled in Dublin in 1 891, six years after it debuted in Waco. And a giant Dublin Dr Pepper billboard greets the nearly 1 00,000 annual visitors to the central Texas town most who come just to buy the drink, which is made with cane sugar instead of high-fructose com syrup and is sweeter than typical Dr Pepper. But because of a legal settlement that led to the de-mise of the Dublin Dr Pepper brand and logo, the town's name is being cutout covered up or painted over on the signs, and many residents feel the town's identity is disappearing along with it "You see somebody cutting your name out of something like it never happened, and that's just gut-wrenching," said Pat Leatherwood, vice president of First National Bank of Dublin.

"You walk in stores all over town, and some people are mad. Some are upset Its like someone has died." Dr Pepper Snapple Group, which is based in Plano, announced this week that it bought all of the Dublin bottling company's sales and distribution operations and related assets, as well as the rights to distribute Dr Pepper and its other brands in the six central Texas counties served by Dr Pepper Bottling Co. of Dublin, which has been renamed Dublin Bottling Works. Associated Press Hew vehicles got 05 more miles per gallon In 2011, TrueCar.com says DETROIT The new vehicles Americans bought in -201 averaged a half-mile more per gallon than those purchased in 2010, an improvement that saved $722 million at the gas pump where consumers bought 214 million fewer gallons of gas than a year earlier, according toTrueCar.com's annual survey. The aggregate fleet of new cars and trucks averaged 722 mpg for 201 compared with 2 1.7 mpg in 201 0.

Hyundai, which sells no pickup trucks or large SUVs in the US, led the industry's seven highest-selling manufacturers with an average of 26.6 mpg, up from 253 in Ml 0, Honda was second at 24.2 mpg, while Toyota, dominates the market for gas-electric hybrid vehicles, was third at 236 mpg, In terms of percentage improvement, Ford showed the most progress, rising to 21.4 mpg, 1 percent better than a year earlier. Ford also finished a strong second to Hyundai within the midsize car segment averaging 26.6 mpg vs. Hyundai's 26.9 mpg. "It may seem insignificant, but an increase ofa halfa mile per gallon in fuel economy translates to a reduction in foe! consumption of 214 million gallons," said Jesse Toprak, vice president of industry trends and insights atTrueCar, a automotive consumer information company in Santa Monica, Calif. Detroit Free Press Associated Pres signatures to meet ballot requirements in upcoming contests.

Virginia has been a tough ballot to crack for several GOP candidates because the state requires campaigns to collect signatures from at least 10,000 registered voters. Romney and Paul were the only ones who made the ballot for the March 6 primary Perry sued, and was later joined in the lawsuit by Gingrich, Huntsman and Santorum. But on Friday a federal judge in Richmond refused to add them to the ballot, saying the candidates should have challenged Virginias primary qualifying rules earlier. Associated Press. 3 killed at N.C lumber company; gunman hurt Police say a gunman who opened fire at a lumber company targeted four of his co-workers, killing three of them and critically injuring the other person.

Police say the shooter, Ronald Dean Davis, 50, went home after the shooting at the warehouse Friday morning and shot himself in the head, leaving him critically wounded. Montgomery County Sheriff Dempsey Owens says police found Davis slumped over on his couch. A handgun and a rambling, vague six-page note was on the couch next to Davis. Owens says about 16 other employees were at the McBride Lumber Co. in central North Carolina when Davis started firing with a shotgun.

Police say he was a disgruntled employee, but they have not said what he was upset over each side on main issues. The talks are set to resume today in Jin-dan. Afghan minorities support peace talks Prominent Afghan opposition leaders say they support possible U.S.-brckered peace negotiations with Taliban militants but want to be part of any talks. Members of a coalition representing Afghanistans ethnic minorities spoke Friday The Taliban recently expressed interest in negotiations with the but it is so far unclear what other Afghan factions might be involved. Bridge rescue in California Firefighters rescue a person from a car dangling precariously over a bridge after a fiery crash on Highway 1 01 near Buiellton, Calif.

A mother and her two daughters were rescued from a BMW teetering on a California freeway bridge after a gravel truck rear-ended the car then plunged into a creek, killing the trucker. guys who have been crowing that they found a new way to rim for president, if like saying Fm inventing a new airplane, and it has only one wing. Romney the former Massachusetts governor, won the first two contests, in Iowa and New Hampshire, and he is leading in the polls in South Carolina and Florida, file next two states to have primaries. Romney raised $56 million in 2011 for his campaign, giving him big financial and organizational advantages over his GOP rivals. Those advantages are on display as many of his competitors miss deadlines or fail to collect enough NATION Upstate N.Y.

couple donates $3M to Catholic churches A husband and wife who died eight years apart have donated more than $3 million to Catholic churches and organizations in their upstate New York hometown and in Illinois. Marie Salenskes will called for donating $2.6 million to three Syracuse churches, $410,000 to a Syracuse monastery and $200,000 to Chicagos National Shrine of St Judd. Another $1 million was split among two relatives and two friends. The newspaper reports that Salenske and her husband Gus lived a quiet modest life during 46 years of marriage spent in his childhood home in Syracuse. Gus Salenkse, a plumber, died in 2001 at age 80.

His wife, who worked as a nurse, died eight years later at 88. The couple didnt have children. WORLD Palestinians insist on Israel talks deadline A Palestinian official says negotiators are sticking to an end of January deadline in talks with Israel, despite IIS. calls for flexibility: Palestinian and Israeli negotiators met last week for the first time in more than a year. Nabil Aim Rdeneh, an aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said Friday Palestinians will consider halting the talks if no progress is reached by Jan.

26. That date was set in October by the Quartet of Mideast peace mediators, calling for proposals from Online: httpKillinoisjoblinlt illinois.gov Officials work to boost fool food market Illinois officials are working to make locally grown food more readily available Warren Ribley is director of file Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity He announced a program Thursday to help communities and businesses develop food hubs. Food hubs are places for processing and distributing food so local farmers may market their products to larger customers such as schools and government agencies. The commerce agency the state Agriculture Department and the University of Illinois business innovation services unit have produced a guidebook called Building Successful Food Hubs. Online: www.Fam HyFarmedorg and httolsupply.illinois.ectu Nominations sought for volunteer awartf Illinois officials are seeking nominees foe volunteer service awards.

The Serve Illinois Commission on VoL unteerism and Community Service says the deadline for accepting nominations is Feb. 29. State officials say successful nominees will have focused in one the following areas: economic opportunity education, environmental conservation, disaster preparedness, health or veterans affairs. Winners win he selected by different age categories ami regions. Tito Serve Illinois Commission is a 25-member board appointed by the governor Winners will be selected and notified by March 30 and will be invited to a luncheon at the Executive Mansion in Springfield in late ApriL Onfinc: wwwjerve.iifinois.gov Man serving 111 years asking for new trial A central Illinois man whos serving a 111-year prison sentence is asking foe a new trial Perry Alberts, 60, of Lincoln, was sentenced in 2002 oti charges related to the imprisonment and sexual assault of his girlfriend.

Defense attorneys now contend Alberts wasnt fit to stand trial because he was taking prescription medication and was involuntarily intoxicated. Theyre asking for a new 1 trial or a modified sentence: Logan County Judge Thomas Harris has heard arguments on the issue Prosecutor Jon Wright says they're still waiting for a decision. Jewelry theft ring operator released from custody A former Chicago Police Department chief of detectives who helped rim a nationwide ring of jewel thieves has been released from a federal custody after completing a 12-year prison sentence. Defense attorney Jeffrey Steinback said that William Hanhardt was released from custody on Friday Hanhardt, 83, was released to a Chicago halfway house in July Two months later, he was ordered to home confinement Hanhardt pleaded guilty in October 2001 to running an alleged organized crime theft ring that stalked jewelry salesmen and stole more than $5 million in diamonds over 20 years. Van bumped off ferry; parents, kids rescued NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.

A collision on board the Balboa Island Ferry shoved a minivan into the water on Friday morning, starting the clock on a rescue of two young children and their parents as the vehicle went under. Witnesses said the family visiting from Taiwan had only a few minutes to escape before the van sank in about 1 5 feet of water. A ferry worker jumped into the water and swam to help as two boaters pulled alongside the sinking van and helped the family out "Please get out my girl," the fiatner told boater Skip Staats as he guided his small dinghy alongside the van. Staats said he reached into the van's rear window and unbuckled the girl from her car seat A young boy then clambered over the seat and climbed into his dinghy. The father pulled himself feet first through the drivers side window as another boater pulled alongside the passenger side.

That boater, James Donoghue, helped the mother get out about 20 seconds before the van went under. He asked if she was okay. 'She said yes," he said, 'and then she looked me square in the eye and said, 'But that was a rental car The Orange County Register Peru court sentences LIMA, Peru Joran van der Sloot knew his guilty plea in the strangulation death of a young woman he met at a Lima casino was a big gamble as he tried to get a reduced sentence. On Friday, the poker-loving Dutchman lost. A three-judge panel sentenced him to 28 years in prison, discarding his claims of contrition in a killing his lawyer said was triggered by trauma from being the prime suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of 5.

teen Natalee Holloway. Asked if he accepted the sentence. Van der Sloot, standing in a green T-shirt and faded jeans in a hot Lima courtroom, said he would appeal. The sentencing marked the latest chapter in the tabloid-sustaining saga and came a day after a judge in Alabama declared Holloway legally dead as her parents try to bring Van der Sloot, to the U3. for a related crime.

"I believe he is beyond Holloway in Birmingham, Ala, after that hearing. Associated Press NYC man admits forging art appraisal documents A New York City man who sold fake art prints he believed were by British artist Damien Hirst has pleaded guilty to forging appraisal documents. Richard Silver bought the prints from an Irvine, man online in 2006 for about $40,000. He resold them for $84,000. A defense lawyer said Friday that Silver didnt know the prints were fake until after hed sold them.

The lawyer says Silver had some works appraised to get shipping insurance and altered the appraisal documents to match the rest of the prints so he could ship quickly He says Silver didnt mean to defraud anybody Silver pleaded guilty Thursday to misdemeanor forgery and false-filing charges. Hes expected to be sentenced next week to 60 days in jail and ordered to pay restitution. Coast guard: Ship aground off Italy, bodies found The Italian coast guard says a luxury cruise ship has run aground off the coast of Tuscany and that at least three bodies have been retrieved from the sea. Cmdr. Francesco Paolillo said from the port city of Livorno early this morning that there are probably at least three more dead, although he hasnt received confirmation of those three.

He said helicopters are evacuating some 50 people still aboard the Costa Concordia liner near the Tuscan island of Giglio..