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![Quinn signs tough fracking regulations law
CHICAGO -- Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has signed legislation giving the state the nation's strictest regulations for high-volume oil and gas drilling.
In a news release, Quinn's office says the governor signed the bill Monday. Quinn says the law will "unlock the potential" for thousands of jobs in southern Illinois while protecting the environment.
Quinn's signature was expected after the measure sailed through the Illinois Legislature.
The process called "fracking" probably won't begin in earnest in the state until next year because the Department of Natural Resources must adopt rules to mirror the regulations and hire dozens of new engineers, inspectors and regulators.
The law was crafted with the help of industry and some environmental groups. The unusual collaboration has been touted as a potential model for other states.
-- Associated Press
Judge to decide same-sex privilege issue
LOUISVILLE -- A Kentucky judge is weighing whether a same-sex couple qualifies for the privilege of not testifying against a spouse in a slaying case in Louisville.
The question arose in the case of Bobbie Joe Clary. Clary is charged in the Oct. 29, 2011, murder and robbery of George Murphy, accused of fatally wounding Murphy with a blunt object in his Portland home.
Clary is claiming self-defense, saying that Murphy was raping her and she fought back by hitting him in the head with a hammer.
Clary and partner Geneva Case were legally married in Vermont in 2004. Kentucky doesn't recognize same-sex marriages.
Jefferson Circuit Judge Susan Schultz Gibson set a July 30 hearing date over whether Case qualifies for the right not to testify against Clary.
The case has become the first legal test in the state over forcing same-sex partners to testify against each other -- raising the broader issue of whether the state recognizes marriages or civil unions that are legal elsewhere. The case could have ramifications for issues such as divorces and division of property after death.
-- Associated Press
Counselors available at SIU-Carbondale after student dies in weekend wreck
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Administrators are making counselors available to students at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale after a student died in a weekend traffic crash.
Five others with ties to the school were also injured.
Kenton James Barrick, a senior studying computer science, was killed in Sunday afternoon's wreck.
The crash also injured three students and two associate professors.
The Southern Illinoisan said the crash involved two cars and a motorcycle.
-- Associated Press
Toddler dies when car swept into creek
MOUNT STERLING, Ill. -- Authorities say a 2-year-old western Illinois boy is dead after flood waters swept his father's car into a rain-swollen creek.
Brown County Sheriff Karl Groesch says Malachi Phillip Smith died after the accident late Saturday night near Mount Sterling. The town is about 70 miles northwest of Springfield.
The sheriff said Anthony T. Smith drove over a bridge south of town around 11 p.m. Saturday. But rising water swept the car into the creek after. Up to 6 inches of rain fell in the area late that night.
Authorities say the father tried to save his son, but couldn't find him.
Groesch said the Versailles boy was dead when his body was found Sunday morning about a half a mile from the bridge.
-- Associated Press](http://matchbin-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/public/sites/1140/assets/1371556992782719212489150X150.jpg "Quinn signs tough fracking regulations law
CHICAGO -- Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has signed legislation giving the state the nation's strictest regulations for high-volume oil and gas drilling.
In a news release, Quinn's office says the governor signed the bill Monday. Quinn says the law will "unlock the potential" for thousands of jobs in southern Illinois while protecting the environment.
Quinn's signature was expected after the measure sailed through the Illinois Legislature.
The process called "fracking" probably won't begin in earnest in the state until next year because the Department of Natural Resources must adopt rules to mirror the regulations and hire dozens of new engineers, inspectors and regulators.
The law was crafted with the help of industry and some environmental groups. The unusual collaboration has been touted as a potential model for other states.
-- Associated Press
Judge to decide same-sex privilege issue
LOUISVILLE -- A Kentucky judge is weighing whether a same-sex couple qualifies for the privilege of not testifying against a spouse in a slaying case in Louisville.
The question arose in the case of Bobbie Joe Clary. Clary is charged in the Oct. 29, 2011, murder and robbery of George Murphy, accused of fatally wounding Murphy with a blunt object in his Portland home.
Clary is claiming self-defense, saying that Murphy was raping her and she fought back by hitting him in the head with a hammer.
Clary and partner Geneva Case were legally married in Vermont in 2004. Kentucky doesn't recognize same-sex marriages.
Jefferson Circuit Judge Susan Schultz Gibson set a July 30 hearing date over whether Case qualifies for the right not to testify against Clary.
The case has become the first legal test in the state over forcing same-sex partners to testify against each other -- raising the broader issue of whether the state recognizes marriages or civil unions that are legal elsewhere. The case could have ramifications for issues such as divorces and division of property after death.
-- Associated Press
Counselors available at SIU-Carbondale after student dies in weekend wreck
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Administrators are making counselors available to students at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale after a student died in a weekend traffic crash.
Five others with ties to the school were also injured.
Kenton James Barrick, a senior studying computer science, was killed in Sunday afternoon's wreck.
The crash also injured three students and two associate professors.
The Southern Illinoisan said the crash involved two cars and a motorcycle.
-- Associated Press
Toddler dies when car swept into creek
MOUNT STERLING, Ill. -- Authorities say a 2-year-old western Illinois boy is dead after flood waters swept his father's car into a rain-swollen creek.
Brown County Sheriff Karl Groesch says Malachi Phillip Smith died after the accident late Saturday night near Mount Sterling. The town is about 70 miles northwest of Springfield.
The sheriff said Anthony T. Smith drove over a bridge south of town around 11 p.m. Saturday. But rising water swept the car into the creek after. Up to 6 inches of rain fell in the area late that night.
Authorities say the father tried to save his son, but couldn't find him.
Groesch said the Versailles boy was dead when his body was found Sunday morning about a half a mile from the bridge.
-- Associated Press")
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