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    A bomb scare in the tiny Ford County town of Clarence later put national attention on East Central Illinois.
    Prosecutors say a home-grown terror cell took part in several criminal acts, including an attempted bombing in Champaign.
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    Our year-in-review series continues...
    CBS News Correspondent Deborah Rodriguez looks back at the year in entertainment.........on stage, screen, and on the radio.

    You read about them in the newspapers and saw their photos on magazine covers. They were the personalities in the headlines this year. CBD News Correspondent Deborah Rodriguez reminds us why we are so fascinated.

    For the first time in nearly a decade, graduate student union members at the University of Illinois walked off the job this year.

    From devices to outer space, CNET's Ian Sherr looks back at some of the top tech stories of 2018.

    We begin today a look at the top national headlines of 2018.  First up: the world of sports.  Here's CBS News Correspondent Steve Futterman.

    Today our news team begins a look at the top local stories of 2018. We're going month-by-month starting with January.
    When Danville police found a body in a vehicle on January 11th, they didn't know it would be…

Attorneys in the Brendt Christensen kidnapping case want to leave nothing to chance when picking a possible jury. That's evident in a 31 page questionnaire recently submitted to a judge for approval. Some of the questions might surprise you.  Tim Ditman has more.

Coverage of President George H.W. Bush's state funeral on 12-5-18. Audio and photo via CBS News.