The nation in brief
Posted: August 21, 2009 at 5:22 a.m.
Residents survey tornado damage Thursday in Loami, Ill. A line of severe weather in central Illinois injured at least 19 people Wednesday and destroyed dozens of structures.
QUOTE OF THE DAY "Our position hasn't changed." President Barack Obama, on his administration's stance that a government option for health-insurance coverage should be considered as part of an overhaul bill.
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