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B6 WEATHER SUNDAY, AUGUST 23, 2009 DECATUR, ILLINOIS www.herald-review.com Checkout vodcasts of top stories Mostly sunny and nice Clear Partly sunny, warm and humid warm with sunshine cloudy with a thunderstorm possible yts Pleasant with plenty of sunshine High: 83 in Central Illinois in the multimedia section of www.herald-review.com Low: 61 High: 87 High: 89 Regional Forecast Central Illinois Shown is today's weather. Temperatures are today's lows and today highs. Area Almanac Pekin 7952 High pressure will provide a nice day Paxton 75,54 across the region today with sunshine. Clear and cool tonight. Lewlswwn Decatur Temperature High Low Record high 102 Record low 49 Precipitation 24 hours ending 2 p.m.

yest. Month to date Normal month to date ffiilsi ff rTT" it i S- 'J WW. iff mm PHI 1 Southern Illinois A pleasant day is in store for today with an abundance of sunshine. Clear 71 59 (1936); (1923) 0.42 2.67" 3.04" 25.51" 'r i uncom- Chspipatgn and cool tonight. Petersburg World Cities Today Tomorrow City Hi LoW Hi LoW AcapuICO 88 79 1 8779S Amsterdam 75 58 75 63 Athens 30 72 89 72 S- i Baghdad 117 84 113 71 Barbados 87 77pc 87 78s i Beijing 86 67 82 68 pc Beirut 80 78 82 77 Bermuda 84 78 1 84 79 Berlin 75 56s' 79 61 s.

Buenos Aires 63 52 68 57 pc Cairo 99 75 98 7SS Dakar 89 76 pc 91 81 Geneva 82 57 82 63 Hong Kong 93 82 sh 91 81 sh Jerusalem 85 62 85 65 London 79 59 75 54 pc Maand 97 66 95 64 Manila 87 77 86 78 Mexico City 73S0t 74 51 pc Moscow 72 48 74 56 1 New Delhi 97 81 pc 95 79 pc Ottawa 72 60 1 77 58 Panama 88 75 1 87 75 sh Paris 83 61 81 59 1 Rome 90 68 88 66 Seoul 82 63 86 61 Sydney 77 54 pc 81 55 sh Tokyo 86 72 pc 81 66 Warsaw jgS 72 50 pc 71 50 s. i Weather (W): unny: pc-panty doudy; odoudy: ahnoaers; t-thunoerslorms: r-ram; sf-snow flumes sivsnow: Degree Days (1977) 7951 Year to date Central Illinois Decatur Jnscola-' 77,53 Extended Illinois The pleasant weather will continue tomorrow with a mostly sunny sky Turning warmer on Tuesday and Wednesday. Chicago Mostly sunny and nice today. Clear tonight. Pleasant tomorrow with plenty of sun.

Tuesday: mostly sunny. City Hi Lo Prec. Flora 72 57 Hillsboro 71 56 Mattoon 71 57 Olney 73 61 Salem .73 58 Shelbyville 71 56 Sullivan 70 ".56 Vandalia 72 56 Pollen Index BhelbyvilfW? aJ! Marshall 7853 a. (Aarteston'' il Cooling Degree Days: An index of energy consumption indicating how many degrees the average temperature was above 65 degrees for the day with negative values counting as zero. St Louis Mostly sunny and nice today Cleaj.1t"' tonight.

Pleasant tomorrow with plenty of sunshine. Grass Molds 'I; Trees weeds HTrTTri -mLa, fc.fcjsit sessmf Low Mod. High Robinson ferflngharh' 7653 0 707 Yesterday Year to date V. Hlah 7654" Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. 2009 7953 9.

National Forecast Today Source: National Allergy Bureau. Illinois Real Feel Temp sawa Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. 70 60 8 a.m. 10 a.m.

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-4F A hJ-FT? '6857' Lri Chicago, -s' --rrT rf60! gnUSA Wa hlngTonW 1 Kansas City" UJ Xn I 8360 yr- ff TPLEASANT)" '--v Jf. it 1 ri V' El Paso 'V El Paso National Cities Today Tomorrow City Hi LoW Hi LoW AIDany 78 62 1 83 57pc Albuquerque 89 66 DC 85 63 1 Amanllo 96 67 96 66 pc Anchorage 56 49 sh 62 48 pc Atlanta 83 64 85 67 Austin 100 73s 99 71 Baltimore 84 64 1 8764pc Billings 84 60 pc 87 56 pc Birmingham- 84 60 87 Bismarck 90 63 pc 88 61 Boisa 88 58 pc 87 60 pc Boston 84 67 84 65 Buffalo 72 57 76 58 Casper 93 57 pc 83 53 1 Charteston.SC 91 69 1 89 70 1 Charleston, WV 76 57 pc 82 59 Sun and Moon Sunrise today 6:15 a.m. Sunset tonight 7:41 p.m. Moonrise today 10:05 a.m., Moonset today 9:08 p.m. First Full Last New Today Tomorrow Today Tomorrow City Hi LoW HILoW City Hi LoW Hi LoW Charlotte 86 63 pc 88 65 1 McAllen 101 78 99 76 Cheyenne 89 58 pc 82 54t Memphis 85 63 88 67 Chicago 74 54 83 63 Miami 91 79 1 90 81 Cincinnati 76 55 83 61 Milwaukee 70 58 pc 80 65 Cleveland 72 57 pc 80 58s; Minneapolis 82 62 83 67 pc Columbus.

OH 74 57 pc 83 61 Montgomery 88 61 91 64 Dallas 96 76 96 76 NashviHe 82 58 86 64 Denver 94 60 pc 85 56 pc New Orleans 88 70 89 73 Detroit 74 59pc 8161s New York City 83 71 1 87 70pc Paso 94 70 pc 93 70 pc Norfolk 88 74 1 84 70 1 Fairbanks 59 46 sh 58 43 Oklahoma City 92 66s 94 72 Fargo 86 63 pc 85 64 1 Omaha 86 62 90 71 pc Flagstaff 74 50 1 74 49 1 Orlando 90 75 1 91 74 1 Greensboro 85 65 pc 86 65 1 Philadelphia 86 70 1 87 68 pc Hartford 80 64 1 87 61 DC Phoenix 99 81 101 83 1 Honolulu 89 76 89 76 Pittsburgh 76 56 1 79 58 Houston 9574s 95 74 5 Porttand.ME 79 62 80 57 1 Indianapolis 76 56 82 61 Portland. OR 76 52 79 56 Jacksonville 90 69 1 90 73 1 St Louis 78 61 87 65 Kansas City 83 60 89 69 San Antonio 100 76 97 76 Knoxville 80 59-s 84 63 pc San Diego 75 67 pc 76 67 pc Las Vegas 95 76 pc 97 77 pc San Francisco 68 57 pc 68 55 pc Little Rock 90 59 91 62 Seattle 71 52 74 54 Los Angeles 82 64 pc 80 62 Topeka 85 61 90 71 Louisville 79 60 84 64 Washington, DC 88 69 1 85 70 pc The patented AccuWeather.com RealFeel Temperature is an exclusive index of the effects of temperature, wind, humidity, sunshine intensity, cloudiness, precipitation, pressure and elevation on the human body. Lake Information waaia as of 7:00 a.m. Lake Clinton Winter Summer 690.0 v. )- 594.0 nousion.

690.0 690.30 599.7 604.33 614.4 614.43 Normal Pool level (yesterday's level) Lake Shelbyville Normal Pool level (yesterday's level) Lake Decatur Normal pool level (yesterday's level) FRONTS 9179 Showers T-storms Rain I 'i Flumes tsT Snow kl Ice ..612.5 Cold Warm Stationary AccuWeather.com Aug 27 Sep 4 Sep 11 Sep 18 -10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40S 50s 60s 70s 80s DAY BY DAY i fiS yj .1 Today's highlight in history: In 1927, Italian-born anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bar-tolomeo Vanzetti were executed in Boston for the murders of two men during a 1920 rob New York. In 1914, Japan declared war against Germany in World War I. In 1926, silent film star Rudolph Valentino died in spy -i nev. si. bery.

On this date in 1977, Massachusetts Gov. Michael S. Dukakis proclaimed that "any stigma and disgrace should be forever removed" from their names. On Aug. 23: In 1305, Scottish New York at age 31.

In 1939, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agreed to a nonag-gression treaty, the Pact, in Moscow. In 1944, Romanian prime minister to the capital of Bonn, Berlin reclaimed its role as a center of power in Germany with the arrival of Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. In 2004, President Bush criticized a commercial that had accused Democrat John Kerry of inflating his Vietnam War record, more than a week after the ad stopped running, and said broadcast attacks by outside groups had no place in the race for the White House. In Athens, Jeremy Wariner became the sixth consecutive American to win the Olympic title in the 400 meters, leading a U.S. sweep of the medals.

The U.S. soft-ball team won its third straight gold medal with a 5-1 victory over Australia. In 2008, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama introduced his choice of running mate, Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, before a crowd outside the Old State Capitol in Springfield. Two foreign journalists, Canadian Amanda Lindhout and Australian Nigel Brennan, were Presidential candidate Barack Obama announces his choice for running mate, Delaware Sen.

Joe Biden, in Springfield in 2008. kidnapped near Mogadishu, Somalia. Their whereabouts remain unknown. At the Beijing Olympics, the United States won gold in the women's and men's relay track events. The U.S.

women's basketball team beat Australia 92-65 to win a fourth straight gold medal. Angel Matos of Cuba and his coach were banned for life after the tae kwon do athlete kicked the referee in the face following his bronze-medal match rebel leader sir Valentino William Wallace was executed by the English for treason. In 1754, France's King Louis XVI was born at Versailles. In 1775, Britain's King George proclaimed the American Colonies in a state of "open and avowed rebellion." In 1858, "Ten Nights in a Bar-room," a play about the perils of alcohol, opened in Ion Antonescu was dismissed by King Michael, paving the way for Romania to abandon the Axis in favor of the Allies. In 1973, a bank robbery-turned-hostage-taking began in Stockholm, Sweden; by the time the standoff ended, the four hostages had come to empathize with their captors, a psychological condition now referred to as "Stockholm Syndrome." Berlin's Brandenburg Gate In 1989, in a case that inflamed racial tensions in New York, Yusuf Hawkins, a 16-year-old black youth, was shot dead after he and his friends were confronted by a group- of white youths in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn.

Gunman Joey Fama was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison; he will be eligible for parole in 2022. In 1999, the Dow Jones industrial average soared 199.15 to a then-record of 11,299.76. Fifty years after the German government moved The History Corner Herald Review Customer Service Phone Directory Area code is 21 7 unless otherwise noted A LOOK BAG LINCOLN LOG August 23, 1850 In Christian County Circuit Court in Tay-lorville, Lincoln files a not guilty plea for defendants Christopher Ketchum, Josephus Ketch-urn and William Brown in the case of Woods v. Ketchum et al. Plaintiff Thomas Woods claims the defendants used "force arms and dogs" to drive away 75 of his cattle.

Woods claimed he spent $300 finding the cattle, of which he never located five. Woods seeks $1,000 in damages. August 23, 1862 Mrs. Gabriel R. Paul urges Lincoln to promote her husband to brigadier general.

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