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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>I don’t know if the <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Chicago Tribune</st1:PersonName> or Chicago Sun-<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Times</st1:PersonName> covered the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision
on an <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Arizona</st1:place></st1:State>
case dealing with the Endangered Species Act. Below is an article from the Arizona
Daily Star and an article from the Washington Post in 2004. This legal decision
affects <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Illinois</st1:place></st1:State>
and every state.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Read the news: <<a
href="http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/189115">http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/189115</a>><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on"><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Arizona</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
Daily Star Capitol Media Services<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Brushing aside concerns
about endangering species, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that the state
of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Arizona</st1:place></st1:State>
can keep issuing water-discharge permits for new developments.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>For background: <a
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A26242-2004July3?language+printer">http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A26242-2004July3?language+printer</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Carolyn Marsh, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Lake
County</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">IN</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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