State

• Illinois fights back as other states seek carp-blocking canal closures, Chicago Business

Central Illinois

• Lincoln VFW faces foreclosure, Springfield State Journal-Register

Chicago area

• $1.5 million settlement in ex-gymnastics instructor's civil case, Daily Herald

Southern Illinois

• Appellate court says dismiss or arbitrate case against AG Edwards, Madison/St. Clair Record

Nation

• Court officer, suspect killed in Vegas courthouse shooting, ABA Journal
• Threats to federal judges, prosecutors on the rise, Chicago Sun-Times
• "Foreclosure mills" use "assembly-line" litigation process, ABA Journal