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Does the St. Louis Rams arbitration victory over the Edward Jones Dome lease mean the team will leave town? Not necessarily.

The Convention and Visitors Commission has until mid-April to respond to the ruling. The Rams could then begin negotiating for new stadiums and new cities. But officials say that doesn't mean they'll leave St. Louis.

This isn't the first time the Rams and the CVC have dealt with the "first-tier" issue. The lease actually required that the dome be one of the top eight NFL facilities in 2005. After four-years of negotiating, the Rams eventually waived the first-tier requirement in exchange for $30-million in improvements that included new turf and scoreboards.

CVC officials have said they don't plan to ask taxpayers for the $700 million renovation the Rams proposed, so building a new stadium will likely be the new focus.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that possible sites for a new football stadium include the shuttered Chrysler plant in Fenton, farmland in Maryland Heights, or the mostly-vacant Bottle District north of downtown.

Rams officials aren't commenting.

Governor Pat Quinn wants Illinois residents to be able to register to vote online. The Chicago Democrat says the state's election process must move into the 21st century.

Supporters of the plan say online registration would make the process simpler and attract younger voters.

Republicans say they don't oppose the idea, but think the state should first focus on fixing its worst-in-the-nation pension crisis.

More than a dozen states, including Colorado, Nevada and Indiana, already offer online voter registration.

Two Highland, Illinois sisters are safe after one of them shot an attacking intruder. It happened about 3:30 Sunday morning at the Senior Plaza Apartments on Eagle Way Drive.

Fifty-five year old Debbie Keeny told police that she'd stepped outside for a smoke and when she turned to go back inside, a man forced his way into her apartment. She says he pushed her to the floor and then attacked her sister, 47 year old Donna Carlyle. The man reportedly choked Carlyle and demanded money.

Keeny says she grabbed her derringer pistol and warned the man that she'd shoot if he didn't let go of her sister. The man didn't stop, so she fired a warning shot. When he still didn't let go, she shot him in the back.

Police say the 33 year old suspect, a man from Troy, Illinois, is in critical condition with two gunshot wounds.

Police believe robbery was the motive, since several of the sister's neighbors at the Senior Plaza Apartments report hearing someone jiggle their doorknobs shortly before the attack.