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NASCAR PAGE: Debuting Thursday on the news service is our weekly NASCAR page. The page includes a column/centerpiece by Yahoo! NASCAR writer Jerry Bonkowski, 3 Questions With …, and a rail with analysis of the numbers in the Chase.
DISASTER PROJECT: Content for the national project with a run date of Nov. 4 is now on the news service to give you time to localize.
For 10/24/07 editions
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News
SLEEP DEPRIVATION: Late-running ballgames will leave many sleep-deprived <http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/east/massachusetts/x2130790162> - With the Red Sox set to host the Colorado Rockies in Wednesday night's World Series opener, late games - each one is scheduled to start at 8 p.m. - are going to present a challenge for parents, teachers and students.
Patriot Ledger, Lambert, 18 inches, on wire now
With photo
NARROW ESCAPE: Tunnelers recount narrow escape <http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/east/massachusetts/x857474131> - Trapped 120-feet below ground with thousands of gallons of water pouring into their excavation hole, miner Hoip "Ali" Swaby began to talk to God. Herald News, Pateakos, 30 inches, on wire now
Wth photos
SENIORS GOT GAME: Seniors discover that they've still got game with Nintendo's Wii <http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/east/massachusetts/x2130790170> - Good to localize: If you think seniors are sedate and don't like a challenge, drop by the Duxbury Senior Center on a Tuesday afternoon. Patriot Ledger, Scheible, 18 inches, on wire now
With photos
ABE'S SIGNATURE APPEARS: What apparently are previously unknown documents signed by Abe Lincoln have been found in the Sangamon County recorder's office ... hidden hanging in frames on the wall. RUSHTON/SPRINGFIELD/this evening/Illinois and Illinois News/w/photo/J.Fowler
Sports
WESSLER COLUMN: (with mug) On Nebraska broadcast prof, producing a documentary on the man 'who saved college hoop,' with a prelude on the scandals of 1950s and our old BU pal, Squeaky Melchiorre. WESSLER/PEORIA/this evening/Illinois Sports
Illinois basketball
ON GUARD: Freshman guard Demetri McCamey can barely catch his breath wihtout hearing soemthing from coach Bruce Weber. The comparisons between McCamey and former Illini star Deron Williams have already begun. Meanwhile, Weber is pushing McCamey with the hope that a future star could become something big sooner. SUPINIE. Champaign. Illinois sports and Big Ten. Moving this evening.
Illinois football
ILLINI NOTES: Notebook from Illinois coach Ron Zook's weekly press conference. SUPINIE. Champaign. Illinois sports and Big Ten. Moving this evening.
BEARS: Feature on Devin Hester. REED SCHRECK/ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR/Illinois Sports, Pro Sports and Bears
BREAKOUTS: Update box
Opinions
EDITORIAL: Baseball became America's pastime by being passed from generation to generation. Baseball is that rare modern activity that children, their parents and grandparents can share with enthusiasm. Too bad Major League Baseball and big league television don't value that part of the game. They insist on airing the biggest baseball games after the bedtime of their youngest fans. MetroWest, on wire now
EDITORIAL: BASEBALL LOSING VIEWERS - If Major League Baseball officials want to know why in the decades to come the viewing numbers and attendance figures are down, they can look back at their decision in 1988 to move all its showcase World Series games to night starts, guaranteeing a dwindling fan base as the years move on.
Patriot Ledger, 6 p.m.
MAHONEY CARTOON: Deval endorsing Obama.
Patriot Ledger, 6 p.m.
COLLEGE TUITION - New report says college tuition has risen faster than inflation - again - and boosts in financial aid don't make up the difference.
MetroWest, 6 p.m.
OTHER OPTIONS TO WAR: President George W. Bush told reporters last week that if we want to avoid "World War III," we need to be serious about keeping Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. EDITORIAL/SPRINGFIELD/posted/Illinois Opinions, GHNS-Opinions and GHNS-Opinion, Editorial.
BRITT: Toon shows Dick Cheney holding a noose that is labeled "For Iran." CARTOON/CHRIS BRITT/SPRINGFIELD/Illinois Opinions and GHNS-Opinions
TRADE GAMES: Consumer concern over imports, jobs has more Americans wary of free trade. EDITORIAL/PEORIA/Illinois Opinions and GHNS-Opinions
Lifestyles (Wednesday is Food)
FOOD RAIL: Bit and pieces that you can use together on a Food page or break up. Weekly food rail. This week, we focus on gum, free tacos and how to look like you know what you're doing when you drink wine. IN / Food
ART: pic
PUMPKINS: Not just for Halloween anymore (with recipes). IN / MILFORD, Mass. / Food
ART: pic
TABLE MANNERS 101: In time for Thanksgiving. IN / MILFORD, Mass. / Food
100-MILE DIET: Andra and David Grable give more than lip service to the notion of eating locally. They recently went on the "100-mile diet," an eating challenge that limits food and drinks to those grown and produced within 100 miles of their Springfield home. WITH RECIPE SPRINGFIELD / in / food
HERB REED: Musician Herb Reed sees age as a platter half-full <http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/east/massachusetts/x870922800> - The Platters leader is on the road a lot these days. During his down time, he enjoys his home in Winchester, the home, he says, with the "beautiful view of the pond - with geese, ducks and swans out there all the time." CNC, Peters, 30 inches, on wire now
ART: With photo
Coming tomorrow
HOME & GARDEN RAIL: Bits and pieces you can use together or break up.
CURVED HOOKS: New hooks make hanging pictures easy. ROCKFORD / in / home & garden
GERI NIKOLAI COLUMN: Help geraniums survive the winter. ROCKFORD / in / home & garden