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History has new future at Midway Village MuseumApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Rockford's history museum has a new name, new logo, new exhibits, record-breaking attendance and big plans. It's no longer Midway Village & Museum Center. The hist...
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GateHouse paper pulls Bigfoot prank on April Fools' DayApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - The Bastrop Daily Enterprise in Bastrop, La., a GateHouse Media newspaper, successfully pulled an April Fools' Day joke on the community with a story and photo of Bi...
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Representative wants to hike income tax on the wealthyApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Illinoisans earning at least $250,000 a year would pay twice as much in state income taxes as everyone else under a plan that Rep. Mike Smith unveiled on Thursday. The C...
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FEMA taking names of flood-affected residentsApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - FEMA is still taking names of residents and inspecting properties that were damaged in the March 17 flood. Joyce Lincoln, with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, s...
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Teen arrested on suspicion of arson after house fireApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - A 16-year-old male was arrested under suspicion of arson after a fire raged through this home on West Fourth Street. Until evidence is returned from a crime lab in Puebl...
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Wood on Words: Here's almost all there is to know about 'all'Apr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Today's column is all about "all," but it certainly isn't everything about "all." Sometimes "all" has combined with another word and shed an "l" in the process, as...
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Southcoast to open new cancer centerApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Southcoast Hospitals Group will offer radiation therapy at a new cancer treatment center set for completion in 2010. The multimillion-dollar new facility, to be lo...
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Around the NBA: Celtics not going into cruise modeApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - They ran away and hid from most of the NBA long ago. But the Boston Celtics have done anything but sit back and enjoy the view from atop the Eastern Conference. Inst...
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Missouri Route 66 museum plans move forwardApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - "The Mother Road" will go on display in the Jasper County Courthouse later in 2008 and the public can see what that display will look like on April 16. Brad Belk, execut...
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Photo gallery: A country mourns after King's assassinationApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - On April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed by an assassin while standing on a hotel balcony in Memphis, Tenn. The Rockford Register Star looks back at the d...