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Boomers' retirement means big businessMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - You won't find a lot of showboating at The Blitz. The male-only club in a basement of Highcrest Centre is a small gym with heavy bags, weights and simple machines....
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Quest for 100 mpg car could bring $10 million prizeMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - In a converted barn between Divernon and Virden, five Springfield-area men are working evenings and weekends in a quest to be the first in the world to produce a practic...
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Editorial: Keep pledge to safeguard state forestMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - The state should establish uniformity on taxes it pays on land it owns instead of the inconsistency that now exists. But any plan it creates needs to consider the...
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Video: Walpole World War II veteran will ‘never forget' DachauMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Piles of decomposing human bodies. That's what Jim Shiels remembers most about the day he entered the Dachau concentration camp when it was liberated by U.S. forces. Sh...
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Dan Hall: My dream team -- Obama and McCainMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - I've been inspired by the game Hillary Clinton started a couple of weeks ago, when she floated the improbable idea that if she wins the Democratic nomination for preside...
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If I had 285 hammers: Man's unique collection is 'A Guy Thing'Mar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Joseph Plache is a self-described "wheeler-dealer" of many things antique. Coins and bottles, clocks and cups, Plache has bought and sold them all over the years ...
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Editorial: Free information critical to freedomMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Information is power. Perhaps that is why many governmental agencies on the local, state and federal levels hold tight to any and all information, turning back att...
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High gas prices fuel turn toward smaller, fuel-efficient vehiclesMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Starla and Robert Sparling of Elmira were at Fox Auto Group Friday, looking for a more fuel-efficient car. Gas prices are hurting the family's finances and in the ...
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Little Falls baseball team for sale on eBayMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - With the 2008 baseball season around the corner, the Little Falls Miners are preparing for this year's stay as usual, and while up for grabs on eBay, President Hoffman W...
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Funding change worrisome for Wildlife Prairie State ParkMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Wildlife Prairie State Park is a jewel in central Illinois' crown. The 2,000 acre park founded by the late Bill Rutherford brags a historic schoolhouse. It's home to bis...