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State lawmaker awaiting data on fairgrounds' conditionMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - State Rep. Raymond Poe said Tuesday he expects to know soon just what kind of condition the Illinois State Fairgrounds is in. Poe, R-Springfield, said he was assured b...
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Panel rejects attempt to modify state smoking banMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Spurning another effort to modify the new statewide smoking ban, an Illinois House committee on Tuesday voted against a proposal that would allow businesses to buy speci...
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After crashing into Rockland police station, Pembroke man seeks alcohol treatmentMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - The Pembroke man whose truck crashed into the Rockland police station had been sober for seven years before he started drinking on Monday, and he has entered an alcohol ...
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Violence has parents of middle school students worried in RandolphMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Parents of Randolph students say they are worried about their children's safety after another arrest of a middle school student on violent-assault charges. On Monday, a ...
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'Miss Pettigrew' is light, fluffy and well-actedMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Every good movie begins with a solid script, if you ask me. But the scatterbrained "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day" delightfully counters that theorem b...
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12-year-old survivor leads fundraisingMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - On day two of Benjamin Sklar's life, he had a diagnosis of congenital heart disease. In a whirlwind series of events, he and his parents wound up at a New York Ci...
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Cops: Man gets out of jail, steals car and leads police on chaseMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - A Missouri man facing a multitude of charges for taking off in a stolen car apparently spent about an hour in jail the day before he led police on a chase. Accordi...
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Illini notebook: Weber thinks NCAA tourney field could growMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - The NCAA tournament bubble is getting bigger and bigger each year. With more parity in college basketball, more teams want to stake a claim to an NCAA tournament bid. Of...
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Photo: Snow day!Mar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - A single set of tire tracks head into the parking lot at Bloomfield High School in Bloomfield, N.Y., which canceled school Wednesday, as did the rest of schools in Ontar...
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Threat at high school prompts reward money to nab culpritMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Geneva city officials are condemning last week's threat regarding possible violence at Geneva High School and are chipping in reward money to bring the culprit, or culpr...