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Wood on Words: Leap day leaves time for musingsFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - As if this February hasn't seemed long enough, we're getting an extra day of it because this is a "leap year." Friday will be Feb. 29 instead of March 1 because 20...
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StateLine: Industrial pollution drops in MassachusettsFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Chemical pollutants that enter the environment from power plants, manufacturers and other large facilities are steadily declining in Massachusetts and other New England ...
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Mahoney: Sex offender off the hookFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Mahoney: Sex offender off the hook ...
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Gary Brown: High-technology shaving? I'll stick with BicFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - We used to buy shavers; now we buy shaving systems. "Philips Norelco 8160 XLCC with Speed XL shaving heads that have 50 percent more shaving surface," said words o...
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SPOTLIGHT: Ax turns out to be Lincoln's last swingFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Historians figure Abraham Lincoln was showing off on April 8, 1865, when, at the end of a long day, he spotted an ax at a Union Army field hospital in Virginia. He'd...
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Congregation split on pastor's leadershipFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - A Syracuse-based American Baptist Church representative said he is mediating a "volatile situation" that has divided the congregation of St. Paul's Baptist Church over t...
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Buckle up, it's going to be one bumpy rideFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - For a speedy way to the moon from northeast Rockford, take Spring Creek Road to Alpine Road and turn left. I took my own lunar trek for the first time Thursday aft...
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NIU faculty, students seek sense of normalcyFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Faculty members walked across the otherwise mostly deserted Northern Illinois University campus toward the Holmes Student Center, where an army of counselors trained in ...
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Will Pfeifer: This movie man's Oscar predictionsFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - I've got a theory that seeing all the nominated movies will hurt your ability to pick the Oscar winners, because you'll be emotionally involved and want to pick your fav...
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Power line proposal Q&AFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - What's happening? New York Regional Interconnect's updated power line proposal was filed with the state Public Service Commission Thursday. Why? In 2006, ...