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Video: A winter thrill with FidoFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Jack and Hudson sniff at the snow, their harness chains jingling as they jostle each other for a more fascinating patch of earth while Craig Smith slips his hands throug...
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Wild Things: Eagles everywhereFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - The other day, Bruce Walcott of Mackinaw, Ill., reported two bald eagles on the Mackinaw River at Illinois Route 9. "So they're here, even close to Mackinaw," Wal...
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Campus Shooting: Local newspaper editors share thoughts, prayersFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Carpe diem revisited My son called me from NIU at 3:20 p.m. on Thursday telling me he was all right, but the building he was in was in "lockdown" mode because of ...
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Campus Shooting: NIU students search for distractionsFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Dennis Hadley walked out of a candlelight vigil Saturday at Northern Illinois Univeristy with tear-stained eyes. But by Sunday, the DeKalb native will be through with cr...
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Searchers still feel connection to Jessie Davis, pregnant woman killed by her boyfriendFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - They missed graduation parties and took days off work. They spent days in unrelenting heat, walking through shoulder-high grass and swatting gnats. All for a woman...
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Campus Shooting: For NIU police chief, there is ‘lots of work to do'Feb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - The man at the helm of the investigation into the third worst college shootings in U.S. history also helped jump-start police forces in Bosnia, trained officers in the U...
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Making Cents: Take steps to prevent foreclosureFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - The number of home foreclosures has grown over the past few years at an alarming speed. A changing economy and the increase in subprime borrowing are just two of the man...
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Campus Shooting: Godfather of NIU shooter discusses reconnectionFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Richard Grafer was supposed to have breakfast with his godson Saturday. Instead, Grafer is mourning him. Grafer, godfather to NIU gunman Steven Kazmierczak, said h...
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Illini won't abandon glimmer of hopeFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - One loss in the last five Big Ten Conference games clinches the first losing record in regular-season play for Illinois basketball since 1998-99. But that team cam...
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Second callings: For some, career in ministry comes later in lifeFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - The Rev. Andrea L. Wight is looking forward to an upcoming mission trip to Haiti. Beyond giving her the fulfillment of putting feet to her faith in a meaningful way, t...