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Hopes of a productive spring session already dashedFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - Any thoughts that this year's spring session hopefully, just maybe, might be less nasty than last year's edition pretty much evaporated last week. House Speaker MICHAE...
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Cutts trial: Cutts faces death for murder of Davis, unborn childFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - A father who lost a daughter. A mother who would lose a son. Ned Davis and Renee Jones bowed their heads in a courthouse hallway Friday morning. Holding hands with fa...
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Campus Shooting: Who the victims wereFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - The five Northern Illinois students killed Thursday in a shooting on campus were from different areas and had different backgrounds. One was a veteran; one a rugby playe...
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Yo, Barkeep: Another round of the good stuffFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - It's not just Miller time. There's more than this Bud for you. While sales of their flagship beers are relatively flat, local beer distributors are coming off stro...
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Cutts trial: Sentencing possibilitiesFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - Friday's verdicts mean Bobby L. Cutts Jr. will face either death or one of several life prison terms. At a minimum, it will be at least 25 years before he is eligible...
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Virtual Land of Lincoln to be launched this weekendFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - In this world, Mary Todd Lincoln has an East Coast accent and librarian Kitty Pope has fantastic hair. "I try to take that librarian stereotype and turn it on its ear,...
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Campus Shooting: As students fled danger, medic ran to give helpFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - Jeff Merkel stepped out of a classroom building at Northern Illinois University a little after 3 p.m. Thursday into a stampede of people running away from nearby Cole Ha...
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Campus Shooting: Saved by love? NIU student skipped class to be with boyfriendFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - Robin Waters never misses her oceanic geology class at Northern Illinois University. But the fact that Thursday was Valentine's Day may have saved her life. Robin, a...
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Capitol Notebook: How did that door get open?Feb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - Play of the Week A sprinkler pipe froze and then burst early Feb. 11, creating a mess and a disruption at the Capitol. Officials think the pipe froze be...
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It's no flying car, but it's not bad: Wired-up house gives Jetsons-style convenienceFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - It sounds a little futuristic - dimming the lights, closing the blinds, turning on the stereo and starting the fireplace all from the comfort of your recliner - but Scot...