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Knights, bishops, kings and queens clash at IHSA tournamentFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Just 32 small warriors stood between Michael Mahoney and his enemy as a room full of more than a 1,000 high school students was so quiet, one could only here the constan...
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Childhood lost, found and photographedFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - If poet William Wordsworth photographed kids, he might have written, "Children are the parents of humanity." Expressive and guileless, their faces reveal the astonishmen...
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Editorial: Keep Kirkwood victims in prayersFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Missourians awoke this morning to the news that an armed gunman had opened fire at a city council meeting in Kirkwood, a suburb of St. Louis, killing five and wounding a...
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Herb Reed and his Platters keep on spinningFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - As the last living member of the original Platters, Herb Reed is keeping alive the true spirit and the sound of the hit musical group he founded in 1953. To sit and talk...
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Race under pressure: The story of champion cyclist 'Major' TaylorFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Supremely talented, but harassed and the target of racial discrimination. Discounted, yet desperate to prove his worth in the world's most popular sport. This is the sto...
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Commemorative coins mark 150th anniversary of Lincoln-Douglas DebatesFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - As part of the 150th anniversary celebration of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, a commemorative set of seven coins will be available, each representing one of the debate si...
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DNA evidence focus on day 4 of Cutts trialFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Testimony in Bobby L. Cutts Jr.'s aggravated murder trial entered the complicated and technical field of crime scene investigation and DNA analysis Thursday. Stark...
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New book celebrates western Illinois' participation in freeing slavesFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Many "stations" of the Underground Railroad - the secret, northbound escape route for fugitive slaves seeking freedom before the Civil War - were in western Illinois, ac...
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Program helps children of inmatesFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - An estimated 60,000 Missouri children younger than 18 have a parent who is in prison. To help those children, a program called Amachi has been implemented nationw...
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With focus on Gordon, Illini lose to Indiana in double overtimeFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Indiana freshman guard Eric Gordon was reminded he wasn't welcome at Assembly Hall well before the game between the No. 14-ranked Hoosiers and Illinois. During pre...