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Wood on Words: Columnist gets to the heart of the matterFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Feb. 14 was proclaimed St. Valentine's Day more than 1,500 years ago by Pope Gelasius in remembrance of an early Christian (or perhaps two) who was beheaded by the Roman...
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GOP faithful see positives in Romney's departureFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Although Mitt Romney most likely won't be in attendance, state Sen. Dan Rutherford still plans on representing him at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Min...
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Bad news for state government financesFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - The state of Illinois got bad financial news from two directions Thursday, suggesting further problems for a state government already struggling to pay its bills. The ...
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Bob Sneller: Bowl really was superFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - The Super Bowl certainly lived up to its name and to all the hype this year. The game was one of the best ever and better than any movie script that anyone could c...
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Early primaries translated to power at the polls, pundits sayFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Mike Boland looked across the Mississippi River from East Moline, Ill., and felt a little jealous of his early-voting neighbors and the wide choice of candidates they wo...
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Steinem helps celebrate 30 years of women's studies at UMass DartmouthFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Gloria Steinem has been a women's rights leader for decades, but on Thursday she said two recent developments have helped the feminist cause - the two leading Democratic...
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Love that song: Picking the greatest can tear the heartFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - A greatest love songs list - or even a severely limited favorite love songs list - is bloody impossible. Do you go sappy? Sophisticated? Witty? Reverent? Redemptive? Wha...
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Three Questions with Jeff GordonFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - After being denied yet again his fifth Sprint Cup championship last season, Jeff Gordon heads into this year's Daytona 500 ready to try to reach that elusive goal. Go...
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Peoria couple amplifies Arts and Crafts genre with philosophy of ModernismFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Paul Krainak is an abstract painter whose work and modernist perspective reinforce the philosophy of his Arts and Crafts style home. His modernist freedom from confin...
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Lottery winner gives giant lobster freedomFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - As Goliath the lobster was lifted out of his tank, his legs squirmed and his beady eyes darted around the room in what seemed like a strange mixture of fear and exciteme...