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Home for Christmas? Some soldiers get home for the holidays, but not manyDec 24, 2007 10:00 pm - Lt. Col. Spyros Spanos heard last month that he might be able to come home for a few weeks in December. Spyros, a member of the Connecticut National Guard who has been s...
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How to handle need-to-know situationsDec 24, 2007 10:00 pm - Q: My 78-year-old mother was in the hospital for elective total knee replacement. She had complications after the surgery and every time I asked a question or made a sug...
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Immigrants eager to adopt American cultureDec 24, 2007 10:00 pm - Someday, says Burmese refugee Henry Lerdohsay, he'd like to have a Christmas tree - "a nice big one." But for now Lerdohsay, 25, who came to Rockford in September,...
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Mike Nadel: Pax builds flawed Bulls team, and Skiles suffersDec 24, 2007 10:00 pm - When most of us look at the Chicago Bulls, we say: "They have some nice role players, but they jack up too many 3-pointers, have no go-to guy, need an interior presence ...
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Editorial: Baseball in one heck of a messDec 24, 2007 10:00 pm - Baseball players, managers and owners - more importantly, fans - took a major hit when former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell released his findings on doping in M...
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Unlocking the brain's secretsDec 24, 2007 10:00 pm - In 1848, Phinias Gage, a hard-working man and a pillar of the community, was working in Cavendish, Vt., laying down railroad tracks. He was using a 13-pound, 3-foot-long...
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Bloomington-Normal's existing smoking ban means few changesDec 23, 2007 10:00 pm - Big businesses in Bloomington-Normal say little will change for them when the state smoking ban takes effect Jan. 1. Representatives from Mitsubishi Motors North Amer...
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Exploring 'The County' in MaineDec 23, 2007 10:00 pm - Tell your friends that you are on your way to Aroostook County for a getaway, and what you'll probably get is a puzzled look and the question, "Why?" But after a couple ...
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Browns notebook: Lewis boasts big rushing numbersDec 23, 2007 10:00 pm - The Browns had a strong rushing day in general Sunday, with 136 yards, and got effective play from Jamal Lewis in particular. The big back rushed 21 times for 92 y...
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State Briefs 12/24/07Dec 23, 2007 10:00 pm - Cat workers return to work after fire in EP plant EAST PEORIA -- Caterpillar employees returned to work on Sunday morning, a day after a fire broke out in a fur...