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Primary decision makers: Earliest voters may not look like New York folks, but they're keeping it realDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - For a pdf of the New York chart, click here. DES MOINES, Iowa -- There's Hillary, Ron. Oh, and John, too. "I forgot about John," said Mary Dunley, of f...
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Dinosaurs invade Galesburg schoolDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - "Maybe dinosaurs were so sparkly that they didn't camouflage very well," Mary Heiar said to a class of Gale Elementary School students Wednesday, causing them all to lau...
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Business Week in ReviewDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - A show of support for casinos in mass. Casino supporters ranging from a couple of the industry's most successful executives to crowds of rank-and-file workers p...
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Wood on Words: Some word origins for your stockingDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - Soon the stockings will be "hung by the chimney with care." At least, I'm assuming some folks still do this. I'm not sure my family will get around to it this year. ...
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Jeff Lampe: Tax break for conservationDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - Grasslands, wetlands and timber are no longer "junk ground" in Illinois. Quite to the contrary. As more people search for land on which to hunt or recreate, the price...
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Cookie swap party a night cut out for funDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - 'Twas a week before Christmas and all through the kitchen, the women were laughing, some standing some sitting. The cookies were presented on platters and plates, in hop...
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Investigators combing wreckage in fatal plane crashDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - One day after three local men died in a plane crash west of Springfield, the twisted wreckage of the single-engine aircraft was loaded onto a flatbed trailer and transpo...
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Around the NFL: Aiming to win? Better play the ratings gameDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - Who said statistics are for losers? He -- presuming it wasn't a barmaid named Judy -- couldn't have been talking about passer rating. Who needs standings? Grab the...
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Indians farmhand flown to Cleveland for treatmentDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - Indians minor-league pitcher Juan Lara was flown from the Dominican Republic to Cleveland on Friday, where he will continue to be treated for serious injuries suffered i...
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Ireland flights to and from Rockford could start in JuneDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - Twice-weekly flights between Rockford and Ireland could start in June, says a Maryland-based tour company. Kenny Tours is close to finalizing a deal with an airlin...