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Smaller, more personalized stores are said to be gaining shoppers' favorNov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - Knocked off balance by Wal-Mart's aggressive expansion into groceries, many supermarket chains responded by expanding both their grocery and general merchandise selectio...
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Big bucks attract big bucksNov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - Career mechanic Chad Helman spent about $3,500 for travel, licensing and rights to an eight-day hunt for whitetail deer in west-central Illinois, 700 miles from home. ...
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National program promotes motherhood as a sacred callingNov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - Ask any mother and she'll tell you that being a mom is tough. But amid the diaper changes, soccer games, sniffly noses and book reports, God is there, as a program at St...
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Hunting for dollarsNov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - Joe Murdock's timber and unfarmed land now is making enough money to help pay his taxes. The Williamsfield man rents his farmable acreage to a farmer to grow corn ...
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Britt: Toon on foreclosureNov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - Britt: Toon on foreclosure ...
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Lee Ostaszewski: One man's holiday guide to shoppingNov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - It's been a few years since I last put together a holiday shopping guide, or as I call the two-month-long mega-season: ThankChristmaYear. There was no particular reason ...
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Bears won't deny it -- they're focused on postseasonNov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - "Playoffs? Don't talk about -- playoffs? You kidding me? Playoffs?" You might remember Jim Mora's famous rant -- and accompanying facial expressions -- years ago as Indi...
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Gas prices got you down? Try a new spin on the daily commuteNov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - While most of us are seated behind the wheel, our foot alternating between the gas pedal and brakes as we contend with traffic on our way to work each morning and evenin...
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Julia Spitz: Augghh! Charlie Brown was rightNov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - Augghh. The word was perfect 42 years ago. It'll be spot-on when Charlie Brown says it again tonight. Augghh to blinking lights on the doghouse. Augghh to th...
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Holidays not a jolly time for everyone: What to do if you're grievingNov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - This Christmas, Karen Wrate of New Hartford, N.Y., will celebrate with her son Sean by hanging his stocking and some ornaments he made as a child on her tree. And she...