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Watching history fade prompted Burns to make "The War"Nov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns said Thursday he began working on his new film about World War II nearly seven years ago when he was struck with two startling pieces o...
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Official sees New England energy shortageNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - New England will need to add liquefied natural gas terminals or significantly expand its gas pipelines - and possibly do both - or the region will likely face natural ga...
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No doomsday, part 2: Chicago's transit system bailed out againNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - For the second time this fall, Chicago-area transit postponed systemwide cuts and fare hikes thanks to a last-minute bailout from the governor's office. Pace Suburban Bu...
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State OKs Watuppa Heights demolitionNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - The state has endorsed eliminating public housing at Watuppa Heights and demolishing the 100-unit, approximately half-occupied complex built in 1951. On his last day in ...
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State temporarily fends off Chicago transit crisisNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - State government averted one potential crisis Friday and postponed another. Lawmakers approved legislation that guarantees public schools their promised increases...
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Midwest Getaway: Ride back in time in SedaliaNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Once upon a time, in a place not far away, the great railroad expansion was creating a new way of life. In 1894, the news that the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad planned...
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Flawless Farley: Rockies CEO spreading baloneyNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Colorado Rockies chairman and chief executive officer Charlie Monfort isn't one to let facts stand in the way of a distorted opinion. "I'll wake up tomorrow morni...
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BU's bigs get buzzed by the BeesNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Let's start with the good stuff. That way, the true believers who have convinced themselves that nothing but negativity fills this space won't miss the positives. It was...
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Photo gallery: Mercedes rolls into Lake BoonNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - A 1987 Mercedes Benz belonging to Nikol Benander of 21 Worcester Ave. in Hudson is pulled from Lake Boon Friday after it rolled into the water Thursday night. Benander, ...
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Nature center's education programs in jeopardyNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Don Miller scans for puffball mushrooms while walking through the woods at Severson Dells Nature Center with 10 kindergartners in tow. He spots a tree stump covere...