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State aid to schools ‘held hostage' in General AssemblyNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Schools throughout the state could lose millions of dollars in state aid if the Illinois House of Representatives does not pass a bill necessary to disperse funds approv...
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Ameren Illinois files for increase in residential delivery service ratesNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - The timing may be awful for those already struggling with utility bills, but Ameren Illinois officials say they need another increase in residential delivery service rat...
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Senate bill would update 30-year-old zoning lawsNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Trophy homes, sprawling subdivisions, archaic regulations that stall affordable housing projects, condo conversions -- all are issues that most Cape Cod towns are grappl...
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Wood on Words: Witches continue to bedevil our imaginationsNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - "Double, double toil and trouble; "Fire burn and cauldron bubble." - William Shakespeare, from "Macbeth" "Ding-dong, the witch is dead. ...
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Police arrested Norwood man for homicide of Elmwood Road residentNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - State police arrested contractor William Dunn, 41, for the alleged murder of an elderly Elmwood Road resident earlier Friday. Robert Moore, 78, was found murdered and hi...
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This Week in WeirdNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Cardboard coyote puts scare into geese HINGHAM, Mass. -- Coyotes and Canada geese. In a fauna popularity contest, they're not taking home any prizes in these pa...
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Biz Bits: The King of the deadNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - According to Forbes' annual Top-Earning Dead Celebrities list, Elvis Presley is the King. Elvis earned $49 million over the past year to reclaim the crown he last he...
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No word from Rockford Products on potential buyerNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Rockford Products officials went into this evening without announcing a deal with investment firm BlackEagle Partners, leaving the company's fate - and its 40...
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‘He had a soul and he had a life' -- Family, friends mourn those killed in Stark St. shootoutNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Infant Orlando Curtis Jr. lay on his grandmother's couch late Thursday night as his family gathered to mourn his father, Orlando Curtis, 23, who was shot to death earlie...
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Capitol Notebook: Comments on Blagojevich continueNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Play of the Week The state's largest newspaper said Gov. Rod Blagojevich's performance is so awful that Illinois should amend its Constitution so voters can t...