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Gas prices lower, but it's not expected to lastOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Springfield drivers have been paying some of the highest, oops, make that lowest, gasoline prices in the state. Local motorists accustomed to believing the former have...
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New Jordan president namedOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Jordan Hospital has a new leader. Peter Holden has been tapped as the new president and chief executive officer of the Jordan Hospital and Jordan Health Systems. Holde...
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Two people arrested in cocaine diaper caseOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Police said they arrested an Ottawa man after finding 87 grams of cocaine in a diaper for his baby son during a routine traffic stop. A van driven by Cesar Hernandez...
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Hyperbaric chambers: Devices used in more medical casesOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Editor's note: This story is for publication after noon on Wednesday, Oct. 3. Two fact boxes at bottom of main story. Once viewed with skepticism, hyperbaric oxygen...
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Bears' loss to Lions raised flagsOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - The Chicago Bears went into last weekend as one of the NFL's least penalized teams. Then they doubled their total number of infractions in one afternoon Sunday at Detroi...
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Floyd focusing on playoffs -- for nowOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - First, Cliff Floyd has a little something to take care of: trying to win a World Series with the Cubs. Then, after a month or so, the 34-year-old Markham native and form...
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Bake sales: A (tasty) recipe for fundraising successOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - It's almost October, and odds are Gigi Ehrlich is baking miniature cheesecakes - a lot of them. It is the same thing she has done for the past 25 years, in preparatio...
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Spoon River College seeks name for mudcat mascotOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Some people call him "Whiskers" and others call him "Muddy," but the new mudcat mascot at Spoon River College doesn't have an official name. School officials hope to c...
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Diabetics need to make sure they put their best foot forwardOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - The shoe a diabetic patient slips his foot into literally could make the difference between saving a leg and losing it. Specially constructed, extra-deep shoes for di...
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Effort made to preserve Springfield-area section of Route 66Oct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Route 66 preservationists are scrambling to get a local section of the highway listed on a national register of historic sites out of concern that the vintage 1921 road ...