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Farmland bringing record prices -- and still on the riseSep 06, 2007 11:00 pm - Farmland prices in Illinois are at record highs and continue to rise, seemingly no matter the type of land or area of the state. Two just-completed surveys sugges...
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College enrollment in central Illinois is either stagnant or declinesSep 06, 2007 11:00 pm - Western Illinois University enrollment dropped by about 2 percent this fall, ending an 11-year streak of increases at its Macomb campus, while Illinois State University ...
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2 men duke it out with hammersSep 06, 2007 11:00 pm - Two men were arrested early Friday after they struck each other in the head with a hammer. Richard Newsome, 57, struck Eugene Kelly, 38, after an argument, said Lt...
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Heaven scent: Peru monks still 'Breaking Bread' years after the hit PBS showSep 06, 2007 11:00 pm - With lots of recipes Six years after last filming a season of the PBS television cooking show "Breaking Bread with Father Dominic," travelers still ...
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Piercing pain: Violations of piercing regulations found at Abington, Taunton shopsSep 06, 2007 11:00 pm - By the time Denise Hamilton learned that the Wal-Mart store in Abington was not licensed to pierce body cartilage, it was too late. The "gun" designed to pierce f...
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Gary Shane's 'Alan Laddd' makes an unlikely return in GloucesterSep 06, 2007 11:00 pm - In the long, winding music career of Gary Shane, there have been lots of sudden, unexpected jags and, um, detours, from the Detour to the Silvertones to the Felonious Mo...
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Patriots Notebook: Not so fast on Moss decisionSep 06, 2007 11:00 pm - Proclamations that Randy Moss was fit and ready to go may have been a bit premature. After being left off the team's first injury report of the season on Wednesday...
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Wellesley resident running for president of Red Sox NationSep 06, 2007 11:00 pm - Rob Crawford is running for president - president of Red Sox Nation. Like many politicians, Crawford is billing himself as "a regular guy," one who can relate to his con...
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Boechmans giving thanks, looking forward to this weekendSep 06, 2007 11:00 pm - During a 26-year coaching career, Tim Boeckman has had butterflies. But never stomach bubbles. Until last Saturday. That day, Boeckman wasn't a coach. He was...
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Is this the swansong for Illinois' songbirds?Sep 06, 2007 11:00 pm - Peoria conservationist Bill Rutherford used to lament in the later years of his life that he no longer heard the soulful evening song of the whippoorwill. His sons...