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Saving the world's books one image at a timeAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Image technician Nuri Baghi gingerly places a well-worn volume written in Hebrew into the book-scanning machine. The machine can capture the images of 2,400 pages an hou...
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Tom Martin: Toddler elbows parent for spotlightAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - My wife and I expected our eldest son to someday abandon us for greener pastures. But we weren't banking on it happening before he was potty trained. Our 2-year-ol...
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Big Illinois corn crop could stretch storage optionsAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Facing a possible record corn harvest this fall, Maplehurst Farms built storage bins that can hold 1.5 million bushels at its locations around northern Illinois. A...
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Michael Miller: Sometimes it's just a good time for a restAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - At first, I wasn't sure I had heard Wayne Muller right. Was he saying people get to a point where their work or service is "good enough," a term I understand to be...
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Mike Nadel: Thome is one Hall of a guyAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Jim Thome is Hall of Fame worthy. Right now. Even if he retired today, seven home runs shy of Magic No. 500. Although his statistics are plenty magical enough to m...
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Lawmakers start new push for school construction moneyAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Sen. Larry Bomke, R-Springfield, on Wednesday proposed legislation intended to help Rochester and 23 other school districts get $150 million in state money they have...
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SEX OFFENDER PROJECT - Day 1 map: Graphic shows state-by-state numbersAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - 4x10 inches, but can be a 4x6 if you cut the bottom list. ...
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(Revision) Bernard Schoenburg: Governor demotes lt. governor on green councilAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - NOTE: SECOND ITEM ON AARON SCHOCK IS EMBARGOED UNTIL 10 P.M. BY SOURCE. NO PUBLICATION OR POSTING UNTIL AFTER 10 P.M. If you want to look at i...
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Phil Arvia: What are the White Sox doing?Aug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - As the White Sox engaged the Kansas City Royals with last place in the balance Tuesday, two thoughts rolled around my brain pan. A) The White Sox are playing the Kans...
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Anne Palumbo: Coming clean about 'other self'Aug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Today I would like to talk about my double life. I am not especially proud of my double life, but perhaps if I get stuff off my chest, I will feel better about thing...