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One lawmaker saw long, unproductive summer comingJul 09, 2007 11:00 pm - By ADRIANA COLINDRES and DANA HEUPEL STATE CAPITOL BUREAU SPRINGFIELD -- When state budget negotiations hit a roadblock in May, veteran lawmaker Frank Mautino made wha...
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Rob Haneisen column: Legislating kindness, with tax deduction for organ donationJul 09, 2007 11:00 pm - Wednesday at the State House, debate begins on a bill that will try to find a way to say thanks to the generous and brave people who agree to be living organ donors. Whe...
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Samuel Rothberg, noted philanthropist, dead at 96Jul 09, 2007 11:00 pm - By MOLLY PARKER Of the Journal Star PEORIA - Samuel Rothberg and handful of others met with Harry Truman in October 1965 to ask if the former president would len...
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Juried museum show highlights Massachusetts artistsJul 09, 2007 11:00 pm - Where, in just one place, can you find provocative photography, enigmatic "Life Forms," all kinds of striking paintings, sculptures you want to touch and Ronald McDonald...
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Macomb mayor wants zero tolerance for hate crimesJul 09, 2007 11:00 pm - MACOMB, Ill. -- Macomb Mayor Mick Wisslead told aldermen Monday that he would like to see Macomb officially designated as a "hate-free zone." The mayor asked City Attor...
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BERNARD SCHOENBURG: Blagojevich stance frustrates lawmakersJul 09, 2007 11:00 pm - State Rep. JOE LYONS, D-Chicago, admits he's no psychologist, but he certainly drew some attention to himself on Saturday, when he called Gov. ROD BLAGOJEVICH a "ma...
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Everyone had tunnel vision in deadly Big Dig collapseJul 09, 2007 11:00 pm - There was one moment in yesterday's National Transportation Safety Board's hearing into last year's deadly Big Dig ceiling collapse that should resonate loudly with ever...
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Trip to Canada a feast for the eyesJul 09, 2007 11:00 pm - I have a grandmother who lives in Canada, a cute little Portuguese Vavó who after three decades still sends me money for my birthday and Christmas. Twice a year, sh...
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Lunchrooms of old fed kids a different kind of menuJul 09, 2007 11:00 pm - HED and DECK: Old school Alice Powers was the mother of Springfield's school-lunch program CAPTIONS (Photograph courtesy of Katherine Pauley (photos 1 and 2); Sha...
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Lenny Megliola: Bruins' predicament is self-imposedJul 09, 2007 11:00 pm - When we last saw the Bruins - wait, does anyone actually see the Bruins anymore? Attendance is down, TV ratings are down. Once called The Hub of Hockey, public disintere...