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Hostage standoff in Arcola ends; deputy critically injuredJun 21, 2007 11:00 pm - By DANIEL PIKE STAFF WRITER ARCOLA - A daylong hostage standoff Thursday gripped this small Douglas County town, where a suspected gunman holed up inside a bank follow...
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Homeless people offer lesson to minor league pitcherJun 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Editors note: Dirk Hayhurst, 26, is a 1999 graduate of Canton South High School. The San Diego Padres selected the right-handed pitcher in the eighth round of the 20...
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Broadcast museum won't cry uncle yetJun 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Note: Mainbar and layer at end of story The Museum of Broadcast Communications presents "A 75th Anniversary Salute to FDR," 7 p.m. July 2 at Chicago's Audit...
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Governor, leaders agree to work on one-month budgetJun 21, 2007 11:00 pm - By DOUG FINKE STATE CAPITOL BUREAU Gov. Rod Blagojevich and the four legislative leaders agreed Thursday to work on a one-month, stop-gap budget to prevent state gover...
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Mackowiak finds playing for hometown team has its downsidesJun 21, 2007 11:00 pm - When the White Sox acquired him in a 2005 trade with Pittsburgh, Rob Mackowiak got a new contract, team and role. Everyone knows that. Along with all of that, thoug...
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North America, by back roadsJun 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Retracing the footsteps of infamous mobsters. Living the cowboy life in Canada. Waking up under the stars and to silence at sunrise. Finally seeing a great grizzly bear ...
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Student 'prank' floods school to tune of $100,000 in damageJun 21, 2007 11:00 pm - The bills from a prank gone wrong at Diamond Middle School have flooded the superintendent's office, and the prankster or pranksters' parents may be made to pay the $100...
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Happy homecoming: Base salutes returning heroesJun 21, 2007 11:00 pm - There were plenty of flags and fanfare at Hanscom Air Force Base Friday afternoon as the base community celebrated the safe return of 90 deployed airmen from points acro...
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'Club Penguin': Waddle they think of next?Jun 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Imagine a world where penguins roam free, look for treasure, and profanity has been stricken from daily vocabulary. It's a world obsessed with games and various missions...
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State's top spellers honored in SpringfieldJun 21, 2007 11:00 pm - By LAURA CAMPER STATE CAPITOL BUREAU SPRINGFIELD -- The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library became the stage for a mock spelling bee Thursday, when Lt. Gov. Pat Qui...