News
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Campaign season gets longer in IllinoisJul 12, 2007 11:00 pm - The Illinois campaign season is getting longer, and political observers don't agree what the consequences will be. A law enacted by the General Assembly and governor...
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QSI supervisor pleads guilty in illegal alien caseJul 12, 2007 11:00 pm - The former supervisor of the Quality Service Integrity Inc. operation in Beardstown, arrested in April as part of a U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement sweep, plea...
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Organization needs money to keep connecting soldiers and their familiesJul 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Joyce Haley was dismayed to hear a free communication service for military families may shut down soon for lack of funds. "I definitely believe it's a real link ...
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Bush needs to face realityJul 12, 2007 11:00 pm - We've tried to avoid making overt and simplistic comparisons between the current war in Iraq and the Vietnam War. But we were struck by the coincidence Thursday that p...
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Motorcycle advocate killed as he rides homeJul 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Robert "Dawg" Beard spent his free time trying to prevent the very tragedy that claimed his life on a winding road Wednesday afternoon. A motorcyclist of 20 years, B...
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Boston Red Sox: Francona requests, Wakefield deliversJul 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Prior to the start of the season, Tim Wakefield had a sit-down with manager Terry Francona and new pitching coach John Farrell. He asked them what he could do to make th...
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Editorial: Confusing 9/11 and Iraq, againJul 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Editor's note: For Sunday, July 15 There are good reasons George W. Bush's approval ratings are as low as Richard M. Nixon's was when he was driven out of the White...
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Guillen thinks these first games are keyJul 12, 2007 11:00 pm - They played 86 games before the All-Star break, but Ozzie Guillen figures it will be the first seven after the Midsummer Classic that make or break the White Sox's seaso...
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Cubs to promote Soto and send Felix Pie to Triple-AJul 12, 2007 11:00 pm - The Cubs will promote catcher Geovany Soto today and will send center fielder Felix Pie to Triple-A Iowa. The 22-year-old Pie, a prized prospect, was 7-for-54 in his las...
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Kid gloves: Youth learn discipline and sportsmanship at boxing clubJul 12, 2007 11:00 pm - In a rundown factory behind a furniture store and pizza shop, Joey Canale spends two hours a day, four days a week doing push-ups, sit-ups, jump roping, running and stre...