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Springfield 'Simpsons' video doing well earlyJul 02, 2007 11:00 pm - All right, Mr. DeMille, we're ready for our close-up. And the world, apparently, loves how we look on camera. In early balloting Monday, Springfield, Ill., was tied ...
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Athena Parker: Understanding personality types key to getting along in officeJul 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Editor's Note: Part 1 of 9 on enneagrams Dear Athena: I have a new job and I need to become comfortable with the different types of people I have to work with. I b...
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Harry Potter trivia, part 4Jul 02, 2007 11:00 pm - BOOK 4: "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" - England's embarrassing Quidditch loss to Transylvania, 390-10, combined with Uganda's win over Wales and Luxembourg's dec...
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Wild Things: Odds and endsJul 02, 2007 11:00 pm - 1,200 Number of alcohol-related arrests made in the past five years at Kinkaid Lake's spillway, now an alcohol-free zone. One Mighty Muskie Don't tell Jeff Gilles of B...
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Swab Summer: Coast Guard cadets begin weeks of rigorous trainingJul 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Many high school graduates are spending the summer at the beach, enjoying the summer's warmth before heading off to college in the fall. But not Heather Watka of Peppere...
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Blackhawks sign Robert LangJul 02, 2007 11:00 pm - The Blackhawks are rapidly becoming a team deep at center, at least for the short term. Robert Lang, who signed a two-year contract worth approximately $4 million annual...
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World-renowned Peace Abbey may break up and sell property to surviveJul 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Short on money and facing thousands of dollars of debt, officials at the Peace Abbey - known throughout the world for its work to promote nonviolence and social justice ...
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Bernard Schoenburg: Exec Mansion does get some useJul 02, 2007 11:00 pm - In case Illinois taxpayers are worried that the Executive Mansion isn't getting the use it deserves - never fear. Even though Gov. ROD BLAGOJEVICH lives in Chicago and t...
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Buehrle shines in what could be his last start for ChicagoJul 02, 2007 11:00 pm - The fans made their opinions clear, as did general manager Ken Williams and Mark Buehrle himself. On the surface, everyone says they want the left-hander to sign an ex...
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25-year-old shot to death at outdoors supply storeJul 02, 2007 11:00 pm - A Walpole man was identified Tuesday as one of three men killed in a seemingly random shooting at a New Hampshire outdoors supply shop. William "Billy" Jones, 25, was re...