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Minimum wage climbs July 1Jun 21, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Workers earning the minimum wage can look forward to a dollar-an-hour boost starting July 1, followed by quarter-an-hour increases each year for the next...
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Lincoln letter is the real thingJun 21, 2007 11:00 pm - A firefighter from Tampa, Fla., has recently received confirmation that an 1858 Abraham Lincoln letter he bought at a yard sale for $8 is the real thing. His disco...
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Can Cleveland break through the Team Irrelevant tag?Jun 21, 2007 11:00 pm - One day a year, at the end of the draft, the final selection -- Alabama's Ramzee Robinson won the honor April 29 -- is Mr. Irrelevant. All year almost every year latel...
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Wounded Iraq War veterans find solace on the golf courseJun 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Army Staff Sgt. Dan Nevins (retired); age: 34. Sgt. Sean Lewis (retired); age: 23. You will know them by their stories. You should know them. *** "One PFC, most of his b...
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Massive search for missing woman proves fruitlessJun 21, 2007 11:00 pm - More than 1,800 volunteers turned out Thursday to search for Jessie Davis, the 26-year-old Lake Township woman missing since last week. Tim Miller, founder of EquuSea...
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5 Things to KnowJun 21, 2007 11:00 pm - 5 THINGS TO KNOW ALL IN THE FAMILY. Chicago became the backdrop last week for the highly publicized "Family Secrets" trial that began in federal court. You practic...
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Rick Daniels named new COO of GateHouse Media New EnglandJun 21, 2007 11:00 pm - GateHouse Media's New England division has tapped a former top executive at one of its biggest rivals to be its new chief operating officer. Rick Daniels, a former presi...
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Cubs coulda won, but alasJun 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Once again, the fickle finger of fate became an obscene gesture for the Cubs. Three woulda, coulda, shoulda plays helped Texas score a ninth-inning run for a 6-5 vict...
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Granlund: On jet ski bansJun 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Cartoonist Dave Granlund on jet ski bans ...
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Free community college is an idea that makes sense for MassachusettsJun 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Gov. Deval Patrick's proposal June 1 to make community colleges free to all high school graduates by 2017 raised as many questions as eyebrows. But more importantly, it ...