02/09/2010, 11:19 am In late January, the legislative office of state Sen. Gary Dahl, R-Granville, issued a press release indicating Dahl was voluntarily ...
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02/08/2010, 10:57 pm In 1911, Streator hosted an outstanding civic event that transformed the lives of hundreds of people.It was the Streator Evangelistic ...
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02/07/2010, 12:44 pm "Dog Bites Man."That could be news."Man Bites Dog."Now that is news.Perhaps you've heard this twisted sentence before. Over the years ...
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02/05/2010, 9:22 pm "Stop the World, I Want to Get Off" was the name of a musical done in 1966. It can ...
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02/05/2010, 9:22 pm A comedian was telling a story about how he tried explaining to his children how poor his family was in ...
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02/05/2010, 9:21 pm iLiked it. iCraved for it. iWaited for it. Finally, iGot it — my brand new 32 gigabyte 3GS Apple iPhone. ...
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02/05/2010, 9:17 pm Tomorrow is the big one — the game we football fans, gingerly cuddling our bowls of chips and salsa, have ...
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02/04/2010, 10:42 pm With the announcement of the final agreement between the city of Ottawa and Illinois Valley Community College locating an IVCC ...
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02/04/2010, 10:41 pm It was an early December day. There was a skim of ice on the troughs that morning. I was clearing ...
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02/04/2010, 10:40 pm SPRINGFIELD — There is more than a bit of hypocrisy in how journalists, pundits and others in the political class ...
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02/03/2010, 9:41 pm WINTER BLAHSIt's a tough time of year for a lot of folks.It's not all that bad. There are plenty of ...
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02/03/2010, 9:40 pm Last weekend I walked into a bar in northern Wisconsin not too far from Lake Superior. I was tired and ...
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02/03/2010, 5:55 pm The Super Bowl: the most anticipated football game of the season, an epic event for all football and commercial fans ...
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02/03/2010, 5:55 pm When every girl is young she has a dream that when she goes to her prom, she will be the ...
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02/03/2010, 12:13 am Americans have grown up with the belief that we operate within a two-party political system with both parties forwarding their ...
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02/03/2010, 12:12 am During the 1960s, after hearing the latest rock 'n' roll hits on WLS, baby boomers would run to local music ...
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