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Who's nicer -- Derrek Lee or Chris Young?Jun 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Former Cub Jerry Hairston Jr. joked that he nearly got into a brawl with his Texas Rangers teammates defending his former teammate, Derrek Lee. Hairston claimed Lee w...
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Appellate court upholds decision in BGA disclosure caseJun 19, 2007 11:00 pm - By BERNARD SCHOENBURG POLITCAL WRITER SPRINGFIELD -- The 4th District Appellate Court has let stand a Sangamon County judge's decision that Attorney General Lisa Madig...
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GOP chief McKenna senses ‘appetite for change'Jun 19, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The leader of Illinois Republicans, whose party was shut out of statewide offices in the 2006 election, is hoping that the very public bickering among Dem...
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Granlund: Obama staffJun 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Cartoonist Dave Granlund on Barack Obama's staff. ...
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Trace Adkins: Still rockin' countryJun 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Ten years into his career as a country chartbuster, with dozens of hit singles under his belt and nine top-selling albums, Trace Adkins is not taking anything for grante...
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Lacy Peterson most familiar missing pregnant womanJun 19, 2007 11:00 pm - You know the Laci Peterson story, but how about Amanda Jones? She's the less-famous pregnant woman who vanished two years ago near her home in Hillsboro, Mo. And it's ...
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Obama, Hillary take campaign to the tunesJun 19, 2007 11:00 pm - As a part-time political aficionado but a full-time music fan, there are few things more entertaining to me than the often chaotic intersection of campaign season and th...
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Frankly, we all dress our hot dogs a different wayJun 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Whenever I go to Red Sox games, my eyes wander off the field and into the stands pretty quickly. Before the first inning is over, you can bet I'm be hunting down the hot...
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War hits home for high school coachJun 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Of all the words uttered by the so-called experts regarding Iraq, none has been more accurate and eloquent than those recently spoken by Fairless High School boys ba...
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Recent rain boosting nature back to normalJun 19, 2007 11:00 pm - ROCKFORD - Local farmers loved Monday's rain. It was the first significant rainfall in a week and a half and brought June up to normal levels. That was welcome news afte...