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News Current
  • Man appeared to ignore signals before train accident
  • Costs of outfitting soldiers spiral up
  • Report: Millions wasted on gov't travel
  • Halvorson in race for Weller's seat
  • House vetoes Blagojevich on budget
  • Senate OKs higher speed limit for trucks
  • Some Unit 5 schools will dismiss early Friday
  • 5 workers dead after power plant fire
  • Soviet satellite launched 50 years ago changed our world
  • NASA chief predicts China will win new race to moon
  • Go Cubs Go: Goodman's anthem making a comeback
  • Poll: Blacks split between Clinton, Obama
  • Planned Parenthood event to focus on reproductive health
  • ’A matter of timing’ — Ethanol construction slows
  • Bomb scare shakes up Streator High School
  • Blind people: Hybrid cars pose hazard
  • Woman killed by her two pit bulls
  • United Way campaign tops $630,000 so far
  • Construction and tax increases proposed for Unit 5
  • Grove on Kickapoo Creek to receive $950,000 grant
  • House moves on bill calling for troop withdrawal
  • Hospital improving quality with new strategic plan
  • Daily Digest 10/03/07
  • 15-year-old boy pleads guilty to Dwight bomb threat
  • Aurora Planned Parenthood clinic now open to patients
  • Area calendar
  • Home Sweet Home cuts back shelter services
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    Sports Current
  • Road to state golf tourney still difficult for smaller schools
  • IWU golfers win at Manchester tourney
  • Area volleyball: Flanagan tops Ridgeview
  • Sang, Bruns leads U High volleyball past Lexington
  • ISU men’s golf 11th at DePaul
  • 20 Qs with IWU women's golfer Kristi Katz
  • Redbirds feeling the burn during basketball boot camp
  • Ironmen stay atop 6A rankings; Saints 3rd in 4A
  • From Pages Past
  • Burge, West withstand No. 18 to capture regional golf titles
  • Zook sticking with Juice; Illini favored over Badgers
  • Fans at Illini Madness to be dressed in pink
  • Boys golf regionals: Meier, U High ease to wins at Mahomet
  • From Pages Past
  • BHS volleyball too much for Ironmen
  • Bruns, Bond lead U High volleyball over Saints
  • Area volleyball: EPG trips Dee-Mack
  • Soccer: Normal West tops BHS
  • U High swimming drops Dunlap
  • Reinhardt: Getting back on track is up to ISU offense
  • Kindred: Illini a hit? No one more deserving than Harrison
  • ISU women's golf finishes seconnd at Kansas State tourney
  • Zook warns Illini not to get caught up in the hype
  • Rejuvenated Titans have ‘different feel’
  • Dwight’s Harbor brothers enjoying turnaround at Missouri St.
  • Illini’s Benn lands Big Ten special teams honor
  • Week 7 HS football schedule
  • Week 7 HS football schedule
  • Out Loud: Flanagan’s Oester has busy schedule, wordly aspirations
  • Mitchell falls in Mid-Amateur
  • IWU's Carqueville named CCIW player of the week
  • Pro angler Jimmy Houston, expo coming to Eastview
  • Gateway notes: Youngstown St. has 'hands full' with SIU
  • Miller ties for 2nd as ISU men’s golf takes 10th
  • U High swimmers favored in Intercity Meet
  • Tupper: Illini can’t quite break into polls, but close
  • IWU tops North Park in volleyball
  • Deffner back to record-setting ways after illness
  • Eureka College football schedule
  • Illinois State volleyball schedule
  • Illinois Wesleyan volleyball schedule
  • Road Race Schedule
  • Illinois men's basketball schedule
  • Intercity volleyball schedules, rosters
  • Intercity boys soccer schedules, rosters
  • Intercity boys golf schedules, rosters
  • High school volleyball leaders
  • High school football leaders
  • Boys All-Time Track Honor Roll
  • Girls All-Time Track Honor Roll
  • Today’s events
  • TV/radio
  • Today’s events
  • TV/radio
  • Basketball
  • Softball
  • Swimming
  • Illinois Wesleyan football schedule
  • Tennis
  • Illinois State football schedule
  • Soccer
  • Golf
  • University of Illinois football schedule
  • Volleyball
    • Scholastic Sports & Rec:
    U.Sports:
    Sports Extra:
  • O.J. Simpson must give Rolex, other assets to Goldman
  • MLB HRs drop 8 percent to lowest level in a decade
  • New baseball playoffs schedule may lead to more TV viewers
  • Vick takes class in respect for animals
  • Backup punter gets 7 years in prison for stabbing starter
  • Randolph to manage Mets next season after historic slide
  • Cubs, Diamondbacks go with aces in Game 1
  • Florida's Joiner arrested, charged with felony burglary
  • Tigers honor late lineman with moment of silence
  • NASCAR to replace Busch with Nationwide
  • Rams bench Bulger, will start Frerotte
  • Jocketty out as Cards' GM
  • Franchitti set to start stock car career
  • NFL picks: Colts beat Bucs; Green Bay remains unbeaten
  • Jury rules against Isiah Thomas, awards $11.6 million
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    WTF Current
  • Message in bottle: Marriage meant to be
  • Woman gives birth to own grandchildren
  • Man uses adult store's cuffs in robbery
  • Deputy busts pair in jail parking lot
  • Cops: Drunk man tried to flee on riding lawnmower
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    Obituaries Current
  • Emma Ruth Schmidt
  • Edna C. Vance
  • Anna Marie Geisler
  • Marlene A. Hoback
  • Helen M. Jensen
  • Elvera E. Schlueter
  • Vernon Dwayne Shoop
  • Verneita D. Wiechmann
  • Elmer E. Shaw Sr.
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    Money Current
  • Sears revives Wish Book after 14-year hiatus
  • All Night Auto closes doors
  • Ameren to begin disconnecting customers again
  • Wehrenberg has 15 days to resolve sign dispute
  • Corn growers running out of storage space
  • Microsoft shows off new Zune players
  • Verizon to launch iPhone look-a-like
  • Online videos may be conduits for viruses
  • Yahoo upgrades online search engine
  • New bus line offers service to Chicago, St. Louis
  • Fairbury craft store reopens after crash
  • Proposed pipeline builder cited in Wisconsin
  • Woman sues over Apple's iPhone price cut
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    Free Time Current
  • Jessica Alba takes comedic turn in latest film
  • Recreation heads underground in Missouri
  • On the bench, waiting for other shows to leave
  • Fall TV Preview: Sunday's lineup carries an English accent
  • Yankee Candle brings the outdoors inside
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    GO! Current
  • Never a dull moment with the Nuge
  • Re-enactment band salutes Lincoln
  • Lineup never falters at Narragansett Bay
  • Wills jumps back in the game
  • Reduce, reuse, recycled rhythms
    • Calendar:
  • Festival calendar for week of Sept. 30
    • Movies:
  • Review: 'Hairspray'
  • Review: 'The Simpsons Movie'
  • Review: 'The Bourne Ultimatum'
  • Review: 'Bratz'
  • Review: 'I Know Who Killed Me'
    • Eats:
  • Tropical McKaw's filled with fun
  • Bank cashes in as food place
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    Life Current
    Health:
  • Disc makes a
    world of difference
  • DIGEST: August 6
  • Don't ignore teen drinking
  • Germ-riddled foods work
    with bodies in healthy ways
  • Sunglasses not just for fashion
    • Home & Garden:
  • Bank converted to home is now on market
  • Living large in small spaces
    • Life: General:
  • It starts as a joke; good luck getting it to end
  • ISU theater company mocks superstition
    • Values:
  • School gear to be distributed at west-side Block Bash
  • Church finds stability and growth under unusual roof
    • Food:
  • Healthy Fish Tacos
  • Calling Homer Simpson, we have a doughnut taste-off
    • Family:
  • More women are risking pregnancy and succeeding
  • Parents find ways to fill the void, stay in touch
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    Opinion Current
    Editorials:
  • Legal drinking age should be kept at 21 nationwide
    • Letters to the Editor:
  • Don't bet on Bush plan of waiting for a miracle
  • Cemetery walk helps us learn our local history
  • All students should've attended welcome home
  • Good job welcoming our troops back home
  • View from motorcycle of soldiers' welcome home
  • 'Patriots' in short supply during hearing on Iraq
  • 2 to 6 a.m. parking ban triggers long searches
  • Check juice box labels; you may be surprised
  • Echo editorial's salute to work in uptown Normal
    • Viewpoint:
  • Emerging bill geared to reducing energy
  • Democrats can't afford to water down legislation
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    Nation/World Current

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