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Sure, GTA IV is controversial. It wouldn't be a Rockstar game if it weren't, but this edition features a nicer main character with some actually redeeming qualities.
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Published: May 07, 2008
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My cat, Rain, is spoiled, but generally behaves within the guidelines we demand from her. When she varies from that, I look for an explanation and this time, it was a minor earthquake upsetting her wo...
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Published: May 05, 2008
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A memory of my continuing love of the glory an pageantry of the Kentucky Derby and most especially, of the horses.
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Published: May 03, 2008
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Last summer, I tried Lexapro and then three other anti-depressants. The side effect were depressing, quite literally.
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Published: May 02, 2008
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Being awakened by an earthquake is a new experience, but it was the mid-morning aftershock that rattled my nerves.
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Published: Apr 18, 2008
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The Democratic debate Wednesday featured questions regarding Barack Obama's ties to William Ayers and the Weather Underground. Here's what they should ahve asked.
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Published: Apr 18, 2008
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Recently, I've noticed that Hollywood seems to be getting sloppy regarding the setting of their films. Here are a couple examples.
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Published: Apr 15, 2008
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Diary of the Dead is the latest in the "of the Dead" series created by writer and director George A. Romero.
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Published: Apr 02, 2008
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This is a story about a 22-year-old woman being deployed into the War on Terror. She is a mother, daughter, friend, writer, and more. But Bekkah will tell you she's "Just a Soldier".
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Published: Mar 27, 2008
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Shannon and Phil Brackett returned home Saturday after a three day evacuation due to flooding, but they don't know yet how bad the damage is.
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Published: Mar 26, 2008
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The death toll of American soldiers in Iraq reached 4,000 this week, but is anyone paying attention to the other costs?
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Published: Mar 25, 2008
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Everything I needed to know in life, I learned from my mother and I'm not certain she even knew she was teaching me.
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Published: Mar 24, 2008
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Crab Orchard Creek in southern Illinois overtopped its banks Wednesday and the water went to the closest, lowest place it could find -- a trailer parkw ith more than 70 households that were evacuated ...
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Published: Mar 20, 2008
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Major highways and city streets were closed for portions of Tuesday and Wednesday as rain filled creeks and rivers to overflowing.
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Published: Mar 19, 2008
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Like it or not, Christian fundamentalist believe in sin and that sin has repercussions. A lack of blessing for the nation is one of them.
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Published: Mar 19, 2008
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The Chinese government is censoring internet access to footage of the recent uprising in Tibet. Soon, they will deny it ever happened.
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Published: Mar 18, 2008
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Several local governments, schools and private businesses in Illinois are impacted when the state refuses to pay its bills, but still the state refuses to listen.
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Published: Mar 17, 2008
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The entire country may not have met the official requirements for entry into a recession, but here in the Rust Belt, we've been there for awhile now.
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Published: Mar 17, 2008
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Geraldine Ferraro resigned from the Clinton campaign this week after saying Obama wouldn't be winning if he were white. What if she was right?
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Published: Mar 14, 2008
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Just over a year ago, I had minor abdominal surgery, and all was well until I went into recovery. Then, my blood pressure, which had always been on the low side of normal, skyrocketed.
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Published: Mar 14, 2008
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Sean Hannity's campaign to judge Barrack Obama by the company he keeps seems to be gaining strength, but it is just more smoke and mirrors.
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Published: Mar 13, 2008
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A few hundred people gather every spring in Nashville to celebrate body art and horror movies. This year horror writer and director George A. Romero will be one of he major attractions.
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Published: Mar 12, 2008
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On March 4, E. Gary Gygax died at his home in Geneva, Wisconsin. Though I did not feel the overwhelming hero worship for the creator of Dungeons & Dragons, i mourn the loss of his creative spirit.
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Published: Mar 12, 2008
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Trying to figure out hpw to pay the right amount of taxes to keep yourself and the IRS happy can be tricky business, but here are some good tax tips and deductions for the home-based writer.
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Published: Mar 11, 2008
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They knew the consequences and broke the rules anyway. Therefore, Michigan and Florida are not entitled to have delegates in August.
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Published: Mar 10, 2008
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Campaign signs left over from the Illinois presidential primary are a hot commodity in Uganda.
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Published: Mar 10, 2008
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At my husband's insistence, I went to the spa and got a pedicure and now, I may never paint my own toes again.
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Published: Mar 07, 2008
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The IRS can be very helpful when you have need advice and assistance with tax issues.
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Published: Mar 07, 2008
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Just fewer than a dozen Carbondale area residents, gather on Tuesdays at the Unitarian Fellowship to learn music and socialize, preparing for their next encore.
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Published: Mar 05, 2008
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Even in Carbondale, housing projects can be a bad place to raise teenage boys, so this mother decided to do something about it.
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Published: Mar 05, 2008
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Activists in Carbondale, Illinois, want to change the name of a local street to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King. The idea is worthless and should be rejected.
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Published: Mar 03, 2008
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Just once, wouldn't it be nice if you teenager behaved like you cat--cleaned her plate, ate her veggies and waited until you left home before she started breaking the rules?
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Published: Feb 21, 2008
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Several inches of ice still coat the trees and power lines of southern Illinois and 7,000 people are without power. Would you be prepared to be one of them?
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Published: Feb 13, 2008
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After five years of planning, the Department of Energy awarded FutureGen to Illinois last summer. Now, they have stripped funding and insulted Illinois.
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Published: Feb 07, 2008
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Dawn Vogel's Etsy shop has gifts appropriate for any holiday and the slight off-center gifts for yourself as well.
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Published: Feb 07, 2008
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Here are some observations from living with an obsessive compulsive spouse.
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Published: Feb 07, 2008
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Super Tuesday will finally thin the herd for the Republicans, but still leave us without a candidate. On the Democratic side, an Obama win in California or New York cinches his lock on the nomination....
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Published: Jan 29, 2008
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I have now spent 18 months making my living exclusively as a freelance writer. Here are some things I learned:
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Published: Jan 02, 2008
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If the credit cards are not maxed out from Christmas 2007, today is a great dya to start thinking about Christmas 2008.
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Published: Dec 24, 2007
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A three mile drive through the lights and a weekend visit to the Expo Hall at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds will add a little light to anyone's holidays.
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Published: Dec 16, 2007
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Here is a list of my favorite movies of the year, plus a few that didn't make the list, but came close.
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Published: Dec 11, 2007
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Fans of the Stephen King novella "The Mist" will like most of the movie, but to avoid having the entire experience ruined, leave before you see the director's rewrite of the end.
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Published: Dec 10, 2007
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Here are some easy ways to lower your heating bill this winter as the chill sets in and oil prices continue to rise.
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Published: Dec 06, 2007
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Ann Vinson of DeSoto, Illinois, is one of those people: the ones that can find a creative outlet in just about anything and she can probably sell it too.
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Published: Dec 04, 2007
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The Hoosiers came to play basketball and the Minutemen to play football. The Salukis were ready for both, but this time, it was the football Dawgs making the record books.
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Published: Dec 02, 2007
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Here are the lessons I learned about diagnosing a cat's illness after my cat was struck with a sudden limp that had nothing at all to do with her leg.
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Published: Nov 30, 2007
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Carbondale Elementary School District #95 has a two-year old language immersion program designed to break down barriers and help Spanish-speaking students get a little help from their classmates.
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Published: Nov 23, 2007
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For local medical providers, Abundant Resources is a chance to give back to their communities doing what they do best, healing the sick. For the community, it's a godsend.
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Published: Nov 23, 2007
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Free Again Wildlife Rehabilitation Shelter takes injured and orphaned animals, usually as a result of interaction with humans, and teaches them to be wild and free again.
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Published: Nov 12, 2007
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Carterville has been waiting for five years for the state to fund its share of building a new high school there. They may have to continue to wiat.
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Published: Nov 11, 2007
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Herrin schools each met the requirement of the NCLB law, but as a district, Herrin is failing. Here's how that happens.
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Published: Nov 11, 2007
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After five years of no state funding for school construction, southern Illinois schools needing new facilities were getting desperate. This week, five school boards banded together to do something abo...
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Published: Nov 09, 2007
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Illinois lawmakers took until mid-August o pass a budget bill, but still haven't passed a law to implement it. That means state funds ar enot being allocated as intended.
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Published: Nov 09, 2007
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In a legislative manuever best described as editing, the Illinois House passed a bill last month to restore special education funding to previous levels.
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Published: Nov 08, 2007
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Lyn Flahardy and Janet Russell waited until retirement to take up power-lifting, but they're good at it.
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Published: Nov 05, 2007
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Menopause can be miserable, but a little preparation and hormore replacement therapy can make it a little easier.
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Published: Nov 05, 2007
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Humorist and author Deb DiSandro likens life to a series of handbags and tells women that they need to give up the stress of being a perfect everything.
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Published: Nov 05, 2007
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Freecycling can help you save old loved items from the landfill and give them a new home, with someone else to love them.
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Published: Nov 05, 2007
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Pass Your Plate is part of a growing trends of make it and take it food shops where custoemrs are given the ingredients and the utensils to make dinner and take it home.
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Published: Nov 02, 2007
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Gail West isn't one of Southern Illinois' good ol' boys, but she's getting to know them as she shows them how the new woman in town recruits employers, businesses and investment.
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Published: Oct 30, 2007
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Emergency preparedness is changing in a world threatened by pandemic and international terrorism, but the California wildfires are just another example of why it helps to "Be Prepared."
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Published: Oct 30, 2007
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Half the women over age 50 will face injury related to oesteoporosis and many will die as a result of complications, but here's what you can do to fight it
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Published: Oct 30, 2007
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Danella Dimmick has been teaching for years and her class helped her get through the hardest time in her life, the loss of her son
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Published: Oct 30, 2007
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Peter Paul has a serious axe to grind against Bill and Hillary Clinton, but that doesn't necessarily mean that his accusations are false. All the buzz about Paul's documentary is definitely deserved.
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Published: Oct 29, 2007
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Efforts to protect endangered species and prevent logging may be hindering the ability of the U.S. Forest Service to do their job and prevent massive forest fires.
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Published: Oct 26, 2007
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Making a decision to eat healthier and buy organic can be done on a budget, but it takes a little planning and creative meal choices.
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Published: Oct 25, 2007
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Every time fires threaten California communities, it seems like someone says, "That's what they get for choosing to live there." So, I want to know, who lives where there are no natural or manmade thr...
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Published: Oct 23, 2007
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Dr. Barlas believes that an alternative readingof the Qur'an shows that Islam was never emant to be a misogynistic religion, demeaning to women. This is from her presentation at Southern Illinois Univ...
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Published: Oct 01, 2007
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Many of the make overs on TLC's "What Not to Wear" feature women who complain they never spend money on themselves. Here's an option to get a wardrobe that's nearly as nice for a fraction of the pric...
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Published: Sep 25, 2007
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I love TLC and Bravo, but here are some shows I wish they would make.
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Published: Sep 25, 2007
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Margaret was interviewed by WSIU-TV in Carbondale, Illinois, for the local supplements to Ken Burns' "The War".
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Published: Sep 24, 2007
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Helena Kelton, now almsot 90, remembers what it was like for a divorced mom looking for work in world War II. Kelton was interviewed for a local segment to accompany "The War" on PBS.
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Published: Sep 24, 2007
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Juanita and Walt Ramsey wee newleyweds in September 1942 and both made their own contributions to "The War".
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Published: Sep 24, 2007
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Nestled just off Giant City Road, there is a park that takes children back to a time that never was with dragons, goblins and other mythical beasts.
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Published: May 01, 2007
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An abandoned duffel bag disrupted classes in two buildings at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale on Wednesday while police investigated the threat.
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Published: Apr 26, 2007
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Identifying the potential threats to school children may be as simple as preventing the damage that they do to one another. Here's how one family faces the brutality in schools.
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Published: Apr 19, 2007
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Piloric stenosis is the second-leading reason for childhood surgeries, but almost no one has heard of it.
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Published: Apr 19, 2007
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Ancient instrument is big business in Chicago and Salt Lake City, but don't expect to walk in a buy one.
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Published: Apr 18, 2007
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Like many people, I have been guilty of judging based on first impressions, but maybe it's time we stepped back and took a second look.
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Published: Apr 18, 2007
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Joyce Hesketh knows that music does more than tame the savage beast, it also helps heal the mind and body and she's out to prove it.
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Published: Apr 18, 2007
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St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital in Mount Vernon, Illinois, was facing the same nursing shortage as medical facilities around the country. Then, they got creative.
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Published: Apr 18, 2007
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Herrin, Illinois, has a storied past as a racial hotbed and playground for the gangs of the 1920s. Now, the city library provides an excellent resource for those who want to study it.
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Published: Apr 18, 2007
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Mount Vernon is sometimes considered the northern gateway to all things Southern Illinois. At the crossroads of Interstate 64 and Insterstate 57 and just a few miles south of Interstate 70, the commun...
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Published: Apr 18, 2007
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The fifteenth annual Herrinfesta Italiana will be celebrated the week of Memorial Day and the food and entertainment make it a top notch festival for a low price.
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Published: Apr 18, 2007
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People, usually the unpublished, keep telling me that to call yourself a writer, you simply have to write. I respectfully disagree.
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Published: Apr 17, 2007
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Giving up a child for adoption implies that the birth mother has no control over the situation, but more and more often birth mothers are selecting families for their babies.
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Published: Apr 17, 2007
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The ladies of HotFlash Artists Studio hope their art might someday support itself, but in the meantime, they say it's cheaper than therapy.
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Published: Apr 17, 2007
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Wizards of the Coast has done it again, creating a miniatures game that is collectible and fun.
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Published: Apr 17, 2007
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Candles from the Candle Factory add a nice warmth and wonderful scent to any home.
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Published: Apr 17, 2007
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The Swiffer Wet/Dry picks up dust and pet fur like nothing else. It is wonderful for getting allergens out of the house.
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Published: Apr 17, 2007
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Swheat Scoop is a natural cat litter that is good for the environment and good for my house.
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Published: Apr 17, 2007
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The Swiffer Carpet Flick is great for picking up cat hair and kitty litter on thin carpet.
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Published: Apr 17, 2007
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Carterville resident Nancy Sampson found yoga through her sister-in-law after the death of her husband. Now, she wants to share it with everyone she meets.
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Published: Mar 16, 2007
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Nicholas Cage as Johnny Blaze is actually one of the low points of the movie "Ghost Rider", but his co-stars and the storyline make up for star.
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Published: Mar 16, 2007
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As part of his budget proposal, Governor Rod Blagojevich has planned changes to the Illinois Department of Corrections that will eliminate union jobs and replace them with political appointees.
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Published: Mar 15, 2007
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It's March Madness time and the office pools should be starting any second. Here's what every non-fan needs to know about surviving the Big Dance.
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Published: Mar 14, 2007
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Southern Illinois University got its best seeding ever in Sunday's NCAA tournament announcement, but Saluki fans know this tournament could get even better.
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Published: Mar 11, 2007
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My husband and I have always had a tendency to save everything, but this spring we are purging the lot. Here's how we are doing it.
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Published: Feb 28, 2007
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I used to love Ebay for selling my old things, but I recently discovered how much easier it is to sell books, videos, games and more on Amazon and make much more money than I ever did on Ebay.
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Published: Feb 28, 2007
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A pet can make your family complete, but it is a lifetime commitment. Here's a short guide to finding the right one for you.
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Published: Feb 21, 2007
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For the last five years, sports fans across the country have watched the opening round of March Madness and asked, "What is a Saluki?" so here's the answer for a team anticipating another invitation t...
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Published: Feb 10, 2007
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I discovered, a bit late, that a routince coverage pet insurance policy could have saved me hundreds of dollars in he first few months that I had my kitten. Here are the things to consider for yoursel...
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Published: Feb 01, 2007
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The Illinois General Assembly is considering moving the Illinois presidential primary to early February, 2008. The move could bring Illinois back into political power and help Obama's run for presiden...
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Published: Jan 28, 2007
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Joanne Long has been teaching country fiddle for less than a year now, but she's been playing for more than 3 decades. Still, even she was surprised by the interest in her class.
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Published: Jan 28, 2007
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More than a dozen countries worldwide are represented by the women of Las Damas Latinas, who share a common language and something of a common culture. Together, they share their memories of the count...
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Published: Jan 28, 2007
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The aerobics craze of the 1980s may have had a huge impact on why people now need a softer, gentler form of exercise, but that's okay with studion owner Barbara Tyler.
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