SPRINGFIELD (AP) — Gov. Pat Quinn's push to overhaul care for people with mental illnesses and disabilities collided Tuesday with safety concerns, money worries and maybe a bi
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — When students return to the school where two teachers were jailed last week for alleged lewdness, they'll have new teachers in their classrooms, a new princ
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NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of fans roared as New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning hoisted the team's Super Bowl trophy from a glittering blue-and-white float Tuesday during
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CHICAGO (AP) – Teens don’t tweet, will never tweet – too public, too many older users. Not cool.That’s been the prediction for a while now, born of numbers showing that fewer
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Dear Abby: I just read the letter from a fellow frustrated night-shifter, “Working a 40-Hour Week at Age 73” (Dec. 20). I have worked 12-hour shifts for many years to accommod
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FULTON – They came, they watched, they took notes, and they tasted. Then, hopefully, they went home and tried to make it.
Nearly 50 people recently filled the Windmill Cultura
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CHICAGO – Texting while driving, speeding and back-seat hanky-panky aren’t all that parents need to worry about when their kids are in cars: Add secondhand smoke to the list.I
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About 10 a.m. Jan. 3, I stopped at Serenity House Hospice in Oregon to see whether it had a packet of information explaining its services. My dad had recently been diagnosed w
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Higher tuition at public universities makes a college education less affordable, but a presidential plan to hold the line on tuition is a simplistic answer to a complex problem
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Marjorie RobertsELIZABETH – Marjorie Roberts, 91, of Elizabeth, died Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, at Elizabeth Nursing Home.Arrangements were completed by Law-Jones Funeral Home in
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MOUNT MORRIS – Katherine L. Miller, 92, a Mount Morris area resident since 1960, died Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, at Pinecrest Manor Nursing Home in Mount Morris. Katherine was a
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My first job was at an Arby's restaurant in Rockford. On my second day, my boss told me that one of my duties was making sure the Rockford Register Star was available in the dining room.