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- An Illinois zoo has added sparkling reindeer-dung necklaces to its gift shop for the holiday season ... A real-estate agent showing a house in Louisiana got a fright when he discovered a pile of human bones in the corner. Turns out the…
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- Business Briefs
- Playboy to cut 25 jobs, outsource Chicago-based Playboy Enterprises announced Tuesday it will outsource all Playboy magazine functions except the editorial product and cut about 25 jobs, moves it hopes restore the magazine -- expected to…
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- Here are the 99 Marathon city manager applicants
- He managed two country clubs in North Carolina and Florida prior to that ... Cocoa resident Clarence Hulse, a consultant for a real estate development group since June 2008. He’s held several similar positions prior and was deputy city…
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- Families of the fallen reflect on BackStoppers' legacy, 50…
- ST. LOUIS — Anne Sebold remembers only two things from the day she learned her husband, city police officer Louis Sebold, 45, had been killed in the line of duty: The looks on her six children's faces, and the visit from two men who called…
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch- Ravenna history is found on eBay: Item was Reed library…
- When Henry Stel, a history teacher from western Canada, found a stereoscope on eBay, he knew he’d found a sweetheart deal. But he had no idea that a signature inside the antique would have him digging up local history in Ravenna. Stel, who…
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- Sex ring alleged in Tea
- A Tea couple used their duplex as the home base for an underage sex trafficking operation, according to a complaint filed this week in U.S. District Court. Court documents say Brandon Quincy Thompson, 26, and his girlfriend, Megan Marie…
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- Heritage Harbor expands in tough economic climate
- OTTAWA — Along the Illinois River’s northern bank are massive, colorful waterfront homes more reminiscent of properties depicted on Cape Cod postcards than real estate normally found locally. But even rarer, perhaps, were the number of…
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- Outts Leftfield: Joining the cultural cognoscenti for a truly…
- When I was a young man, I used to dream about winning the lottery just so I could hire the Beach Boys to come to my house and play a gig in my living room. One would need a relatively big house and most likely a substantially big wallet —…
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- LOTTERY- A Guide to American Lotteries
- Kim Jong-il bans World Cup coverage - unless North Korea win Kim Jong-il, the North Korean leader, has banned the World Cup from being shown in his country – unless they win. The Supreme Leader has ordered state-run television not to…
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Lottery Post- Letters to the Editor: Nov. 24
- I agree that former Gov. George Ryan should not receive a pension. Loss of retirement benefits is a potent deterrent to crime by government officials. Since it is highly unlikely that Ryan would be in a position where he could be a threat…
- State Journal-Register
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