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McDowell — Aubry Ross McDowell, daughter of Perry and Heather Weaver McDowell of Salem, April 3, 2013, Lourdes hospital. Grandparents are John and Suzanne Weaver of Salem and Doug and Debbie Johnso...
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Free things to do in Portland, from parks to markets
PORTLAND, Ore. — Two decades ago, the city of Portland’s Yellow Bike Project put hundreds of canary-colored two-wheelers on the streets for public use. It was an earnest effort, utterly without bas...
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Associated Press Pearl Harbor veteran Dallas Harvey, 94, speaks to a fifth-grade class at Columbus Elementary School March 22 in Edwardsville, Ill., about his experience on that horrific day on Dec. 7, 1941.
Veteran brings Pearl Harbor to students
  EDWARDSVILLE, Ill.  — Dec. 7, 1941, the infamous day that the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, is a day and event in history that students learn about and study, but Columbus Elementary’s fifth-gr...
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He’s got the billiards world
LAS VEGAS — The billiards joint is hazy with cigarette smoke as fans on metal bleachers lean in toward the action. Max Eberle stands over his shot, oblivious to the buzzing crowd and wandering wait...
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Seeking to outmuscle frailty
PHILADELPHIA — It was 8 a.m., and 86-year-old Allan Ford had delayed his breakfast to help researchers at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania figure out whether a hormone called ghrelin ...
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Associated Press Sister Clara Ternes, who recently retired from her position as the corporate director of mission, values and ethics at Southern Illinois Healthcare, poses for a photo April 11, on Lake of Egypt, Ill.
Nun retires after six decades of service
HERRIN, Ill. — For more than 60 years, Sister Clara Ternes served God by taking care of patients and inspiring change in the health care system. Her tenure in nursing came to a close last month,...
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Boston Bombing Spurs Demand for Video Monitoring
WASHINGTON — A pedestrian who strolls through Boston’s Financial District, an area of about 40 city blocks, can be seen by at least 233 private and public cameras. In the aftermath of the terror...
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Associated Press Kate Scott arranges descriptive signs next to projectile points in the collection she researched at Illinois Wesleyan University on April 12 in Bloomington, Ill.
Mystery shrouds boxes of arrowheads
BLOOMINGTON, Ill.  — Mystery still surrounds three boxes of arrowheads and other projectile points uncovered several years ago in the basement of a building at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloom...
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Civil War quilts became source of comfort for soldiers
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.  — Two days after the Confederate States of America formed in the 1860s, Sarah Ann Massie married William Bateman. The newlyweds settled on William’s 100-acre farm in Morgan Count...
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service Mike Waddell, a member of the bluegrass-gospel sextet Mackville, plays banjo during rehearsal April 17 in Atwood, Ill. Mackville, which takes its title from the name Atwood had before it was Atwood, came to life itself about four years ago.
Bluegrass band evokes fans sense of emotion
ATWOOD, Ill. — It’s not every band that can turn death into a toe-tapping, sing-along number. But the bluegrass-gospel sextet Mackville sees beyond the grave to the “beautiful shore,” where the ...
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