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Winter Salt
Mark Espy peered out his office window during last weekend's barrage of snow, worried the city's streets department would run out of salt to combat the storm.
Local News
Tax hike, gas tax proposed for streets
SYCAMORE - City residents could see an increase in the home rule sales tax and a bump in gas prices under a proposal floated Monday by Sycamore officials looking for revenue to create a dedicated streets-repair fund.

Fed to unveil plan to curb shady home lending
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve unveiled a proposal Tuesday that would give people taking out home mortgages new protections against shady lending practices.

Midwest corn boom threatens to expand ‘dead zone' in Gulf of Mexico; environmentalists worry
JEFFERSON, Iowa - Because of rising demand for ethanol, American farmers are growing more corn than at any time since World War II. And sea life in the Gulf of Mexico is paying the price.




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Learning
Jazzed
Sycamore High School student Bryan Carter first sat in front of a drum set when he was 3 years old.
‘Holiday Moosical' staged at Woodbury School
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Local Sports
DePaul crushes Northern Illinois
DeKALB - The Northern Illinois University women's basketball team started fast and faded even faster.


Opinions
Columnist Bill O'Reilly is wrong about the USO
Let's not fear the possible
 
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Nation & World
Congress Requires Better Car, SUV Mileage
WASHINGTON - Congress by a wide margin approved the first increase in automobile fuel economy in 32 years Tuesday, and President Bush has signaled he will accept the mandates on the auto industry.
Congress to Hold Hearings on Steroid Use
Aruba Prosecutors Close Holloway Case
 
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State
Navy saves Illinois teen whose appendix burst on Mexican cruise
SAN DIEGO - An Illinois teenager who underwent surgery at sea after her appendix ruptured on a Mexican cruise returned to the mainland Tuesday aboard the U.S. aircraft carrier that came to her rescue.
Mattoon, Ill. picked for FutureGen pollution-free coal plant
Reaction to Illinois town tapped for FutureGen project
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Entertainment
Hard 'Hobbit' to Break: Jackson's In
NEW YORK - Bilbo lives!
Publicist: Ali Larter Is Engaged
`Survivor: China' Lunch Lady Apologizes
 
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National Sports
Roberts Acknowledges Using Steroids Once
BALTIMORE - Baltimore Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts has acknowledged using steroids, but insists he only tried it once before realizing he had made a "terrible decision."
O'Neill Will Eventually Take Over at UA
NFL Fines 5 Falcons for Vick Tributes
     
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