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Tough Act: Area theater students set to perform Les Mis�rables after only two weeks
DeKALB - Stealing a loaf of bread for his starving sister and family this weekend will land Joey Gage, 16, in prison for 19 years.
Local News
Budget approved
DeKALB - Frank Kasper stood outside the DeKalb Municipal Building before the DeKalb City Council meeting Monday with about 20 other residents holding neon-colored signs against tax increases and a proposed rental licensing program. Passing cars honked in support of the signs and could be heard from inside council chambers as city officials prepared for a meeting that included passing the 2009 budget.

Employees protest contract stalemate
SPRINGFIELD - Thousands of state workers converged on the Capitol Monday to ratchet up pressure on the Blagojevich administration to end a stalemate over a new union deal before the current one expires next week.

Candy, a sweet spot in sour economy
CHICAGO - Like a lot of people, Nate Towne is cutting back on spending. He's carpooling to work and only shops at grocery stores that take coupons or offer discount “rewards” cards.




All Smiles: Morrissey is a grocery bagger at Brown's County Market in Sycamore

6 Sycamore businesses cited for tobacco sales to minors

Maple Park Civic Center gets upgrade
Learning
Nearby college offering new online degree
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Local Sports
Making his way
DeKALB - Jordan Threloff is playing with the mindset of beating the best to be the best.
Beasley doesn't like some of his critics' comparisons
USA Basketball picks its team
Opinions
Wearing the victim is becoming trendy
Someone is going to think this column is racist. That person - he or she will be white - will be unable to point to so much as a semicolon that suggests I believe in the native superiority of my, or any other, race. Rather, the accusation will be based in the fact that the column discusses race, period.
Russert's goodbye
Oil costs, oil supplies
 
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Nation & World
UN declares fair presidential vote impossible
UNITED NATIONS - Outraged at the turmoil in Zimbabwe, the U.N. Security Council declared that a fair presidential vote is impossible because of the "campaign of violence" waged by President Robert Mugabe's government.
Baghdad blast kills 4 Americans
Housing rescue faces key test
 
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State
Residents keep fighting rising Mississippi River
WINFIELD, Mo. - With a few days to go before the last stretch of the bloated Mississippi River reaches its crest, people toiled around the clock Monday to reinforce levees already strained and saturated from the pressure of the rising water.
Rescue turns to recovery for teen in Fox River
Lottery Glance
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Entertainment
Imus faces new questions over on-air race remarks
NEW YORK - Don Imus is finding himself in a familiar position on his morning radio broadcast: facing questions over what he meant by on-air remarks about race.
India's Reliance talking with DreamWorks
Spokeswoman: Amy Winehouse doesn't have emphysema
 
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National Sports
Bryant, James to lead US team
CHICAGO - MVP Kobe Bryant has a shot at another big prize after falling short of the NBA championship, and he'll have plenty of help along the way.
Don Imus says race comment was misunderstood
Sunny start at Wimbledon for Roger, Serena
     
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