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WWW Chicago outdoors: Rivers, reptiles & rambunctious
- Looks like a some perfect summer days for Wild Weekend Wanderings around Chicago outdoors with good options for adults, kids or families. GREAT BEAR WILDERNESS: The Brookfield Zoo has good summer exhibit of the Great ...
- Chicago Sun-Times (blog)
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- 7/16/2010 4:57:01 AM
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Community briefing
- When the park reopens this fall, it will feature a 10-foot aerated pond featuring fish such as bluegill and an overlook, a playground space with a climbing wall, a lighted walking path and expanded parking for 165 cars ...
- Chicago Tribune
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- 7/16/2010 12:03:31 AM
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Sleepy little suburb? Not anymore
- As she awaits the arrival of her new pontoon at the Ericson Marine dock, Amy Bland tells why Algonquin is where she and her husband, Steve, chose to put down roots. "We live within walking distance of the pool, K-through ...
- Chicago Tribune
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- 7/16/2010 12:03:31 AM
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When outside next, think outside the box
- We mostly look at fishing, hunting or paddling as ways to enjoy the river but there are many other ways we can benefit from living in the Fox River valley, ways that enhance the quality of life here. Biking the wonderful ...
- Batavia Sun
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- 7/15/2010 10:30:28 PM
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Lampe: Opener sure to rankle some hunters
- As expected, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources recommended an Oct. 30 season opener and a Dec. 28 close to the 60-day Central Zone duck campaign. All that’s left to formalize those dates is an expected ...
- Peoria Journal Star
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- 7/15/2010 5:29:49 PM
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Tiny village at center of ambitious wildlife refuge plan
- Tucked along the Illinois- Wisconsin border in northeast McHenry County , the tiny village of Richmond may soon be at the center of one of the most ambitious conservation projects in the Midwest — the creation of a ...
- Chicago Tribune
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- 7/15/2010 5:22:39 PM
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Fisherman rescued from river after boat overturns
- A fisherman who headed out onto the Illinois River early Thursday to avoid the heat of the day ended up spending about an hour on top of his capsized boat before being rescued. Sheral Chance, 56, of 911 W. Loucks Ave ...
- Peoria Journal Star
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- 7/15/2010 7:42:50 AM
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Wallace is still running strong
- When it comes to disseminating information, few in the blue-collar world of NASCAR do it better than popular veteran driver Kenny Wallace. He's nearly always on social networking sites Facebook and Twitter. When he's not ...
- News-Democrat
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- 7/15/2010 1:01:58 AM
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Nature: Find it along the city's riverwalk
- Sure, it's a nice place for outdoor dining. But is the still-evolving pedestrian walkway along the Chicago River also a legitimate outdoors nature experience? In a way. It's not a hiking trail, unless your hiking trails ...
- Chicago Tribune
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- 7/14/2010 8:37:07 PM
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Bass Pro competitors not worried
- Presley's Outdoors owner Tim Presley is not concerned about being in the shadow of East Peoria's Bass Pro Shops when it opens next fall. "It's nothing we can't handle," said Presley on Wednesday. "For us, we just have to ...
- Peoria Journal Star
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- 7/14/2010 7:18:23 PM
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Preserving a Midwest trout mecca'
- MILWAUKEE -- Some anglers keep secret their favorite fishing holes. John "Duke" Welter of Eau Claire, Wis., lists his top trout spots to anyone who will listen: "Rattlesnake Creek, Poison Ivy River, Nettlesome Crick ...
- News-Democrat
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- 7/14/2010 5:59:38 PM
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Indiana plans barrier to block Asian carp's spread
- In this photo taken Tuesday, June 22, 2010 and provided by the Illinois Department of Natural resources, a 20-pound Asian carp is held after being caught beyond the electric barriers constructed to keep the dreaded ...
- Peoria Journal Star
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- 7/14/2010 4:55:13 PM
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River reverie
- Sure, it's a nice place for outdoor dining. But is the still-evolving pedestrian walkway along the Chicago River also a legitimate outdoors nature experience? In a way. It's not a hiking trail, unless your hiking trails ...
- Chicago Tribune
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- 7/14/2010 12:23:12 PM
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Illinois waterfowling: Miller sticks with staff ideas
- The IDNR release: IDNR Recommends Waterfowl Season Dates for 2010-11 Proposal to be sent to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for Approval SPRINGFIELD, IL - The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) is recommending ...
- Chicago Sun-Times (blog)
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- 7/14/2010 11:33:05 AM
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Asian carp czar will fulfill lawmakers' wish to monitor fish
- (Crain's) — The Obama administration plans to name an Asian carp czar within a month to oversee state and federal efforts to keep the voracious fish from invading the Great Lakes ecosystem. U.S. Sen. Richard Durbin , D ...
- Crain's Chicago Business
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- 7/14/2010 11:33:05 AM
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Ready, willing and able is Sable restaurant
- For the last 10 years, Heather Terhune ran the kitchen at Atwood Cafe, in the Loop. She did fine work — critics, myself included, flung air-kisses in her direction — but with her audience an assortment of lunchtime ...
- Chicago Tribune
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- 7/14/2010 10:35:49 AM
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Local People: Rock River Valley residents earn honors
- This year’s first-place winner of the Illinois 16th Congressional District High School Art Competition is Caitlin Brown, a junior at Rockford Lutheran High School. Caitlin’s winning piece is a watercolor/marker ...
- Rockford Register-Star
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- 7/14/2010 8:34:08 AM
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Know your nutritional numbers
- You may have heard the suggestion, “know your numbers.” Generally, this refers to knowing your cholesterol, triglycerides and blood pressure. You may have been taught the normal and abnormal levels so you know if you ...
- Pantagraph
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- 7/14/2010 7:08:14 AM
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Lockport couple helps to brighten residential facility
- Lockport Alderman Robert Perretta frequently visits his sister Julie at Bethshan, a Palos Heights residential facility for people with developmental disabilities. Robert and his wife, Catherine, are supporters of the ...
- Batavia Sun
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- 7/14/2010 3:47:48 AM
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Will County leadership tells dragonfly to buzz off
- Some Will County Board members aren't willing to lend any more help than necessary to protecting the endangered Hines emerald dragonfly. Members of the board's executive committee recently rejected a request to back a ...
- Chicago Tribune
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- 7/13/2010 11:58:44 PM
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Family remains focus of Guadalupe fiesta
- SILVIS-- As they have for over half a century, people gathered this weekend at the Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish Fiesta to celebrate culture and community. The Rev. Keith Walder, pastor of of Our Lady of Guadalupe and St ...
- Quad Cities Onlines
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- 7/13/2010 11:30:06 PM
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Senate candidate: Officials need to curb spending
- CREST HILL -- Republican Senate candidate Mark Kirk stopped in Will County on Tuesday to talk about the economy, his campaign -- and Asian carp. U.S. Rep. Kirk, who is in his fifth term, is running against state ...
- Batavia Sun
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- 7/13/2010 10:04:12 PM
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Garfield Park mystery
- The fish kill and resulting bighead-carp bonanza at Garfield Park on the West Side are among the weirdest things I've ever tried to make sense of. And the story is far from finished. But let me pull together a few pieces ...
- Chicago Sun-Times
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- 7/13/2010 10:04:12 PM
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Seafood is plentiful in central Illinois, despite oil spill
- A story about the availability of safe fish and seafood in central Illinois -- and whether it has been affected by the Gulf oil spill -- is available in the July 14 print edition of The State Journal-Register. Learn how ...
- State Journal-Register
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- 7/13/2010 8:09:40 PM
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Quinn: Send Asian carp back to Asia
- Gov. Pat Quinn hoped to spark a modern-day gold rush for fishermen on the Illinois River by signing an agreement Tuesday to ship as much as 30 million pounds of Asian carp a year to China , where the fish are a delicacy ...
- Chicago Tribune
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- 7/13/2010 6:22:18 PM
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Carp returning to Asia - as entrees
- SPRINGFIELD - Illinois is turning to diners halfway around the world to help solve its Asian Carp problem. Gov. Pat Quinn on Tuesday said Illinois will team with Chinese meat processing company Beijing Zhuochen Animal ...
- Quad Cities Onlines
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- 7/13/2010 6:00:49 PM
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Army Corps considering coal ash to fix levees
- The Army Corps of Engineers wants to use ash cast off from coal-fired electrical generation to shore up dozens of miles of Mississippi River levees, drawing fire from environmentalists worried that heavy metals from the ...
- Chicago Tribune
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- 7/13/2010 3:30:30 PM
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William Stevens
- William F. "Bill" Stevens, 84, of Moline, died Monday, July 12, 2010, in Trinity Rock Island. Services are 10 a.m. Thursday in the Celebration of Life Chapel at Trimble Funeral and Cremation Center, Moline, with the Rev ...
- Quad Cities Onlines
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- 7/13/2010 3:30:30 PM
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Quinn floats plan to catch, eat Asian carp
- CHICAGO — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn says if you can’t beat Asian carp, then you eat them. Quinn today announced an agreement with a Chinese meat processing company and an Illinois fishery to catch the fish and ship ...
- Rockford Register-Star
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- 7/13/2010 2:04:36 PM
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Quinn's plan for Asian carp: Send them to China
- The Asian carp can become an economic engine for Illinois rather than a threat to the Great Lakes, according to a company that plans to harvest the fish from Illinois rivers and ship them to China, where they are a ...
- Chicago Sun-Times
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- 7/13/2010 1:35:58 PM
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Is 30 million pounds a lot of carp? Yes
- On Tuesday, Gov. Quinn announced Illinois would 07.13.10_GOV_Asian_Carp_Agreement_RELEASE-1.pdf harvest dreaded Asian carp from the state's waterways and sell it as a delicacy in China. The upside? Creation of 180 new ...
- Chicago Sun-Times (blog)
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- 7/13/2010 1:21:39 PM
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Free fishing clinic Aug. 17 in Pleasant Valley.
- Press release submitted by the U.S. Amry Corps of Engineers. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mississippi River Project announces that a fishing clinic for youth between the ages five through 15 will be held on Saturday ...
- Quad Cities Onlines
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- 7/13/2010 1:07:20 PM
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Quinn floats plan to export Asian carp
- Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn says if you can't beat Asian carp, then you eat them. Quinn on Tuesday announced an agreement with a Chinese meat processing company and an Illinois fishery to catch the fish and ship them to ...
- Peoria Journal Star
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- 7/13/2010 1:00:10 PM
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Quinn's plan for carp: Sell 'em them to China
- The Asian carp can become an economic engine for Illinois rather than a threat to the Great Lakes, according to a company that plans to harvest the fish Illinois rivers and ship them to China, where they are a delicacy ...
- Batavia Sun
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- 7/13/2010 12:10:04 PM
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Gov. Quinn has Asian carp plan: catch and eat
- (AP) — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn says if you can't beat Asian carp, then you eat them. Quinn on Tuesday announced an agreement with a Chinese meat processing company and an Illinois fishery to catch the fish and ship ...
- Crain's Chicago Business
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- 7/13/2010 10:08:22 AM
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Ill. governor floats plan to catch, eat Asian carp
- CHICAGO -- Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn says if you can't beat Asian carp, then you eat them. Quinn on Tuesday announced an agreement with a Chinese meat processing company and an Illinois fishery to catch the fish and ship ...
- News-Democrat
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- 7/13/2010 10:08:22 AM
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Quinn: Catch Asian carp, send them to China
- Gov. Pat Quinn says if you can't beat Asian carp, then you eat them. Quinn today announced an agreement with a Chinese meat processing company and an Illinois fishery to catch the fish and ship them to China where they ...
- Chicago Breaking News - Tribune
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- 7/13/2010 10:08:22 AM
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Quinn: Catch Asian carp, ship 'em to China
- From the Breaking News Center : Gov. Pat Quinn says if you can't beat Asian carp, then you eat them. Quinn today announced an agreement with a Chinese meat processing company and an Illinois fishery to catch the fish and ...
- Chicago Tribune (blog)
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- 7/13/2010 10:01:13 AM
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Park on Round Lake's shore a hidden gem
- ROUND LAKE BEACH -- Lakefront Park may be one of the Round Lake-area's best kept secrets, but it's not a secret to the Ramirez kids, who live close enough to explore it every day. When they're not fishing in Round Lake ...
- Batavia Sun
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- 7/13/2010 1:54:27 AM
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Chicago police charge Northbrook boater with alcohol abuse
- A Northbrook man was charged with operating a watercraft while under the influence of alcohol after fishermen spotted him Monday afternoon driving erratically in the Chicago River near Navy Pier. About 2 p.m., fishermen ...
- Morton Grove Champion
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- 7/12/2010 4:57:35 PM
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Charles "Chuck" Finch
- STOCKTON, Ill.-Charles "Chuck" Finch, 92, of Stockton, Ill., died June 22, 2010 in Oelwein, Iowa. He was born on a farm two miles south of Fairbank, Iowa, on July 16, 1918, the first son of Wilbur and Marie (Garber ...
- Galena Gazette
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- 7/12/2010 8:43:40 AM
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Endangered herons find calm near O'Hare
- Not far from the bustle of the Tri-State Tollway and O'Hare Airport, two black-crowned night herons have found sanctuary. The birds -- relatively common in some parts of the country but an endangered breeding species in ...
- Chicago Sun-Times
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- 7/12/2010 1:55:38 AM
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A vacation isn't always how far you go
- In mid-July, the talk at the water cooler, in line at the Quick Stop, in the stands at the Khoury League game -- just about everywhere -- is vacation. We talked about vacation, too. But with busy work schedules, high gas ...
- News-Democrat
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- 7/11/2010 7:47:35 AM
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Backyard escape: Paradise in the midst of Edwardsville
- Edwardsville's Goshen Road is a busy thoroughfare lined with subdivisions, businesses, a middle school and YMCA complex. But Tammy and Kevin Voepel need only step out their back door to get away from it all. Tall trees ...
- News-Democrat
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- 7/11/2010 5:02:56 AM
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Bill aims to protect bicyclists
- I was happy to see Gov. Pat Quinn sign a bill over the July 4 holiday increasing punishment for motorists who endanger bicyclists after my recent close encounter on a bike when someone reached out the passenger-side ...
- Pantagraph
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- 7/11/2010 4:55:47 AM
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Buck of the Week: Unplugged: Northwest suburbs
- Rick Remington sent a neat collection of photos for Buck of the Week: Unplugged, and they're from a place not heard from before in this feature, Spring Valley Nature Sanctuary. BOTW: Unplugged is the weekly celebration ...
- Chicago Sun-Times (blog)
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- 7/11/2010 2:32:37 AM
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Illinois coal plant expected to raise electricity ....
- Sold on a promise of cheap, clean electricity, dozens of communities in Illinois and eight other Midwest states instead are facing more expensive utility bills after bankrolling a new coal-fired power plant that will be ...
- Chicago Tribune
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- 7/10/2010 10:57:52 PM
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Buck of the week
- BUCK OF THE WEEK: UNPLUGGED Rick Remington earns BOTW: Unplugged honors for this photo taken at Spring Valley Nature Center. ''Coyotes, deer and a ton of great songbirds are always present as a result of the work they ...
- Chicago Sun-Times
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- 7/10/2010 9:53:27 PM
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Bench warrant issued for suspect in SE illegal dumping
- ST. CHARLES TWP. -- A bench warrant was issued Friday for one of the suspects in an illegal dumping at a South Elgin recycling company, sources said. An Hong, 32, of Elburn failed to appear at a status hearing Friday ...
- Batavia Sun
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- 7/10/2010 9:39:08 PM
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DNR to examine whether Asian carp was in park lagoon
- CHICAGO — The Illinois Department of Natural Resources plans to take possession of a large fish pulled from the Garfield Park lagoon on Chicago’s West Side to determine if it is really a big head Asian carp. There ...
- Rockford Register-Star
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- 7/10/2010 5:57:13 PM
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Spill spreads anxiety among Vietnamese fishermen
- On a steamy summer morning, Minh Chu would normally be far out in the Gulf, hauling in huge loads of shrimp in the blistering sun. Instead, he's standing in an alley, the air sticky as cotton candy, rain falling ...
- Pantagraph
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- 7/10/2010 10:04:46 AM
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Spill spreads anxiety among Vietnamese fishermen
- NEW ORLEANS -- On a steamy summer morning, Minh Chu would normally be far out in the Gulf, hauling in huge loads of shrimp in the blistering sun. Instead, he's standing in an alley, the air sticky as cotton candy, rain ...
- News-Democrat
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- 7/10/2010 9:21:49 AM
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Blogs & Columns
- As we battle Japanese beetles, it is good to remember that these are not the only insects that damage roses. The roseslug has been particularly troublesome this spring. This is the larva of the rose sawfly, a type of ...
- Pantagraph
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- 7/10/2010 4:56:58 AM
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Feeding frenzy outside court for ex-gov's fans
- The double-decker tour bus pulled alongside the Dirksen Federal Building shortly before 5 p.m., just as Rod Blagojevich was making his grand exit after another day in court. "Hey, governor!" the tour guide standing on ...
- Chicago Sun-Times
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- 7/10/2010 3:16:45 AM
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Eugene F. Randall Sr.
- DANVILLE — Eugene F. Randall Sr., 80, of Danville, passed away on July 6, 2010, at Provena USMC. Eugene was born Nov. 22, 1929, in Danville, son of Harold and Lucille (Wilson) Randall. He is survived by six children ...
- Commercial News
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- 7/10/2010 2:19:29 AM
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Was there an Asian carp in Chicago park lagoon?
- CHICAGO (AP) – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources plans to take possession of a large fish pulled from the Garfield Park lagoon on Chicago’s West Side to determine whether it is really a Big Head Asian carp ...
- Sauk Valley Daily Gazette
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- 7/9/2010 11:13:22 PM
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Recycling bins for fishing line at parks is good idea
- Walk along the shores of any lake or river and you will find plenty of discarded fishing line. The Department of Natural Resources and the Friends of Argyle Lake Foundation may have an answer to reduce the problem. They ...
- Rockford Register-Star
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- 7/9/2010 11:06:13 PM
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Nina and Pinta replicas on tour at Peoria
- PEORIA -- Riding smooth Illinois River waters and pushed by only a slight breeze, replicas of Christopher Columbus’ famous ships, the Nina and the Pinta, arrived in Peoria Thursday with a bit of fanfare. Passing under ...
- State Journal-Register
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- 7/9/2010 10:08:57 PM
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SPORTS WIRE: Red-hot Stricker sets record 126
- Defending champion Steve Stricker broke the 36-hole record at the John Deere Classic in Silvis, Ill., giving him a one-stroke lead heading into today's third round. Stricker, a former Illinois star, shot a 5-under 66 on ...
- Chicago Sun-Times
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- 7/9/2010 10:01:47 PM
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Jelke Creek Sanctuary gets back to nature
- DUNDEE TOWNSHIP — The enormous cottonwood tree has stood tall as the land around it has undergone a transformation from a gravel pit to a scenic nature retreat. Dundee Township Supervisor Sue Harney has walked the path ...
- Batavia Sun
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- 7/9/2010 9:54:38 PM
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Family remains focus of Guadalupe fiesta in Silvis
- SILVIS-- As they have for over half a century, people are gathering this weekend at the Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish Fiesta to celebrate culture and community. The Rev. Keith Walder, pastor of of Our Lady of Guadalupe ...
- Quad Cities Onlines
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- 7/9/2010 7:38:37 PM
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State to determine if fish from lagoon is Asian carp
- CHICAGO — The Illinois Department of Natural Resources plans to take possession of a large fish pulled from the Garfield Park lagoon on Chicago’s West Side to determine if it is really a Big Head Asian carp. There ...
- State Journal-Register
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- 7/9/2010 7:09:59 PM
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Hundreds of fish turn up dead in Garfield Park lagoon
- Just what caused the oxygen levels to plunge — killing the fish en masse — in the popular recreation spot remained a bit of a mystery Friday, but the sight of so many fish dead left many of the lagoon regulars ...
- Chicago Sun-Times
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- 7/9/2010 5:44:05 PM
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Asian carp: Waiting on Illinois record
- The fish kill and Asian carp story at Garfield Park just keeps getting weirder, now treading into record territory. Apparently, Spencer Miller caught the Illinois record bighead carp last evening. However, until it was ...
- Chicago Sun-Times (blog)
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- 7/9/2010 4:32:30 PM
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WWW Chicago outdoors: Rivers to ranges
- There's another good mix--rivers to ranges--for Wild Weekend Wanderings around Chicago outdoors. RIVER WADING: Finally, it looks like a weekend where wading is a real option. You can just about take your pick. I don't ...
- Chicago Sun-Times (blog)
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- 7/9/2010 4:18:11 PM
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Was there an Asian carp in park lagoon?
- CHICAGO -- The Illinois Department of Natural Resources plans to take possession of a large fish pulled from the Garfield Park lagoon on Chicago's West Side to determine if it is really a Big Head Asian carp. There was a ...
- News-Democrat
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- 7/9/2010 4:11:02 PM
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What killed the fish at Garfield Park lagoon?
- Anyone trying to fish in Garfield Park this week got an unpleasant surprise -- dozens and dozens of dead fish floating on the surface. Some are blaming the fish kill on a chemical used to control algae. But the main ...
- Chicago Breaking News - Tribune
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- 7/9/2010 3:42:24 PM
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Monster carp caught at Garfield Park
- Amid the hubbub around the fish kill at Garfield Park on Thursday evening, Spencer Miller landed a monster bighead carp, which likely was the Illinois record for hook and line. However, by the time it was weighed on a ...
- Chicago Sun-Times
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- 7/9/2010 2:23:39 PM
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Hometown Pride: Local honors and achievements worth noting
- • The Kankakee River Fishing Derby drew only 784 participants, which was down considerably, probably because of a season with lots of rain. Among the main winners was Justin Sims , of Bradley, the grand champion, who ...
- Kankakee Daily Journal
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- 7/9/2010 7:14:10 AM
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Budgets, big berries and bass
- Rambling through the outdoors wondering if the good old days of Emiquon bass fishing are past us already. Despite dire budget news in Illinois, there’s no final number for cuts in the Department of Natural Resources ...
- Peoria Journal Star
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- 7/8/2010 8:51:23 PM
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Replicas of Nina, Pinta drop anchor along Peoria riverfront
- They're not pirate ships, though their appearance and entry into Peoria Lake brought back a flavor of the buccaneers. Heralded in on smooth Illinois River waters and only a slight breeze, replicas of Christopher Columbus ...
- Peoria Journal Star
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- 7/8/2010 7:46:58 PM
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Community Calendar
- The Kevin Dennis Family Benefit will be held from 4 p.m.-midnight Aug. 28 at the Irish American Heritage Center, 4626 N. Knox Ave., Chicago. Mr. Dennis, of Edison Park, died Aug. 8, 2009 as a result of an undetectable ...
- Morton Grove Champion
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- 7/8/2010 6:06:45 PM
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ZIP code is good excuse to celebrate
- Anyone ever heard of Alsey, Ill., population 253? The western Illinois village in Scott County had its moment in the sun last month after town residents came up with the idea of having a ZIP code celebration day on 6-26 ...
- Sauk Valley Daily Gazette
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- 7/8/2010 9:52:50 AM
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July 2010 Archives
- I debated adding my two cents to this entry, then decided to let the message of IDNR director Marc Miller on the July closure for perch fishing on Lake Michigan in Illinois waters stand in its entirity. Continue reading ...
- Chicago Sun-Times (blog)
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- 7/8/2010 8:26:56 AM
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Police arrest 32 impaired boaters over weekend
- SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois conservation police say they arrested 32 boaters for operating under the influence over the Fourth of July weekend. Department of Natural Resources officers also made six arrests for ...
- Quad Cities Onlines
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- 7/8/2010 7:43:59 AM
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Police arrest 32 impaired boaters in Ill. over weekend
- SPRINGFIELD — Illinois conservation police say they arrested 32 boaters for operating under the influence over the Fourth of July weekend. Department of Natural Resources officers also made six arrests for driving ...
- Rockford Register-Star
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- 7/8/2010 4:52:11 AM
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Police arrest 32 impaired boaters over weekend
- Illinois conservation police say they arrested 32 boaters for operating under the influence over the Fourth of July weekend. Department of Natural Resources officers also made six arrests for driving under the influence ...
- Pantagraph
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- 7/8/2010 1:03:07 AM
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Pick a bait, it's time to fish for cat
- It is a coin toss, which is better? Unbearable heat waves followed by rising water after torrential rains? Or, flat uneventful weather patterns with the heat index boiling over and no change in sight. There is a common ...
- Batavia Sun
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- 7/8/2010 12:55:58 AM
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Phosphorus reduction went in effect July 1
- The long-awaited reduction of phosphorus in dish washing detergents and other household cleaning products went into effect July 1, after years of lobbying by officials of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of ...
- Morton Grove Champion
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- 7/8/2010 12:48:48 AM
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Police arrest 32 impaired boaters over weekend
- SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois conservation police say they arrested 32 boaters for operating under the influence over the Fourth of July weekend. Department of Natural Resources officers also made six arrests for driving ...
- News-Democrat
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- 7/7/2010 10:32:48 PM
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Our cheeseburger expert returns with 3 new favorites
- There was a moment in late 2008, in a drunken state or lower, when I proposed eating 100 different burgers and documenting it in the newspaper. Solid gold idea. By burger No. 65, the jaw-unhinging 1-pounder at Illinois ...
- Chicago Tribune
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- 7/7/2010 9:14:03 PM
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Conservation Police arrest 32 boaters on DUI charges
- Over the holiday weekend, state Conservation Police officers patrolling Illinois state parks and waterways arrested 32 boaters on charges of operating under the influence, made six arrests for driving under the influence ...
- News-Democrat
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- 7/7/2010 5:17:50 PM
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Study claims Bass Pro Shops falls short on jobs, tax revenue
- Was luring Bass Pro Shops to the banks of the Illinois River a bad move? A recent study of publicly subsidized Bass Pro Shops across the nation found the promised jobs, increased tax revenue and economic development ...
- Peoria Journal Star
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- 7/7/2010 4:56:21 PM
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Hook, line & sinker: Friend of fishing will be missed
- Bill Hodge, chairman of the Illinois Carp Anglers Group, sent sad news via email last week while I was on vacation. Bud Yancey, an active member of the international Carp Anglers Group, has died. Yancey, who lived in the ...
- Pantagraph
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- 7/7/2010 3:59:05 PM
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Students get mucky cleaning up Back River
- You can talk all you want about cleaning up the environment, but sometimes you just have to get your hands dirty. That's the lesson a muck-spattered Ben Boor says he's picked up from his summer job clearing debris from ...
- Chicago Tribune
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- 7/7/2010 3:37:37 PM
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Teen fugitive crash-lands stolen plane in Bahamas
- NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — A teenage thief who police say has brazenly made his way across the U.S. has apparently graduated to international fugitive, crash-landing a stolen plane and disappearing into the small sun ...
- Chicago Sun-Times
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- 7/7/2010 5:36:19 AM
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Persistence pays off for partners behind new Syfy series
- LOS ANGELES - Upon graduating from Minnesota's Macalester College in 1988, roommates Jim Dunn and Sam Ernst took a gamble. They got into the restaurant business. Against all odds, the two newbies struck it big when they ...
- News-Democrat
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- 7/7/2010 5:22:00 AM
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Midwest fishing report
- RIVERS: Barring unusual rains, this should be the week to hit area rivers. Overall, they're in their best shape in weeks or months. PERCH NOTES: During July, perch fishing on Lake Michigan is closed for those 16 and ...
- Chicago Sun-Times
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- 7/6/2010 9:58:11 PM
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Name released of teen girl killed in Saturday boating accident
- The name of the 15-year-old girl killed in a holiday weekend boating accident was released Tuesday. Hailey Faye Hazelwonder, of Jerseyville, died at 5:14 p.m. Saturday at St. Francis Hospital in Litchfield from injuries ...
- News-Democrat
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- 7/6/2010 3:17:19 PM
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Asian carp: Marking the kill zone
- John Farmer said he did not mark a single fish on Friday in the kill zone on the Little Calumet. Farmer is one of the top bass fishermen in Chicago fishing, make that Illinois fishing. He's shown above celebrating a rare ...
- Chicago Sun-Times (blog)
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- 7/6/2010 7:03:24 AM
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Q&A with IMRF executive director
- Louis Kosiba, executive director of the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund, was in Peoria in April to talk about changes in the state's pension system. Cash-strapped local governments are faced with growing pension costs ...
- Peoria Journal Star
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- 7/5/2010 10:28:00 PM
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New barriers to keep Asian carp in check
- ROMEOVILLE -- New barriers are being built to stop the invasive Asian carp from continuing on its path to Lake Michigan. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is building an additional electronic barrier in the Chicago ...
- Batavia Sun
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- 7/5/2010 9:52:13 PM
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Pick a bait, it's time to fish for cat in Fox Valley
- It is a coin toss, which is better? Unbearable heat waves followed by rising water after torrential rains? Or, flat uneventful weather patterns with the heat index boiling over and no change in sight. There is a common ...
- Batavia Sun
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- 7/5/2010 9:37:54 PM
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Fishing report
- Lake Michigan, Ind. **: Some perch are being caught around the donut near Burns Ditch, says Jack Vadas (Vet's Bait). A few salmon anglers are getting Kings up to 12 pounds in 75 feet of water on flutter spoons. Illinois ...
- Chicago Tribune
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- 7/5/2010 9:23:35 PM
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Monsanto focuses on future despite current troubles
- The beat goes on at Monsanto Co., despite declining profits, resistance problems and heavy rains. St. Louis-based Monsanto, the world's biggest seed maker, announced last week that third-quarter net income dropped to $ ...
- Peoria Journal Star
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- 7/5/2010 8:54:57 PM
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River otter population bounces back from endangered list
- River otters were almost wiped out in Illinois by the late 1970s and were listed as “state endangered,” the most negative indicator of a species’ condition. The mammals experienced years of overharvesting in the ...
- Rockford Register-Star
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- 7/5/2010 8:47:47 PM
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Will they poison Lake Calumet?
- I can't deny that I am concerned about the bighead carp that was found in Lake Calumet last month. I've fished the Calumet River and Lake Calumet for nearly 20 years, going back to when the river was just a budding bass ...
- Chicago Tribune
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- 7/5/2010 6:38:57 PM
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Illinois scientists keep track of rare orchid
- Ecologists and volunteers have been keeping track of a rare and endangered type of orchid that grows in a pair of forest preserves in DuPage County . Botanists and volunteers throughout Illinois have been keeping close ...
- Chicago Tribune
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- 7/5/2010 2:14:05 PM
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Illinois scientists keep track of rare orchid
- Tiny white ghosts flutter in the breeze. No one is really supposed to know where the endangered Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchids are except the scores of botanists and hundreds of volunteers throughout Illinois who have ...
- Pantagraph
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- 7/5/2010 1:16:49 PM
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Illinois scientists keep track of rare orchid
- ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. -- Tiny white ghosts flutter in the breeze. No one is really supposed to know where the endangered Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchids are except the scores of botanists and hundreds of volunteers ...
- News-Democrat
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- 7/5/2010 10:32:11 AM
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Governor Quinn signs phosphorus bill in Elgin
- ELGIN -- Before heading over to Elgin's Fourth of July parade for some campaigning, Gov. Pat Quinn signed a new law to help protect the Fox River. During a ceremony Saturday morning on Walton Islands, Quinn signed House ...
- Batavia Sun
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- 7/4/2010 9:31:56 PM
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Could what you eat lead to depression?
- The relationship between diet and physical health is clearly understood, but the relationship between diet and mental health is an emerging science — one Brandon Carpenter wishes he’d understood years ago. Carpenter ...
- State Journal-Register
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- 7/4/2010 8:56:08 PM
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In memory: Frank ``Oakie'' Okoniewski
- Frank ``Oakie'' Okoniewski died late Friday. Mr. Okoniewski, 88, was a fixture around Diversey Harbor, especially when his son Capt. Mike Okoniewski ran a charter there. I shared many outings with them, including one six ...
- Chicago Sun-Times (blog)
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- 7/4/2010 3:26:51 PM
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Asian carp reactions predictable
- It is nteresting to watch the reaction to the recent discovery of a Bighead Asian carp in Lake Calumet, along the Chicago Area Waterway System about six miles from Lake Michigan. A commercial fisherman under contract ...
- Pantagraph
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- 7/4/2010 4:56:56 AM
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Trip to Gulf by EIU group reveals human side of oil spill disaster
- CHARLESTON - The continuing Deepwater Horizon oil spill already has become the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, and yet it can be difficult for the average Central Illinois resident to grasp the full impact of ...
- Herald & Review
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- 7/3/2010 11:20:29 PM
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Healing diary: Updates from the Walgenbach family
- We got a call from a Ft. Bragg medical liaison officer yesterday afternoon, informing us that David had been "disfiguring" injuries to an arm and leg, and was undergoing surgery at Bagram Airbase (near Kabul, Afghanistan ...
- Batavia Sun
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- 7/3/2010 10:30:23 PM
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Do the right thing, IDNR
- 'Jumbo Jimmy'' Baczek was up at 2 a.m. Thursday. He pulled out stuff from his kids' old science projects. Then he began building protest signs against the July closure of perch fishing in the Illinois waters of Lake ...
- Chicago Sun-Times
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- 7/3/2010 9:54:35 PM
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Illinois sculptor creates Superman piece out of clay
- DECATUR, Ill. (AP) — It's not everybody who could pull off the Man of Steel look while clad head to toe in a skintight polyester-blend suit. Superman, however, does it very nicely. As imagined by Decatur sculptor E.J ...
- Quad Cities Onlines
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- 7/3/2010 9:18:48 PM
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Out & About
- Deer Creek Legion 3-D 30-target shoot, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., (309) 284-1473. Friends of Rice Lake has an open meeting at noon Tuesday at Presley’s Outdoors in Bartonville. Agenda calls for election of officers. Outing for ...
- Peoria Journal Star
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- 7/3/2010 5:44:03 PM
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Wild Things
- Native prairie flowers are blooming across Illinois now through August, making this a prime time to tour prairie remnants or prairie restorations. Among the best grassland and forb restoration in Peoria County is the ...
- Peoria Journal Star
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- 7/3/2010 5:44:03 PM
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Chicago fishing: Marc Miller on July perch closure
- I debated adding my two cents to this entry, then decided to let the message of IDNR director Marc Miller on the July closure for perch fishing on Lake Michigan in Illinois waters stand in its entirity. Here's Miller's ...
- Chicago Sun-Times (blog)
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- 7/3/2010 3:56:40 PM
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Warren Schneff
- Memorial services to celebrate the life of Warren L. Schneff, 88, a resident of Davenport and a retired prominent Davenport jeweler will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 14, in the All Faith Chapel of the Halligan-McCabe ...
- Quad Cities Onlines
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- 7/3/2010 2:23:37 PM
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Asian Carp on Great Lakes' doorstep
- SPRINGFIELD -- Recent sightings of Asian carp in Midwestern waterways indicate the invasive species continues to threaten the Great Lakes' ecosystem and its $7 billion-dollar commercial and sport fishing industry. The ...
- Quad Cities Onlines
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- 7/3/2010 2:09:18 PM
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Illinois sculptor creates Superman piece out of clay
- DECATUR — It’s not everybody who could pull off the Man of Steel look while clad head to toe in a skintight polyester-blend suit. Superman, however, does it very nicely. As imagined by Decatur sculptor E.J ...
- State Journal-Register
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- 7/3/2010 12:57:43 PM
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Quarry Tourism
- More than half a century ago, Illinois pulled tons of crushed limestone out of a quarry on 2000 North Road in Kankakee. The result was a 13-acre hole in the ground. At first, no one knew what to do with it. Then Jim ...
- Kankakee Daily Journal
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- 7/3/2010 6:38:20 AM