Motorola sees rising margins, growing market share (Reuters.co.uk)

ROSEMONT, Illinois (Reuters) - Motorola Inc. MOT.N is looking to sleek new devices, cost-cutting and sales in new markets to gain share and improve profit margins in the cut-throat mobile phone industry, executives said on Tuesday.
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Vermont with support from eight other states sues Reynolds over Eclipse cigarette advertising (SanLuisObispo.com)

MONTPELIER, Vt. - Nine states including Illinois and the District of Columbia accused cigarette maker R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. on Tuesday of making misleading claims that its Eclipse brand of cigarette may carry less risk of cancer and other health ailments.
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Illinois video-game restriction signed into law (Freedom Forum Online)

AURORA, Ill. — Gov. Rod Blagojevich yesterday signed a law meant to keep adult video games away from minors, although similar measures in other states have been rejected by the courts.
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Motorola sees rising margins, growing market share (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)

ROSEMONT, Illinois (Reuters) - Motorola Inc. is looking to sleek new devices, cost-cutting and sales in new markets to gain share and improve profit margins in the cut-throat mobile phone industry, executives said on Tuesday.
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Illinois June Home Sales Second Highest Month on Record (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Sales of single-family homes held steady in June, posting the second highest month on record, the Illinois Association of REALTORS® reported today.
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Serving Marion, Illinois (Marion Daily Republican)

TENNESSEE - A local family got to take part in a segment of one of television's award-winning programs, "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition."
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Helicopter crashes on Ill. highway (MSNBC)

An Illinois Department of Transportation helicopter carrying five people crashed Tuesday morning along the side of Interstate 294 in suburban Chicago. There were no fatalities.
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Serving Marion, Illinois (Marion Daily Republican)

What's the Score? Thoughts for all to ponder as I try to get over the embarrassment of all the attention I received Friday afternoon in the office. . .
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Serving Marion, Illinois (Marion Daily Republican)

MARION -- Decorative pedestrian and street lights, street trees and a reflecting pool are among the items identified by Marion Main Street as possible projects for the downtown Marion area.
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Serving Marion, Illinois (Marion Daily Republican)

Mother Nature has not been all that friendly lately, and local high school sports teams are paying the price. A whole bunch of games have been cancelled over the past couple of weeks. And that's just baseball and softball. Track, tennis and soccer have taken a hit as well.
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Serving Marion, Illinois (Marion Daily Republican)

MARION - When record-breaking temperatures force people to stay indoors, air-conditioners and fans get a work out, driving up electric bills. Today, 72 percent of American homes have air-conditioners, according to Ameren Corporation.
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Small worm yields big clue on muscle receptor action (EurekAlert!)

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have identified an elusive subunit of a neurotransmitter receptor found in both humans and the much-studied laboratory nematode C. elegans which may open new pathways of research on muscle function.
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Illinois June Home Sales Second Highest Month on Record Single-Family Median Price at $215,405 (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News)

Sales of single-family homes held steady in June, posting the second highest month on record, the Illinois Association of REALTORS(r) reported today. Total home sales, which include single-family homes and condominiums, were just shy from last year's record with 20,373 sales in June 2005, down 1.1 percent from 20,595 sales in June 2004. Year-to-date, total home sales are up 2.3
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Serving Marion, Illinois (Marion Daily Republican)

I'm a big classic rock fan and I've loved the song 'Pinball Wizard" by The Who ever since I first heard it in college. It's a got a great story and one can't help but play air guitar to those monstrous, crushing E chords that Pete Townsend pounds out throughout the song.
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Illinois Department of Human Services looks to 'reignite' programs (Freeport Journal)

FREEPORT - "Two, four, six, eight, we can't wait to integrate!" That was the cheer of 12 local Illinois Department of Human Services employees as they met Friday afternoon at the Freeport facility to learn about SmartPath, the new DHS initiative to reorganize for fully integrated social services.
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Serving Marion, Illinois (Marion Daily Republican)

This week I had the opportunity to attend part of a two day conference held at John A. Logan about methamphetamine awareness. This was an opportunity for people to network with each other and to learn the newest information about the fight against methamphetamine production addiction and manufacture.
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GIANTS GIVE JACOBS FOUR-YEAR DEAL (New York Post via Yahoo! News)

The first of the Giants' four rookie draft picks agreed to terms on a contract yesterday when Brandon Jacobs, the massive running back from Southern Illinois, signed a four-year deal.
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ILLINOIS (High Plains Journal)

OMAHA (DTN) -- An intense heat wave expanded across the Southwestern and Central States, producing several all-time-record high temperatures and boosting weekly readings as much as 10 degrees F above normal.
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Giants sign draft picks Jacobs, Moore (NFL.com)

Jacobs, who played at Southern Illinois after transferring from Auburn, was taken in the fourth round and Moore, who played at Florida State, was a sixth-round pick.
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Capitol Bancorp Announces Filing for New Community Bank in Belleville, Illinois (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Capitol Bancorp Limited , a $3.3 billion community bank development company, has filed an application to organize a new community bank in Illinois.
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Illinois Lowers Cut-off Scores for Immigrant Kids (NPR)

Education officials in Illinois are trying to make statewide achievement tests fairer. They have decided to lower the passing score on those tests for students who aren't fluent in English. Critics argue the move harms the goals behind the No Child Left Behind Act.
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