Illinois Nudist To Be Buried Fully Clothed (First Coast News)

PEKIN, Illinois (AP) -- Even in death, Robert Norton's nakedness is a no-no. Norton, 82, spent four decades in and out of court fighting repeated arrests for gardening and wandering his yard in the nude.
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Serving Marion, Illinois (Marion Daily Republican)

One rainy afternoon mid-week forced us to stay inside. I decided it would be a good time to get organized for the fall and going back to school. Each season I find myself sorting through the piles and reorganizing what should be brought to the front of the closet.
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Serving Marion, Illinois (Marion Daily Republican)

Two of my children spent this past week at church camp. Camp is something that they look forward to for months in advance. I love the fact that camp is right in the middle of summer vacation. It cuts the summer in half and breaks up the boredom for the kids.
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Serving Marion, Illinois (Marion Daily Republican)

LANSING, Mich. -- Mental mistakes were costly Thursday for the Marion Pony boys All-Star baseball squad. Coach Jason Varner's team squared off in its Northern Zone Tournament opener against the host Grand Ledge, Mich. Team and came up short in a 4-3 loss.
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Serving Marion, Illinois (Marion Daily Republican)

The topic of conversation has been quite heavy in this space the last couple of weeks, so I think it's time to lighten things up a little bit. Sometimes, you just need a little light-hearted banter to brighten up your day.
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MC donates $5,000 to WIEDP (Monmouth Review Atlas)

Monmouth College President Mauri Ditzler on Thursday presented a $5,000 check to the Western Illinois Economic Development Partnership (WIEDP) in support of the organization's ongoing efforts to improve the economic health of the Monmouth area.
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Serving Marion, Illinois (Marion Daily Republican)

Have you ever wondered why there are so many fights and wars throughout history, and shouldn't there have been better ways to settle disagreements? I will admit that I am rather pig-headed at times and usually feel that my point of view is all that matters.
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IL drought taking its toll (Disaster News Network)

To any regular passer-by, the corn fields in Illinois might look just fine. Yet despite the green crops, there is a serious problem. "To a farmer it's as plain as the nose on their face," said Adam Nielsen, spokesperson for the Illinois Farm Bureau.
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Illinois Town Wants Casino Back (Rolling Good Times)

Illinois – As reported by KWWL TV: "Could another casino be in the cards for the tri-states? The city of East Dubuque, Illinois hopes so. City leaders are trying to get their gaming license back.
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Governor Mandates Teaching Genocide In Schools (NBC 5 Chicago)

CHICAGO -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed a bill Friday that requires Illinois public elementary and high schools to teach about recent acts of genocide around the world.
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Money for Wacker project will be found, official vows (Chicago Sun-Times)

Illinois Transportation Secretary Tim Martin vowed Thursday to come up with the state matching funds needed to take advantage of a bonanza of federal transportation funds earmarked for the Chicago area and downstate.
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Ex-official at Chicago parks took bribes-prosecutor (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Federal prosecutors broadened their probe of public corruption in Illinois and Chicago on Thursday, announcing charges against a former park district official for accepting bribes from a landscaping firm.
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Blagojevich signs law requiring genocide education in public schools (Belleville News-Democrat)

CHICAGO - Illinois public schools are required to teach about genocides around the world under a bill signed Friday by Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
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Serving Marion, Illinois (Marion Daily Republican)

Wow, Marion sports fans this has been an exciting action packed week here in our hometown as several youth teams made quite a lot of noise. Between individual performances and team accolades there is a lot to talk and brag about.
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Serving Marion, Illinois (Marion Daily Republican)

A few weeks ago, this newspaper ran an article about a lawsuit that used a bad word. Surprisingly, we didn't get called on the carpet by all of our readers, but at least one person did notice, and felt printing a bad word was poor journalism.
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Serving Marion, Illinois (Marion Daily Republican)

Roush dominance is back! Not only did Kurt Busch dominate and win the Pocono 500, but his teammates Mark Martin and Carl Edwards also finished in the top five, making for a happy day in the Roush camp.
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Serving Marion, Illinois (Marion Daily Republican)

Area high school football teams start practice Aug. 10 with exactly 16 days before the season officially kicks off. I still can't quite believe we are that close again to those frantic Friday nights that start a weekend of gridiron activity that includes SIU and the NFL.
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Serving Marion, Illinois (Marion Daily Republican)

COLP -- When youngsters get a hand-made quilt from Judy Miller, they're getting more than just cloth and thread . . they're getting a little piece of her heart.
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Serving Marion, Illinois (Marion Daily Republican)

Making the Grade: Who's on your All-Busch Stadium team? I've always been a Cardinal fan and at some point I signed up to get e-mail updates from Cardinal nation after every game that the Redbirds play.
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ITW names Speer CEO (BizJournals)

Illinois Tool Works Inc. announced Friday that David Speer has been elected chief executive officer by the company's board of directors, replacing James Farrell.
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