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UPDATE: Prosecutor says teen held captive in 'deplorable' home
WASHINGTON PARK, Ill. (AP) — A teenage Missouri girl reported missing more than two years ago told police she escaped a home in a decaying, crime-ridden Illinois village where she was held captive and subjected to sexual assaults that resulted in...
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Turning back the clock: News from 25, 50 years ago
25 years ago Unpredictable gas prices went up by 1 or 2 cents Friday at many area gas stations but dropped by 3 cents at one station. Prices at Petoskey Imperial dropped from 94.9 cents to 91.9 cents for both regular and unleaded this past weekend....Tags: Memorial Day
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Dr. William Lamers Jr. dies at 80; championed modern hospice care
"I'm not sick; I'm only dying," a friend told Dr. William Lamers Jr. The man had inoperable cancer and wanted to go home to die, but his doctor wouldn't let him out of the hospital. It was the early 1970s, when most people with incurable illnesses died...Tags: Religion and Belief, Psychiatry, Family, Morphine (drug), Health Treatments
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Births: Columbia families welcome new additions
Suzanne and Samuel Hulthage, of Columbia, announce the birth of their daughter, Chloe Annika Sophia Hulthage, on Aug. 31, 2011, at 9 a.m. She weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces. Her sister is Gabby. Her grandparents are Mary Beth Budd and Joseph Raksis, of...Tags: Crofton
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Looking back: Kruskie reigns with .492 batting average
News-Review sports writer50 years ago — Eugene Kruskie of Fochtman’s Motor Company ended the 1961 Petoskey Softball League regular season with a .492 batting average, while Jack Schloser and Charlie Paige followed. The team batting average title went to Bare...Tags: Football, Paul Moore, High School Sports, Sports, Baseball
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Rupert Murdoch should be voted off News Corp. board, advisors say
Company TownAn influential consulting firm is advising that shareholders vote News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch and 12 others off the board of directors of the media giant at its annual meeting later this month. Calling the phone-hacking scandal that led News...... -
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An old diary throws him a curve
Part two of threeReporting from Orange, Va. On the 19th page of the diary, I saw it. "Spence Mozingo came to . . . get boards for covering the Tob[acco] house." I clasped the back of my head in disbelief. Francis Taylor, a close cousin of James Madison, had kept a...Tags: Summer Olympics, DNA, Google Inc., Jerry Lewis, Health
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The Obama-Hu state dinner: Who made the guest list cut? No Salahis but a few Republicans sneaked in
Top of the TicketFamous names, many of them Asian, show up for the third state dinner hosted at the White House by the Obamas.... -
Conquering York's historic sites
Special to The TimesYork, England This walled city, almost 2,000 years old, has had more than its share of conquerors. The Romans established a stronghold here in AD 71. The Saxons, Danish Vikings and Normans claimed it as their own too, drawn by its strategic location on...Tags: Hotels and Accommodations, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Family, England, Dining and Drinking
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May 27, 2011
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Oct 5, 2003
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