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ROCKISLAND-- Illinois has $9.2 million that belongs to Rock Island County residents, and officials want to give it back.
More than 100 people stopped at theIllinois state treasurer's.......
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MOLINE -- The city is installing a new phone system, one that officials say will save $106,000 annually and make it easier for.......
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MOLINE-- Every year, the needs of Quad-Cities area children grow. A U.S. Marine Toys for Tots organizer doesn't expect that to change this year, and is turning to the community -- one he describes.......
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Like virtually all military bases across the country, the Rock Island Arsenal will not make security changes in light of.......
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The Friday Night Short Crew league will host the 4th annual Veterans Bowl fundraiser Saturday to buy portable bowling kits to send to American troops overseas.
The event -- at.......
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MOLINE -- Hundreds of students from 19 area high schools gathered at the River Bend Foodbank Thursday night, surrounded by the 693,871 pounds of food they collected during this year's Student Food.......
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A giraffe that died at Niabi Zoo on Oct. 7 had heart problems, but the necropsy conducted by
the University of Illinois' veterinary hospital couldn't determine the source of.......
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Senior citizens in Upper Rock Island County with special needs have new hope a helpful service will continue.
Faith in Action of the QC, headquartered in Port.......
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School guidelines for Geneseo students attending athletic events has worked well so far, according to district officials.
Press release submitted by Mary Anne Daniels
The Geneseo area diabetic group, Helping Hands will hold their next.......
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Press release submitted by Richmond Hill Players
Richmond Hill Players hold auditions for early '10 shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumers borrowed less for a record eighth straight month in September amid rising unemployment and tight.......
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CHARLOTTE, N.C (AP) — Regulators on Friday shut banks in Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, and California, bringing the.......
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The unemployment rate has hit double digits for the first time since 1983 — and is.......
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Alongtime Geneseo car dealer is retiring and has sold his business to a group of employees from another local.......
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AP News Analysis
WASHINGTON (AP) — For months he had warned it was coming but that didn't ease the political.......
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumers borrowed less for a record eighth straight month in September amid rising.......
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The price of losing could be a steep one for a group of Deere & Co. retirees.
The retirees - about 5,000 former.......
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ROCK ISLAND -- Police are investigating a shooting incident in the area of 20th Street and 10th Avenue in Rock Island that occurred about 1:50 p.m. No one was injured so far as is known, but the.......
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An East Moline man was injured in a Friday afternoon motorcycle accident in Davenport. Tony Jones, 50, was heading east on.......
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A new trial has been ordered for a teenager convicted of first-degree murder in the 2006 shooting death of a Davenport woman.
The former owner of used car lots in Bettendorf, LeClaire and Galesburg was sentenced Friday to a month more than three years in.......
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A North Carolina man could face up to 60 years in federal custody after pleading guilty Friday to three counts of receiving.......
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Rock Island Police Department Incident Report Summary for Public Printed 11/6/2009 10:23:09AM 2009-019895 On 11/5/2009 06:00.......
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Moline Police Department Incident Report Summary for Public Printed 11/6/2009 1:56:55PM 2009-015840 On 11/5/2009 09:32 A.M. a.......
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Democrat Nick Camlin will announce his candidacy for the District 15 RockIsland County Board seat at a fundraiser at 5 p.m. today at the Laborers' Local 309 Union Hall, 2835 7th Ave., Rock Island.
Mr. Camlin, an Augustana College student, is seeking the Democratic nomination in the Feb........
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MOLINE -- Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Proft is having a meet and greet at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Rock Island County.......
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Bettendorf Ald. Patricia Malinee, 4th Ward, will not be returning to the Bettendorf City Council.
Greg Adamson, a.......
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A number of village and city offices in Mercer County were filled Tuesday by candidates who had no opposition. Following is a.......
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Robert Stegmiller won election as Buffalo Prairie Township Road Commissioner inTuesday's election. He had 188 votes to John E........
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CHEERS to the memories and legacies of two beloved Quad-Citians. When friends and family gathered this week to say goodbye to.......
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Several months ago we asked veterans to tell us about their experiences during the Korean War. Those who did were John Rutledge.......
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"The Liberals are the flying saucers of politics. No one can make head nor tail of them and they never are seen twice in.......
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The politics of how we redistrict our lawmakers every 10 years is a tug of war between state legislators who want the power to.......
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WASHINGTON -- Actress Cate Blanchett, who has played Queen Elizabeth I, is performing here, portraying someone less than regal.......
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While the delays in the swine flu vaccine are being blamed by some politicians on "production delays," Scientific American has.......
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In an era of such economic hard times, am I the only one who thinks Cal Lee and the Moline School Board should NOT be trying to.......
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I enjoyed Greg Aguilar's article, "Dia de la Raza" and found it interesting that Spanish was, at one time, the.......
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Every few months, a commentator writes calling for reform of the criminal justice system. Some are well thought out. Recently,.......
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BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (AP) — Family and friends of Michael Pearson and Francheska Velez understood that their joining the.......
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BEECHER, Ill. (AP) — Sometimes rescuing an animal from a life of misery is the easy part. Finding a safe permanent home.......
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CHICAGO (AP) — A Cook County Jail employee has been accused of stealing money from inmates as they were processed into the.......
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EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) — Sentencing will be in February for an Army veteran who plotted with his wife to bilk the U.S........
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CHICAGO (AP) — Just hours after a state board voted Wednesday to allow the enforcement of a long-debated Illinois law.......
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois has reached a new milestone: More than 1,000 residents have been hospitalized with swine flu.......
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CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. Pat Quinn says Illinois should not try to opt out of a national health care plan if one passes in.......
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CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge has refused to reset the date of a former Chicago police official's trial on charges that.......
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CHICAGO (AP) — Cook County prosecutors say a 14-year-old charged in the beating death of Chicago high school honor student.......
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa soldier who arrived at Fort Hood in Texas for additional training before being deployed overseas.......
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JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin said Friday his prediction that a sweeping overhaul of the country's health care.......
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Department of Public Health is reporting three more 2009 swine flu-related deaths in the.......
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — U.S. Attorney Matthew Whitaker says he has tendered his resignation to President Barack Obama. In.......
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Chet Culver says $150 million in federal funds will be made available for the purchase of.......
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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Charges have been filed against three men accused of beating a man who sleepwalks after they found him.......
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An aide said Friday that lawyer Roxanne Conlin intends to seek the Democratic nomination for Senate in.......
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WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — A Waterloo woman who allegedly left her children home alone while she visited a casino has been.......
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Republican Tim Pawlenty is off on his first trip to Iowa as a probable but not-yet-declared.......
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