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Town meeting will focus on improving Watertown neighborhood

The Watertown Economic Development Coalition steering committee is hosting a Community Town Meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday at United.......
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Moline rejects higher ambulance rates

Moline City Council's committee-of-the-whole has again rejected a proposal to raise ambulance fees to bring an estimated.......
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Former R.I. golfer going pro

A morning's worth of stubble covered his face. The boy who amazed us with 175-yard drives as a 6-year-old is now a man of 23, and at this moment on Monday morning, he was 300-plus off the tee.Read Full Story
Texting driver causes accident that shuts down I-74 bridge

A texting driver is being blamed for a Tuesday afternoon accident in Bettendorf. According to Lauren Haldeman, public information officer for Bettendorf, the driver of a Chevy Cavalier was.......
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Part of Davenport's Gaines Street to close starting May 21

Press release submitted by Jennifer A. Nahra

Starting Monday, May 21st, Gaines Street will be closed between Locust.......
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First hour of parking at Q-C airport will cost $1

MOLINE -- The first hour of parking at the Quad City International Airport will go from being free to costing $1 beginning in.......
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Subdued Dimon is confronted over $2B trading loss

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The CEO of JPMorgan Chase offered a quick but blunt apology to shareholders Tuesday for a $2 billion.......
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Gasoline drop keeps consumer prices flat in April

WASHINGTON _ Consumer prices were unchanged in April as a drop in gasoline offset rising food, apparel and car prices,.......
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Facebook raises IPO price as offering nears

NEW YORK (AP) — Already expected to be the largest-ever initial public offering for an Internet company, Facebook is making its.......
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Stocks down Tuesday, Dow near 4-month low

NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks declined Tuesday, with the Dow industrials ending near a four-month low, as economic reports failed to.......
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Two of three Moline gunshot victims remain in hospital, conditions unknown

Two men remained in OSF St. Francis Hospital in Peoria today after being shot in the 1200 block of 13th Avenue in Moline about.......
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Probable cause found in felony fraud case against Kewanee man

CAMBRIDGE -- There is probable cause to believe Charles Nyert, 47, of Kewanee committed multiple counts of felony fraud, Henry.......
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Three accused of threatening Kewanee man

CAMBRIDGE -- Henry County Circuit Judge Charles Stengel on Monday found probable cause to believe a Kewanee man committed.......
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In Iowa, Romney tags Obama for debt 'prairie fire'

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican Mitt Romney said Tuesday President Barack Obama's support for increased federal debt has.......
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Ron Paul ends presidential bid

LOS ANGELES -- Ron Paul, Mitt Romney's lone remaining rival for the Republican presidential nomination, announced Monday that he.......
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Obama on gay marriage: 'Right thing to do'

NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday defended his view that gay couples should have the right to marry,.......
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Women ponder how they became a campaign issue

DENVER (AP) — Wanda Ramey stood on the University of Colorado campus, cane in one hand, 'Close The Pay Gap' sign in the other........
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New generation challenges some blacks in Congress

DALLAS (AP) — For two decades, Texas congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson has been an outspoken voice for Democrats. But.......
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District 72 GOP candidates focus on taxes, budget

For one candidate, it's "a call to action." For the other, it's an opportunity to provide a better future for his children.

Republican candidates Jonathan Wallace and Neil Anderson are competing in the District 72 state representative primary election race for the chance to.......
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Now is the time for political courage

We've heard it so often we should have gotten the point by now. The State of Illinois is horribly broken and they're not doing.......
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Political flip-flops 'evolving'

So far, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have packed in more flip-flops than a dorm full of college students heading off on Spring.......
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Mother's Day a reminder of broken immigration system

Mother's Day always has been one of my favorite holidays. For my family, it is a time to celebrate and honor motherhood -- my.......
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Remember moms who lost children in service

This Mother's Day, I ask each of you to reflect on the sacrifices of those mothers who have lost a son or daughter, while serving in the Armed Forces.

Best known are the Gold Star.......
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We owe everything to our mothers

"'Tis the month of our mother,

The blessed and beautiful May."

I'm not sure how familiar that.......
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Man gets 47 years in Alton robbery killing

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A southwestern Illinois man has been ordered to spend 47 years in prison in the robbery killing of a.......
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Illinois House shuffles money to aid child care

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois lawmakers are trying to shuffle money to keep child care services from shutting down across.......
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Suspect groom made odd phone call

CHICAGO (AP) — The sister of a bride found stabbed to death in suburban Chicago said her new brother-in-law called a.......
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Tax preparer gets 7.5 years in prison in scheme

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) — A tax preparer in southwestern Illinois has been ordered to spend seven and a half years in.......
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Chicago men charged with impersonating cops, stealing cigarettes

ELMHURST, Ill. (AP) — Two Chicago men have been charged with impersonating police officers and robbing a suburban Chicago.......
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Today is Wednesday, May 16, the 137th day of 2012. There are 229 days left in the year.

1862 -- 150 years ago: Those children's hoop skirts and a fine lot of knitting cotton have arrived in the stores of our city.

1887 -- 125 years ago: The Rock Island fire department is planning its annual reunion and dancing party at the armory on May 26.

1912 -- 100 years ago: A Belgian monoplane has arrived here for an exhibition on Sunday in Exposition Park, Rock Island.

1937 -- 75 years ago: More than 400 boys are registered for the annual free learn-to-swim-classes at the YMCA according to L. V. Burch, boys work secretary at the Y.

1962 -- 50 years ago: Mrs. Isado I. Katz and her daughter, Miss Judith Katz, Rock Island, will present the program Saturday at the annual luncheon of the Woman's Club of Rock Island, to be held at 12:30 p.m. in Memorial Christian Church parlors. Featured will be dramatic highlights from Broadway plays. The mother-daughter duo have had extensive experience in such presentations and have given programs for varied audiences.

1987 -- 25 years ago: Thirty-one Moline High School student bakers showed up for class Thursday with flour, pie-filling and measuring cups in hand as hopeful entrants in the school's Tenth Annual Pie Baking Contest. The student bakers, mostly from foods and nutrition and independent living classes, sweated over a hot baking oven on an unusually humid morning. The heat didn't dampen the bakers' eagerness to win the blue ribbon for best pie, but it did put a dent in more than one meringue. Eleven boys and 20 girls

entered this year's contest.

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