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By Blackwell Thomas, The Southern
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 11:01 pm
CAPE GIRARDEAU - In a setting that typifies his presidential campaign now as much as packed 10,000-seat arenas did earlier this year, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama spoke at a town hall style meeting here Tuesday.

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BY BECKY MALKOVICH, THE SOUTHERN
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 10:54 am
BENTON - An apple a day may help keep the doctor away, but so does information, especially when it is the sort disseminated Tuesday at Franklin Hospital's Healthy Living Fair and Vendor Expo.

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BY D.W. NORRIS, For The Southern
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 11:03 am
CARTERVILLE - Tuesday's Region 24 championship game at John A. Logan College looked as if it should have been a home run for the Volunteers.

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CARBONDALE - A 69-year-old Carbondale man died after his wheelchair was struck by a passing freight train at the Walnut Street (eastbound Illinois 13) railroad crossing Tuesday afternoon.

Local

CARTERVILLE - Crab Orchard Lake dealt a financial blow to The Haven, but the American Legion stepped in to get the veterans' retreat back on its feet.

Sports

CRAB ORCHARD - A comeback was not in the cards for Elverado on Tuesday, as host Crab Orchard advanced to the second round of the Class 1A Baseball regionals with a 14-3 victory.

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"A meal without wine is like a day without sunshine." - Jean-Antheleme Brillat-Savarin, a French lawyer and politician known as an epicure and gastronome

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    HARRISBURG - This Mother's Day, David Hilliard will find himself surrounded with buckets full of white, pink and red peonies.

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    The morning of April 14 broke quietly.

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    Puerto Rico has the pristine beaches, tropical climate, crystal-blue sea and coconut palms characteristic of its counterparts, but along with its unmistakable Spanish colonial heritage, the island is today part of the United States Commonwealth, meaning it has a first world infrastructure mixed in with its traditional Latin American culture.

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    HANWANG, China - Thousands of Chinese soldiers rushed on Wednesday to repair a dam badly cracked by the country's massive earthquake, while rescuers arrived for the first time in the epicenter of the disaster.

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    SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Remains found near an Illinois highway have been identified as those of a former central New York woman who was last seen three years ago in a Las Vegas suburb.

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