august 12
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- George Little: Don't relax during the dog days
- Plains orientation gives students direction
- Illinois gambling bill still up in the air
- Coast Guard drill team to perform at Korean War museum
- Real Men Read to expand with United Way funding
- Man injured in cycle accident outside fairgrounds
- MacArthur TIF supporters to ask city for $15K
- No quick help offered for regional superintendents
- Old Settlers festival begins today in Hillsboro
- Kirk encouraged by makeup of budget 'super committee'
- State Fair parade crowds enjoy perfect weather
- Eat your way through the state fair with our Menu Board
- City branch pickup program gets new rules
- Dave Bakke: Virginia, Chandlerville turn to themselves for help
- Older section of Ball Elementary closed to students
- High schools report good turnout for 'Freshmen Forward' orientation
- 2011 butter cow still a work in progress
- Area Colleges: UIS picked sixth in GLVC West
- U of I gets grant for nuclear research
- Letter: Shame on Motor Boat Club
- Junior Golf: Hooker closes summer with 2nd straight title
- For the Record: August 12
- Postal Service considers cutting 120,000 jobs
- Obama expects earful on bus tour stopping in western Illinois
- Illinois offers help for veterans
- Final-round 78 costs Erickson in Glen Ellyn
- Our Opinion: A mess of Quinn’s own making
- Letter: Quinn a friend of workers
- Police: Naked shooter flees from Illinois into Missouri
- Letter: Pushing for a secular society
- Quinn opens 2011 Illinois State Fair
- Rockford removes streetlights to save money
- Victim chases robber
- Franny’s goes 1-1 at fast-pitch nationals
- Lt. Gov. Simon's band to perform at state fair
- Dave Ramsey: Personal Finance
- Crime-themed hot dog stand in Chicago finally gets sign
- Letter: The real reason for gray hair
- GMS girls softball team opens season with a win
- Scheelhaase ready to put Illinois on his shoulders
- Well-traveled SLU soccer coach lives in Springfield
- State fair harness racing schedule condensed
- Scooter stolen
- Britt: Vacation time for Congress
- Letter: Our politicians are clueless
- Pet activities on tap at Illinois State Fair
- Former Illini QB stokes rivalry with Indiana
- Style at Home: Candlesticks add spark
- The Gardener Within: How to deadhead perennials for a second bloom
- 'The Help' got by with a little help from their friends
- Britt cartoon: Vacation time for Congress
- Movie review: '30 Minutes or Less' doesn't deliver
- Eric P. Bloom: Managers and mentoring
- Looking Up: A starry eagle flying backward
- Religion study reveals what Westerners, Muslims think of each other
- Will you try to see the Perseids meteor shower?
- Editorial: Slaughter is an undignified end to horses’ lives
- President Obama challenges Congress to compromise
- To do tonight: See '30 Minutes or Less'
- Kent Bush: Journey just getting started
- Elizabeth Davies: Tough times call for tough choices
- Chicago Bears defense ready to do what it takes to win
- Suzette Martinez Standring: ‘Emory’s Gift’ – a new bearer of truth
- Granlund cartoon: Bachmann vs. Pawlenty - Minnesota nice
- Movie Man: Cultures clash in 'Exporting Raymond' documentary
- Liccar cartoon: Standard & Poor's math
- Movie review: 'Glee's' free on TV, glum on film
- Movie review: 'Final Destination 5' guts it out
- Today in the news: Photo of face transplant recipient released
- Philip Maddocks: All hope lost after ratings agency with spotty record issues downgrade
- Back-to-school studying: Help your kid excel
- Facebook: How young is too young?
- The Readers' Writers: The unrelenting M. William Phelps
- Music Scene: Guitarist Pete Anderson finds there's life after Yoakam
- Morning Minutes: Aug. 12
- Easiest protein cookies