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Saturday, August 16, 2003 

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• Lincoln to Peoria pavement-pounders rake in nearly $5,000 for St Jude's kids

• Three central Illinois fire departments receive equipment grants

• World, national news

• Blackouts spur intense policy debate

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• Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital entering new program to improve health care

• Consumer health news elsewhere

• CDC: West Nile entering peak season

• CDC: Most still don't get enough exercise

• Misuse of Inhalers May Worsen Asthma

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• Hunt for the next new hot consumer product

• Job hunt  (5)

• Classifieds (19)

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• Business news elsewhere

• What the economy didn't need...

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• Serving in the military  sponsored by American Legion Post 263

• Calendar of events

• BIG, finalized Lincoln Sesquicentennial and Art and Balloon Festival schedule

• Marriages and dissolutions

• Weekly court reports

• Law news elsewhere

• American Bar Association elects first nonwhite president

• Alabama legal officials rebel from Ten Commandments chief justice

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• Redbird volleyball on network TV

• Sports news elsewhere

• The 85th PGA Championship

• CNNSI.com

• ESPN.com

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• Personal tech news elsewhere

• Amazing It Didn't Happen Sooner

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• Home and garden news elsewhere

• Indian-born accessories designer brings her philosophy home

• Garden Q & A: Mystery Ground Cover

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• Travel news elsewhere

• Grand sights in Larry Bird's hometown

• Village West Offers Everything From NASCAR to Outdoor Adventures

• Cape Cod by Bike, a Family Trip

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• Movie reviews elsewhere

• 'American Splendor'

• 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind'

• 'Open Range'

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• Book reviews elsewhere

• Naturalist shares elephant tales that carry great weight

• Engaging biography looks at a big life behind the small screen

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