A patriotic red, white and blue morning to celebrate the birth of our nation

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[picture by Jan Youngquist] click on picture for larger image

• Eau de lawsuit: Woman sues over scent

• 13-14s baseball

• Legion baseball

• Central Illinois Collegiate League update

• Russia awarded 2014 Winter Olympic Games

• Major League Baseball:

  • Team standings, scores and schedule

• Sports news elsewhere

  • More...

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Wednesday, July 4: Independence Day holiday

Tuesday, July 3:

• July 4 launches Lincoln Heritage Days
  Wednesday through Saturday packed with events
  (See schedule of events.)

• Heritage Days: What's it all about?

• Blagojevich signs one-month budget bill to meet state's needs through July

• Pig parts spill closes Chicago highway

• Oil spill only adds to flooding worries

• Obama's successes dent Clinton candidacy

• Bush wipes away Libby's prison sentence

• Opera star Beverly Sills dies of cancer

• China finds pyramid in ancient tomb

• Woman finds $20K in bank deposit tube

• Burglars steal bank's 1-ton safe

• Protesters chain selves to doghouses

• Paris Hilton's garbage sells big on eBay

• This day in history

• The nation's weather

• Dedication of first Ostendorf Abraham Lincoln sign

• Study finds FOIA plagued by delays

• Keg thefts rise with scrap metal prices

• Markets: Grains mixed, soybeans rise

• Weekly Outlook: Acreage report surprise

• Support group explores divorce-related topics
  'Forgiveness' 

• Oasis update

• Women's clubs' travel team joins clubwomen
  'Federation's Precious Moments' summer seminar this month

• Gov. Blagojevich's Keep Cool Illinois campaign reminds you to be safe and stay healthy this July 4th
  Department of Public Health encourages safe food handling, swimming safety and West Nile virus prevention this holiday

• Study: Over 30 percent report alcohol abuse

• Poor sense of smell may be Alzheimer's

• Salmonella fears expand recall

• Letter: Golf outing helps Logan County kids

• Mustang results

• Cross Brothers Implement-Mount Pulaski softball update

• 13-14s baseball

• Lincoln Legion plays in tourney at Edwardsville

• Spending concern for 2014 Olympics race

• Major League Baseball:

  • Rolen leads Cards past Diamondbacks 11-3

  • Cubbies club slumping Nationals 7-2

  • Orioles rally to defeat White Sox 7-6

  • Team standings, scores and schedule

Monday, July 2

Saturday, June 30

Friday, June 29

Thursday, June 28