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'Slap on the hand': No punishment for Burris
The Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., for making "inconsistent, misleading or incomplete" statements about the circumstances surrounding his appointment to the seat once held by Barack Obama.
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ISU WR Salem looks for happy ending to 'a good story' Saturday
Eyad Salem completes his third and final season at ISU in Saturday's noon Missouri Valley Football Conference game against No. 9 Northern Iowa at Hancock Stadium with his place among the top wide receivers in school history secured.
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Military experiment seeks to predict PTSD
TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. -- Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images.
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Pro athletes help kick off 16th Festival of Trees
BLOOMINGTON — Marlene Rutherford describes her 8-year-old son, Leighton, as being kind of quiet and shy.
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