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Marion Chronicle-Tribune - Wednesday evening, my car just died in the driving lane at Lance's Market in Gas City. I climbed out of the car to call my husband, and about four people (angels) came to my need and pushed me back into a parking place. You know, we watch so much bad

Making furniture the old-fashioned way
Des Moines Register - In November 2003, Pedersen moved into the historic Story City storefront, which had been a men's clothing store for nearly a century. Now it's full of wood shavings. Robby Pedersen s two most popular items requested are bed frames and tables

Defense contractor says he gave Harris illegal campaign money
Herald Tribune - A former defense contractor who pleaded guilty Friday to bribing a California congressman also told federal court officials that he gave illegal campaign contributions to U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris, R-Longboat Key. Mitchell Wade, former president of

Despite bankruptcy case, WCI posts profits
Vindicator - WARREN WCI Steel keeps making money as legal wrangling continues in its bankruptcy case. The Warren steelmaker earned $1.7 million on sales of $74.4 million in January, compared with earnings of $2.3 million on sales of $69 million in December

Police Training Office Manager Charged With Theft
KSDK - BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) -- Authorities say an office manager of an organization that trains police officers has been charged with one count of felony theft. Illinois State Police officials say the office manager -- 43-year-old Renee Roche of Belleville

Compact agrees to refund more money, balks at paying Neb. town
KCTV 5 - LITTLE ROCK -- The member states of the Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact have agreed to return two thirds of a $15 million reserve fund to major nuclear waste generators. The compact has also offered to turn over land near the

News flash: The Internet isn't dead
CNET News - A new report by Park Associates of Dallas indicates that the rate of Internet adoption has leveled off in the United States. Should this be cause for alarm among technology companies and online proponents in general? Hardly. For one thing, the medium

Today's Letters
Daily Item - George Will, on the editorial page of the Daily Item, sites a study by the Pew Research Center that finds conservatives to be a happier bunch than liberals. As a life-long happy smiling liberal, this study was most interesting. Then it came to me

Patent Poker, Old Calculators Never Die
Byte.com - Watching RIM trade courtroom blows with NTP over the patent affair is more entertaining than watching high stakes celebrity poker, especially since mobile e-mail company Visto issued its own suit against fellow NTP licensee Good Technologies this