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Southern Rocketop wins $90,000 Galt Trot at Maywood

Southern Rocketop's new owner, Tor Birger Krageboen of Norway, got an immediate return on his undisclosed investment Friday night when the Illinois-bred gelding was an authoritative winner of Maywood Park's $90,000 Galt Trot...

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Charles Darwin still evokes awe, howls of protest

National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Institution is duly and reverently celebrating the 150th anniversary of what may be the most important book ever written: On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural...

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Greeley West well prepared: Spartans not worried about revenge with Wheat Ridge

Mark Roggy hasn't once mentioned a rematch. Never even referred to last season's Class 4A state championship game. In fact, the Greeley West football coach couldn't even be lured into stating the obvious - at least on paper -...

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60G for Abe's honest note

A letter written by Abraham Lincoln backing up an 8-year-old Illinois schoolboy's boast of meeting him has sold for $60,000. The note, which Lincoln penned about two weeks after his inauguration, was sold by the Raab Collection...

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"For your people, by your people!"

Stock Phrase in Marketing, such as "For Kids, By Kids!". FUBU— "Urban" clothing company, stands for "For Us, By Us." Abraham Lincoln's famous Gettysburg Address contains the phrase: "a government of the people, by the people,...

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Too Early for Christmas?

Exploring the Retail-Driven Expansion of the Christmas Season It used to be thought improper for stores to advertise for Christmas before Thanksgiving; today the season starts in September, and it is getting earlier each year....

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As I see it: The first Thanksgiving was only second best

I hate to be the grinch who stole Thanksgiving, but I just want to set the record straight about the supposed first turkey festival of thanks that we now call Thanksgiving. We’re told the holiday feast was held by the Pilgrims...

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Gift for my Father in Law who has everything

I'm looking for a gift for my father-in-law. Shopping for him is the bain of my existence! He has pretty much everything he wants or needs or gets it himself when he does. A little about him - he's 56, businessman who sells...

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A Few Short Motion Picture Reviews To Look At (Marisol Carey)

It used to be that you had to go to the video store to get a movie. These days you can stay at home and get movies from a movie download site. Let's look at what you might find to watch using a movie download site.

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