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Stitely family, Huntingdon
Forrest Alan Stitely, 35, Susan Michelle Stitely, 33, and their children, Megan Sierra Stitely, 10, and Brooke Elaina Stitely, 8, all of Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, and formerly of Leeper, died early Friday morning, July 22, 2011, at Rothrock State Forest...Tags: Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, Pennsylvania, Cumberland (Allegany, Maryland), Colleges and Universities, Human Interest
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Historic Wisconsin Recalls Boil To A Head With Votes
ReutersMonths of political rancor and a tsunami of special interest spending come to a head on Tuesday with historic recall votes for Wisconsin state lawmakers that some see as a pointer for the 2012 election. Control of the Wisconsin state Senate lies in the...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Crime, Law and Justice, Executive Branch, Unions, Arizona
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Pendleton Marine sets bench press world record
Fox 5 SportsCAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - A U.S. Marine pressed himself into the record books with his own two hands. At 6-foot and 272 pounds, Sgt. David Douglas fully embodies his "The Beast" nickname. In July, Douglas set a world record at the U.S. Powerlifting...Tags: Wisconsin, High School Sports, U.S. Marine Corps, Human Interest, Powerlifting
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10 things you might not know about Wisconsin
Our neighbor to the north has become a national newsmaker, wrenched by political battles, including attempts this month to recall lawmakers. Here are 10 things we can recall about Wisconsin:
1 Wisconsin is known as the Badger State because of lead miners...Tags: Car Guides and Reviews, Great Chicago Fire (1871), Frank Lloyd Wright, Slang, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Facebook claim might have sparked Wisconsin killing
A Milwaukee man arrested in Missouri is accused in a fatal shooting that happened after allegations about him were posted on Facebook. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports (http://bit.ly/qC9qsV ) that 23-year-old Derek Robert Farrow was charged...Tags: Crimes, Mass Media, Wisconsin, Arts and Culture, Crime, Law and Justice
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'Heroic' pilot dies when small plane crashes near Racine
Tribune reporterA 76-year-old pilot from Highland Park was killed when he crashed his small plane in a field while trying to make an emergency landing at the Racine airport. No one else was on board. Phillip Pines, a retired executive of the Great Dane company,...Tags: Heroism, Air Transportation, Travel, Companies and Corporations, Corporate Officers
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Retired exec dies a 'heroic pilot'
Phillip Pines was a man of action, whether it was bicycling around his Highland Park neighborhood early in the morning to keep fit, helping establish a North Shore synagogue or learning to pilot a plane when he was in his 60s.
That was just his...Tags: Heroism, Chicago Tribune, Judaism
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Mailbag: Road widening is the wrong solution
On Aug. 26, a post on the Laguna Beach city website notified us about plans for road widening of Laguna Canyon Road at El Toro Road by Caltrans. Days later, the post reads "repaving" not "widening" but still offers no mention if the project complies with...Tags: Road Transportation, Tourism and Leisure, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, River North, Movies
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How CEO of third-largest beer seller in U.S. found his beach
Crown Imports CEO Bill Hackett looks at a glass of beer not just as an industry executive but also as a guy who poured a lot of pints to make ends meet in college.
In an interview at his company's recently completed lobby and office bar in the Loop,...Tags: Honey, Employment Opportunities, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Restructuring and Recapitalization, Corporate Officers
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Free Music! Bouncing indie pop from Noah and the Whale
It's hard to get a handle on the London rock band Noah and the Whale. Just when you think you've figured out what they're up to, they change.
On the band's 2008 debut album "Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down" Charlie Fink and friends gave us tuneful...Tags: Chicago, Fine Arts, Lollapalooza, International Travel, Popular Music (genre)
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Shaffers celebrate 60th
Jacob and Nancy Shaffer, of Friedens, are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary. They were married Sept. 22, 1951, in Winchester, Va.
Jacob is the owner of Jana Industrial Supply and is an active member of the Somerset Military Family Support Group,...Tags: Brian Anderson, Friedens
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Elizabeth Liedle
Aberdeen: Mass of Christian burial for Elizabeth Liedle, 98, of Aberdeen will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 14, 2011, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Aberdeen. Fr. Shane Stevens will officiate. Burial will be Sunset Memorial Gardens. Schriver's...Tags: Human Interest
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