May 18, 2013
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Associated Press Sister Clara Ternes, who recently retired from her position as the corporate director of mission, values and ethics at Southern Illinois Healthcare, poses for a photo April 11, on Lake of Egypt, Ill.
Nun retires after six decades of service
HERRIN, Ill. — For more than 60 years, Sister Clara Ternes served God by taking care of patients and inspiring change in the health care system. Her tenure in nursing came to a close last month,...
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Boston Bombing Spurs Demand for Video Monitoring
WASHINGTON — A pedestrian who strolls through Boston’s Financial District, an area of about 40 city blocks, can be seen by at least 233 private and public cameras. In the aftermath of the terror...
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Associated Press Kate Scott arranges descriptive signs next to projectile points in the collection she researched at Illinois Wesleyan University on April 12 in Bloomington, Ill.
Mystery shrouds boxes of arrowheads
BLOOMINGTON, Ill.  — Mystery still surrounds three boxes of arrowheads and other projectile points uncovered several years ago in the basement of a building at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloom...
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Civil War quilts became source of comfort for soldiers
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.  — Two days after the Confederate States of America formed in the 1860s, Sarah Ann Massie married William Bateman. The newlyweds settled on William’s 100-acre farm in Morgan Count...
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service Mike Waddell, a member of the bluegrass-gospel sextet Mackville, plays banjo during rehearsal April 17 in Atwood, Ill. Mackville, which takes its title from the name Atwood had before it was Atwood, came to life itself about four years ago.
Bluegrass band evokes fans sense of emotion
ATWOOD, Ill. — It’s not every band that can turn death into a toe-tapping, sing-along number. But the bluegrass-gospel sextet Mackville sees beyond the grave to the “beautiful shore,” where the ...
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Disney’s veteran cruise ship Magic gets revamp
NEW YORK — Disney Cruise Line’s oldest ship, the Magic, is getting a makeover, including the addition of a children’s area themed on Marvel Comics superheroes and a three-story water slide, the com...
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Market holds feast of forgotten foods
PHILADELPHIA — The city’s Reading Terminal Market is celebrating long-lost foods that were formerly Philly staples, from teaberry ice cream to fried oysters with chicken salad. The third biennial F...
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Police detail rescue after ship sinks
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A boat captain and his first mate swam through dangerous waters for nearly a day before they were rescued after a sinking that was also survived by their two U.S. passengers...
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Births
Craig - Luke Matthew Craig, son of David and Amberly (Pope) Craig of Paducah, April 17, 2013, Baptist Health Paducah. Grandparents are David and Gail Pope of Ledbetter and Bill and Ellen Craig of P...
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Tunisia-born baker makes best baguette
PARIS — If you want the best baguette in Paris, go see Ridha Khadher. The 42-year-old baker has been turning out the long, golden rods of bread since he was 15, and has just been awarded the Grand ...
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