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06/18/2013, 4:54 pm Caribbean flavors jazz up this simple supper salad. We glaze the shrimp with a zesty rum-spiked marmalade, then toss them ...
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06/18/2013, 11:57 am Press release submitted by German American Heritage Center Davenport, IA- Join the German American Heritage Center for two ...
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06/18/2013, 11:46 am Press release submitted by Western Illinois Area Agency on Aging Western Illinois Area Agency on Aging's Motor coach ...
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06/18/2013, 11:33 am I know. I know. You've tried turkey burgers and it was like eating wet cardboard. Hah! But you haven't tried ...
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06/18/2013, 11:24 am Press release submitted by Scott County Library System Eldridge, IA – The Scott County Library System ...
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06/18/2013, 10:45 am New Belgium releases 'Rolle Bolle' beer A new summer seasonal from New Belgium, the nation's third-largest (and still-growing) craft brewery, ...
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06/18/2013, 10:40 am Turn an "oh" at salad into "Oh, wow" with a little imagination and not much effort. Even the best-dressed ...
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06/18/2013, 10:40 am "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them." —William Shakespeare, from his sonnet on ...
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06/18/2013, 10:07 am NEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks has a new way to wake up its customers: showing the calories in its drinks. ...
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06/17/2013, 11:46 pm Rock singer-composer-musician Sir Paul McCartney is 71. Actress Constance McCashin is 66. Actress Linda Thorson is 66. Rock musician John ...
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06/17/2013, 7:36 pm Royal Neighbors of America Chapter 20028 and Semper Fidelis Club will host a showing of The Great Debaters at the ...
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06/18/2013, 2:47 pm NEW YORK (AP) — Here's the latest goal for food makers: Perfect the art of imperfection. When stretching out the ...
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06/17/2013, 12:22 pm BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — 'Days of Our Lives' won drama series honors for just the second time in ...
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06/17/2013, 11:36 am DEAR DOCTOR K: I have heart disease. Will chelation therapy help reduce my risk of a heart attack? DEAR READER: ...
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06/17/2013, 11:46 am WASHINGTON — Of the many powers mothers wield, few are more extraordinary than the power to nudge a child's health ...
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06/17/2013, 10:05 am At the risk of sounding like a hipster, I liked Cirque du Soleil before it was cool. It was 1994 ...
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06/17/2013, 9:57 am It's an overcast Monday afternoon when I sit down to tea with Eleanor Kiel. This is not the kind ...
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06/17/2013, 9:39 am SAN JOSE, Calif. — The human brain is far slower than a Major League fastball or a blistering tennis serve ...
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06/16/2013, 11:10 pm Actor Peter Lupus is 81. Actor William Lucking is 72. Singer Barry Manilow is 70. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich ...
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06/17/2013, 12:36 am The handmade blankets, lovingly referred to as "binkies" by the volunteers who make them, are many children's first gifts. A ...
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06/16/2013, 12:10 pm QC Capture, a feature of The Dispatch and The Rock Island Argus, allows you to upload your favorite photos directly ...
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06/16/2013, 11:50 am Hi! My name is Jessie. I belong to Dan and JoAnne Whitley now. Even though I am only about 2 ...
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06/17/2013, 12:37 am I believe that everyone on Earth has two sides: the person we want others to perceive us as and the ...
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  Today is Tuesday, June 18, the 169th day of 2013. There are 196 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: Fanatics have grown wonderfully civil since the president snubbedthem by revoking Burnside's infamous attack upon the freedom of the press.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The Interstate baseball league has collapsed, leaving Davenport'sleading team without a league connection.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Passengers were stunned yesterday when lightning struck a LongView street car at 9th Ave. and 25th St.
1938 -- 75 years ago: X-ray examinations today traced the trouble with Dizzy Dean's$250,000 pitching arm to a pulled muscle back of his right shoulder blade.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Radio station WQAD in Moline is being considered by the NationalCivil Defense Office for selection as a "secured communication center" Mrs. Gault,executive deputy director of the Moline Civil Defense unit reported today.
1988 -- 25 years ago: "Marketplace 29 A.D." an unusual vacation Bible school programthat will allow children to live three days as people did during the Bible Times June 21-23. The three day program, is a joint project of Aldersgate and Bethel-Wesley UnitedMethodist churches.






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