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Di Salvo's emotional return ends with 5-4 OT win for Macon over Rivermen
PEORIA - Peter Di Salvo stood outside the Macon Mayhem locker room late Saturday, trying to take it all in.The Peoria Ri…
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'Most interesting man' judges contest; 'mountain man' wins
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - The man made famous by being "the most interesting man in the world" while pitching Dos…
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Lincoln to Thai king: Thanks but no thanks for the elephants
BANGKOK (AP) - Elephants are Thailand's national animal, so it's only natural that King Mongkut in 1861 offered to send …
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Self-taught rocket scientist blasts off into California sky
LOS ANGELES (AP) - He finally went up - just like the self-taught rocket scientist always pledged he would.He came back …
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Kosovo's Sufi Dervish order celebrates the new year, spring
PRIZREN, Kosovo (AP) - For an Islamic dervish order in southern Kosovo, it's time for the annual celebration to mark the…
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Legal experts say Miccosukee tribe overstepped authority in seizing baby from Miami hospital
MIAMI - The Miccosukee nation insists that it acted lawfully when its tribal court issued a child-custody order, and the…
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United Airlines' favorability rating was rebounding until dog died in overhead bin
United Airlines' reputation sustained another blow after another customer-service blunder, but the good news for the car…
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Planned Russian statue starts mini-Cold War in American city
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) - Back in World War II when the U.S. and Russia were allied against the Nazis, hundreds of Sov…
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AP Explains: Trump's policy on transgender troops
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - President Donald Trump has issued an order supporting his push to ban most transgender troops fr…
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'He fell a hero:" French praise policeman in hostage swap
TREBES, France (AP) - The French police officer who swapped places with a female supermarket employee being held hostage…
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Peoria students take on snowstorm for March for Our Lives
PEORIA - In Washington, D.C., students from Parkland, Fla., stood up in front of 800,000 people and asked for common-sen…
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Opioids in Peoria: A look at the numbers
PEORIA - In 2015, Peoria police responded to 50 drug overdoses resulting in 18 deaths.In December of that year, Mayor Ji…
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Storm drops 7 inches of snow in Peoria on first weekend of spring
PEORIA - Three days after the start of spring, an unusually heavy winter storm struck the Peoria area, dropping several …
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Statehouse Insider: Winning back Ives supporters will take time
The dust from the primary election has had a chance to settle a bit, but one thing seems clear: Gov. Bruce Rauner will h…
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Luciano: After fleeing Peoria in the 1980s, she's now the city's biggest cheerleader
OK, out there: Raise your hand if you've bashed Illinois.Now, raise the other if you've ripped Peoria.Looks like a lot o…
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