Cairo News

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As the world is gearing up for the annual shopping and eating spree that we call Christmas, a remarkable album is set to be reissued: the moody debut of David Ackles, first issued by Elektra Records in 1968.

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May '13
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Should America's 11 million illegal immigrants be offered a path to citizenship?

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May '13
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Could you pass a US citizenship test?

If you think this short quiz is hard, then you'd be in trouble with the real citizenship test, which contains 100 questions and isn't multiple choice. 1 in 3 actual Americans can't pass it.

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Mon Dec 02, 2013

EurekAlert!

Study shows reforestation in Lower Mississippi Valley reduces sediment

A modeling study by U.S. Forest Service researchers shows that reforesting the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley can significantly reduce runoff from agricultural lands and the amount of sediment entering the area's rivers and streams-and ultimately the Gulf of Mexico.

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Wed Nov 27, 2013

Tugster

Gallimaufry 3

I took the foto below of Stephen L. Colby on 1/4/2013 in Cairo, IL . Yesterday, the boat sank into 14 feet of water farther north on the Mississippi.

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Fri Nov 15, 2013

Daily Herald

Navigating green on the Illinois and Mississippi rivers

Building a boat and taking it on a voyage is a dream few will realize. But two Fox Valley engineers are already making it happen with their two-passenger canoe dubbed CalypSol.

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Mon Nov 04, 2013

WJPF-AM Carterville

Shooting Suspect Turns Himself In

In Alexander County, a man accused of shooting and killing his wife has turned himself in.

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