Rose of the Rock River set for historic road move
The riverboat Rose of the Rock River will travel a 75 mile land route from Ottawa to Oregon Illinois to set a state record as the largest equipment moved the farthest on Illinois roads. The move begins near 5:30 a.m. Monday with route contingencies and road closures announced by IDOT and state police.
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Oregon
Illinois
Chuck Smith
Illinois Department of Transportation
Smith
Barbara Welk
IDOT
Carol Maust
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Llama Donny Boy Delights Telegraph Crew On Photo Day
Telegraph staff join Vonna Burke of Grand Detour for a Relaxin feature on her unusual pet llama Donny Boy. Photographer Mark Sauer captures Donny and her animals in a quirky, light hearted moment, ending with a fond goodbye.
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Telegraph Newsroom
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Vonna Burke
Grand Detour
Donny Boy
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Mark Sauer
Telegraph
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Dean
Mark
Charlie
Dunphy
Lee County Board
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Charity worker robs blind man caper in San Francisco
A homeless blind man accused of robbing a bank with 950 dollars was robbed at a hotel by a sightless ex jeweler. Police sought the Catholic charity worker assigned as their escort. Richard Dunbar, 34, and William Douglass, 38, were involved after a court released Dunbar to Douglass, a once-blind jeweler. The Society of St Vincent de Paul arranged the escort and hotel room.
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San Francisco
UPI
Richard Dunbar
William Douglass
Eureka
Calif
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Bush approves 65 million in aid to Colombia
President Bush announced 65 million dollars in emergency U S military aid to Colombia to bolster anti drug efforts. The package includes Huey helicopters arms and vehicles with U S personnel to train Colombians. Three helicopters arrived in Bogota as Barco fights drug cartel violence and the State Department warns Americans to avoid Medellin.
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Maine
U.S
Fitzwater
Bogota
Colombia
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Virgilio
Barco
United States
State Department
Medellin
Voyager 2 makes final Neptune flyby and images Triton
Voyager 2 streaked past Neptune at 3,000 miles above its frigid cloud tops on Thursday night, sending back striking images of Triton’s ice volcano remnants and a tortured terrain. Scientist Edward Stone called the moon unlike any seen before as the probe begins its long farewell from the outer solar system after a historic Grand Tour.
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Calif
UPI
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Voyager Project
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