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Funding their dreams with Indiegogo

Keith Pedigo, wearing the MonsterFrog logo on his T-shirt.CHAMPAIGN — At least three area entrepreneurs are running campaigns on the crowd-funding site Indiegogo in hopes of raising enough money to launch new businesses.— Joshua Boyd, who formerly worked ... [Published News Gazette - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Urbana (Illinois, United States), Coffee, Video Games, Fundraising, Chicago

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Voters must act to change Illinois

It's well past time for the public to take real charge of how our state legislators are chosen.There is a reason change doesn't come easy in a state as corrupt (politically and financially) as Illinois.It's because too many people benefit from the status ... [Published News Gazette - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Naomi Jakobsson, Elections, Chapin Rose

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Voices: Thanks for trying to honor my culture ... but please stop

My name is Dean Dempsey and I was born for the Towering House Clan and the Bitterwater Clan.I am Dine, more commonly known as Navajo, Native American, Indigenous and to some people, simply "Indian." My census number, the number the U.S. government gives ... [Published News Gazette - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Tribe, Danville (Illinois, United States), Mexico

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John Shimkus

Tom Kacich: Illinois' openness still merits bad grade Sun, 7:00am

Every time I see Illinois getting high marks for open government and disclosure — it happened last week when the Center for Public Integrity gave the state an "A" for campaign disclosure requirements regarding super PACs, nonprofits and other groups — ... [Published News Gazette - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Rodney Davis, John Shimkus, Obamacare, Freedom of Information Act

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Big Gambling is big cause of state's budget problems

If during the last 23 years, Illinois had taxed Big Gambling at comparable rates to other states, then Illinois would have had an additional $35 billion to $56 billion in tax revenues — and no current budget crisis.Distressed by the gambling situation ... [Published News Gazette - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Gambling, Casino, Michael Madigan, Argosy Gaming Company, Insider

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Alcoholics Anonymous

What people crave most in the world is God

Heather Kopp's "Sober Mercies — How Love Caught Up With a Christian Drunk," (Jericho Books, 2013) is a brutally honest memoir telling how a Christian intellectual, writer and editor became a raging drunk and then sober. Turning 50 this year and sober ... [Published News Gazette - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Alcohol, Henri Nouwen, Alcoholics Anonymous, Alcoholism

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Trip to desert an adventure off the beaten path

You don't want to cuddle up to a teddybear cholla. Arizona's Plomosa Mountains are pictured behind the cactus.The first night wasn't too bad. I came to realize that camping with no facilities — no shelter, no toilets and no water — was not as uncomfortable ... [Published News Gazette - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Joshua Tree (United States), Geology, University of Illinois, Quartzsite (United States), Granite

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Gearhead of the Week: Derald Seeds

Photo by: Darrell Hoemann/The News-GazetteDerald Seeds with his 1965 Corvette Sting Ray.Corvette special!Over the next several weeks, Gearhead of the Week will feature local owners of the different generations of Chevrolet Corvettes, leading up to the ... [Published News Gazette - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Sting (musician), American Cancer Society, Chevrolet 210

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Mark Rubel at Pogo Studio in Champaign.While most people his age are settling down or retiring, Mark Rubel's making a big change.The 55-year-old musician, recording engineer, teacher and downtown Champaign fixture will move this summer to Nashville, ... [Published News Gazette - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Christopher Hohn, Parkland College, Matt Stewart, Millikin University, Martina McBride

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Jean Cornell and her grandsons Collin Daly, 10, left, and Garrett Daly,7, put up a Relay for Life sign along Duncan Road in Champaign on Wednesday, May 8, 2013.CHAMPAIGN — Nobody has to tell Jean Cornell what cancer can do to a family.It has ravaged ... [Published News Gazette - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Cancer, Cornell (Illinois, United States), Fundraising, American Cancer Society, Breast Cancer

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Mary Van Cleave, left, a nurse navigator at Carle Hospital's Mills Breast Cancer Institute, and Ashley Schierer, a genetic counselor, sit in a Consultation Room at the Mills Breast Cancer Institute.URBANA — It's been six years since Leslie Hammersmith ... [Published News Gazette - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Breast Cancer, BRCA1, Mutation, BRCA2, Ovarian Cancer

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Probation sentence for robbery of man in his home

URBANA — A Mahomet man who admitted taking part in a violent robbery of a Savoy man back in January has been sentenced to four years of probation and six months in the county jail.Champaign County Judge Thomas Difanis Wednesday sentenced Cody A. Fry, ... [Published News Gazette - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Cash Robbery, Probation, prison, Deponent

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"The last time he stepped into my shop I addressed him by saying 'Oh Captain My Captain.' His response was the same as always upon his arrival, 'Hi Mom, I'm home.'"

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