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		Friday 
		morning this happy group from the Oasis was spending their morning at 
		Logan Lanes.  While they look like a pretty large number in this 
		photo, they said they still have room to "spare," so if you're interested 
		in joining in their bowling outings, you'd be more than welcome. 
								
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								by Karen Hargis  (Click on image for larger version.)  
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																	Illinois 
																	Speaker of 
																	the House 
																	Michael 
																	Madigan, 
																	D-Chicago, 
																	argues 
																	legislation 
																	while on the 
																	House floor 
																	at the 
																	Illinois 
																	State 
																	Capitol in 
																	Springfield. 
																	Illinois 
																	Gov. Pat 
																	Quinn 
																	announced 
																	what could 
																	be a 
																	significant 
																	advance on 
																	pension 
																	reform, 
																	saying the 
																	powerful 
																	House 
																	speaker was 
																	willing to 
																	forgo the 
																	dicey issue 
																	of teachers' 
																	retirement 
																	costs in 
																	order to fix 
																	the 
																	worst-in-the-nation 
																	pension 
																	deficit.  
																	
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			Illinois' $96B pension crisis? 
 
	
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			Wounded ex-Rep. 
			Giffords meets with Conn. families     
	
	Politics, 
	Government & Elections 
				
					
			   
			Pelosi defends 
			altered photo of congresswomen   
	
	International 
				
					
			   
			Merkel kicks off 
			German election year campaigning 
 
	
	
	ODD & Extraordinary 
			   
			Berlin elephants 
			feast on tasty Christmas trees   
	
	
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				In this Dec. 12 photo, former Louisiana 
				Gov. Edwin Edwards and his 
				wife, Trina Scott Edwards, attend a luncheon Baton Rouge, La., for a Council 
				for a 
				Better Louisiana. Edwards and his wife get their own reality show starting in February on the 
				A&E cable network. "The Governor's Wife" is a vehicle to 
				showcase Trina, the 30-something wife of the octogenarian ex-con 
				former governor of the Pelican State. 
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