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By Rachelle Bowden in News on Dec 28, 2006 2:56AM

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  1. RIP Gerald Ford.
  2. Don't like eating alone, but family and friends all live far away? Eat out together virtually.
  3. We always wondered who went to Cosi at night to drink. The Deerfield-based restaurant announced they'll be refocusing on food, adding more dinner items and ditching the nighttime bar.
  4. A 24-year-old former model was beaten to death in her home in Oakbrook Terrace on Christmas night. Not much else is known in this mysterious murder mystery.
  5. Free wireless internet access won't be available at IL rest stops any time soon.
  6. A bunch of U of I students will bike from NYC to San Diego next summer to raise money for cancer research.
  7. Illinois has 19 years of landfill space left. Then what?

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