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Rockford Register Star - Inside: Read about New Year's festivities here and abroad and watch a video of our stories of the year.
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Rockford Register Star | rrstar.com The MetroCentre has scrambled to come up with the cash to book eight concerts for the fiscal year ending June 30. That’s as many concerts as took place at the arena in all of the previous fiscal year.

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Rockford Register Star - ROCKFORD — Boosted by a new financial arrangement with the city after a tumultuous year, officials say the Rockford MetroCentre is poised to enter 2010 better off than a year ago.
Justin
Justin
VERY ENCOURAGING = )
Yesterday at 7:21am
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Rockford Register Star | rrstar.com The number of festival passes sold for On the Waterfront’s 2009 Labor
Day weekend music festival dropped 12 percent, to 61,318, compared with
the 69,712 passes sold in 2008.

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David Dale Johnson
David Dale Johnson
Seems to me they would be wise to better utilize the Great Lawn Stage area. It sits idle for more than 70% of the festival. The reserved section should be eliminated altogether, the stage should be used for the entire day...a moderate added fee to enter could be tacked on with special wristbands issued, and enlarge the vendor base in that venue... See More. Make playing the Great Lawn Stage a "privilege" to up and coming bands to encourage their donated presence. Set up a "Farmers Market" along a 2 or 3 block stretch of the festival accessable to all shoppers...not just paid visitors...make rent space inexpensive to encourage vendors to participate. Allow some vendors to create their own "beer garden/restaurant" atmosphere so that those that would like to sit down to enjoy a meal and beer can do so... Encourage more participation by street performers. Offer a grand attendance prize. Have a Facebook venue! And my favorite idea...have a Guinness Book of World Records attempt at the most people ever to assemble and dance to their own music on their IPod or MP3 player.
Wed at 9:25pm
Kim Gustafson
Kim Gustafson
It is not so family orintated anymore, so we quit going.
Yesterday at 12:55pm
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Rockford Register Star | rrstar.com Whether you’re celebrating New Year’s Eve in a group, as a family, at home or out on the town — or anything in between — here are some tips and party-food recipes from The Associated Press and GateHouse News Service sure to give you a great start to 2010.

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Rockford Register Star - Byron Dragway racer Alex Hossler didn’t recognize the number on the caller ID when his cell phone rang Dec. 18. But what the racer eventually heard was a most interesting proposition.
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Rockford Register Star | rrstar.com Bears get a late Christmas present. Some Packer fans enjoy it, too.

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Rockford Register Star - The Bears threw a changeup at the Minnesota Vikings on Monday night. Every new wrinkle worked in a 36-30 overtime victory that ended on Jay Cutler’s fourth TD ...
Norman Cole
Norman Cole
Game was won at the line of scrimmage (like pretty much every other game). Favre was pressured, they couldn't get their running game going well. Cutler had time and guess what? Throws 4 TD passes. Been saying all along the key is to improve the line play. How many times did you hear Jared Allen's name mentioned? Once, when they said "we haven't heard Jared Allen's name mentioned." Our left tackle Williams did an excellent job.
Tue at 9:09am
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Rockford Register Star - ROCKFORD — Winnebago County State’s Attorney Joe Bruscato will ask a judge Monday to find Sheila Brown and her daughter, Marissa, in contempt of court for their failure to appear at a Dec. 23 grand jury hearing.
Tim Berogan
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Virginia
Virginia
The assault against police officers were dismiss/ State Motion. you can be charged with just about anything, however, the outcome or the finding of each charge is what really counts.
Wed at 3:10pm
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Rockford Register Star | rrstar.com Passengers flying out of Chicago Rockford International Airport aren’t yet seeing anything different securitywise in the wake of an attempted attack on an airliner near Detroit.

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Norman Cole
Norman Cole
That's because it's tight to start with.
December 28, 2009 at 11:12am
Janie Wilson-Cook
Janie Wilson-Cook
So much better flying out of Rockford.
December 28, 2009 at 7:14pm
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Rockford Register Star | rrstar.com How many of Will's picks have you seen? What's on your list?

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Rockford Register Star | rrstar.com Proponents of the measure say it’s more humane to house 17-year-olds with those who are teens and younger. Opponents say the measure coddles criminals and will turn out to be more expensive than is now known.

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Rockford Register Star - ROCKFORD — A new state law that makes the criminal justice system classify some 17-year-olds as children and others as adults keeps alive the question of when to punish and when to rehabilitate. ...
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Rockford Register Star | rrstar.com We start 10 days of looking back at the 2000s. Hard to believe some of the news from 2000 was so long ago. Like reality TV was a new thing? (George Boswell!)

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Rockford Register Star - Time Magazine described the “aughts” as the “Decade from Hell.” It featured two recessions, terrorist attacks and natural disasters that claimed thousands of lives. ...
Kim Gustafson
Kim Gustafson
Hooray for Big Brother George!
December 27, 2009 at 9:22pm
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Rockford Register Star | rrstar.com The Rev. Jesse Jackson is expected to announce Saturday that the next course of action will be to seek a federal probe in the Barmore case.

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Rockford Register Star - The Rev. Jesse Jackson said a “miscarriage of justice” was performed by a Winnebago County grand jury Wednesday, when it decided two Rockford officers were justified in fatally shooting an unarmed man inside a day care.
Eugene Andreyev
Eugene Andreyev
his ass just wants fucking publicity for himself. he should mid his damn business.
December 25, 2009 at 12:35pm
Virginia
Virginia
Please know this , he was called... to come .. not the other way around
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Rockford Register Star | rrstar.com Students from many area schools volunteer in their "off" time.

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Rockford Register Star - LaToya Jarrett and her three children had an early Christmas surprise last week. Twelve captains from Rockford high school cross country and volleyball teams filled the living room of Jarrett’s Third Street apartment.
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Rockford Register Star | rrstar.com “The state police found this was a justified shooting, and after reviewing the evidence, the state’s attorney’s office concurs that the officers were justified,” Bruscato said.

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Rockford Register Star - ROCKFORD — Four months after two Rockford police officers pursued 23-year-old Mark Anthony Barmore into a day care inside a church and fatally shot him, a grand ...
Leo
Leo
Bullshyt
December 27, 2009 at 3:17pm
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Rockford Register Star | rrstar.com “It is remarkable how many prizes, for whatever reason, go unclaimed,” said Tracy Owens, communications manager with the Lottery.

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Rockford Register Star - ROCKFORD — Those in need of money for last-minute holiday gifts may need to look no further than under their couch cushions or in the glove compartment of their car.