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	<title>Trunkations &#187; Illinois</title>
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		<title>Rt. 66 Bus Arrives To Bewitch The Faithful</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 12:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken at RoadsideAmerica.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Route 66 is America&#8217;s most loved road. Bob Waldmire was its most loved driver. Does that make Bob&#8217;s bus America&#8217;s most loved vehicle? It&#8217;s a tricky question, since Bob had two buses. Probably one of them is America&#8217;s sweetheart, and both are now on display at the Route 66 Hall of Fame and Museum in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reagan Statues Delayed, Near-Death Suit Revealed</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2011 16:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Birthplace of Ronald Reagan (Tampico, Illinois) and the Boyhood Home of Ronald Reagan (Dixon, Illinois) both wanted to erect statues of young Gipper as part of his 100th would've-been birthday  ]]></description>
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		<title>Artist Superduper-Sizes Eyeball For Chicago</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken at RoadsideAmerica.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2007 artist Tony Tassert created a seven-foot-tall bloodshot eyeball, using his own eye as a reference. It was installed in a park in St. Louis, Missouri, where it creeps out visitors to this day. Apparently Tassert felt that the potential of the idea had yet to be exhausted. He created a new version of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uncommon Cents in Abe City</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 05:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken at RoadsideAmerica.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the past seven years, David Farrell has wanted to build a giant Lincoln Penny. It would stand in downtown Springfield, Illinois, the city of many Abe Lincoln attractions. Despite his efforts, &#8220;Farrell&#8217;s penny,&#8221; as some call it, seems no closer to reality than it was in 2003. But that in no way dampens David&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man Of Steel Joined By Woman Of Bronze</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 22:48:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken at RoadsideAmerica.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Metropolis, Illinois, was officially declared "Hometown of Superman" by DC Comics in 1972. But it wasn't until 1993 that the town finally got a decent, 15-foot-tall Superman statue. Now, 17 years later, Superman has been joined by a slightly less supersized Lois Lane.]]></description>
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		<title>JFK Murder Taxi One Of Many New Marvels In Roscoe</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:02:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken at RoadsideAmerica.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wayne Lensing shops hard so the rest of us don't have to. We talked with Wayne after learning that he'd just bought the Dallas taxicab that Lee Harvey Oswald hopped into after he (allegedly) shot JFK.]]></description>
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		<title>Dick Tracy Statue: Newspaper Gumshoe Bronzed</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 02:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken at RoadsideAmerica.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crime cannot escape the long arm of the law, so comic strip supercop Dick Tracy should be at home everywhere. However, unless the world has become a wide open sewer of copyright burglars and brand &#8216;nappers, that&#8217;s unlikely. Dick Tracy needs a legit base of operations. And that base has now become Naperville, Illinois, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010: A Year To Remember</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken at RoadsideAmerica.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the new year comes the promise of new wonders, yet unborn, that will dazzle our eyeballs into the distracted-driver danger zone. Here's a brief look at some of the anticipated highlights for 2010 -- and remember that every year also brings dozens of unexpected new attractions.]]></description>
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		<title>Artiste a Poor Conductor of Railroad Art</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plans for a massive train-themed sculpture by spectacle-loving fine artist Jeff Koons may soon be scrapped due to a lack of funding. The $25 million project was originally scheduled for the 2011-2012 season at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. A 70-foot-long replica of a real Baldwin locomotive was to be suspended from a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Roadside News: Dec. 8, 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken at RoadsideAmerica.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Slave Owner Statue - MS &#124;  Young Abe Stolen - IL &#124; Office Grizzly Attraction - MT &#124; Multicultural Man - CA]]></description>
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