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				It's been an uneventful week in Mattoon, Ill., where the women are robust, the men are pink-cheeked, and the girls ride the mechanical bull while topless.				<a href="http://deadspin.com/5465397/more-news-from-lake-wobegon-mattoon" title="Click here to read more about More News From Lake Wobegon Mattoon">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<title><![CDATA[News From Lake Wobegon Mattoon (UPDATE)]]></title>
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				 It's been an uneventful week in Mattoon, Ill., where the women are robust, the men are pink-cheeked, and the girls start <a class="autolink" title="Click here to read more posts tagged POWDER PUFF FOOTBALL" title="Click here to read more posts tagged POWDER PUFF FOOTBALL" href="http://deadspin.com/tag/powder-puff-football/">powder puff football</a> brawls that spill over into the crowd.				<a href="http://deadspin.com/5380998/news-from-lake-wobegon-mattoon-update" title="Click here to read more about News From Lake Wobegon Mattoon (UPDATE)">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:30:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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				Here's something fun for Midwesterners looking for a bazoonga-infested activity on a lonely Friday night in St. Louis:  It's a "Queen Of The Pole" party, with your very special guest, <a href="http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/therundown/2009/03/queen_of_the_pole_with_special_guest_jim_edmonds_f15teen.php">former Cardinal Jim Edmonds</a>.				<a href="http://deadspin.com/5165169/jim-edmonds-would-like-to-invite-you-to-his-stripper-battle-royal" title="Click here to read more about Jim Edmonds Would Like To Invite You To His Stripper Battle Royal">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:00:06 EST]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Topless Midget Wrestling Controversy Rocks Sleepy Illinois Community]]></title>
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				When we allow the government to take away our right to watch tiny ladies wrestle topless, what's next? Will they take away our right to vote? To breathe? It happened in Canton, Illinois: as police were shocked to discover that a recent  "midget wrestling event" took place at the Outskirts Bar & Grill, which included topless female wrestlers. As a result, the establishment had its liquor license suspended for 60 days.

From <a href="http://www.pjstar.com/news_state/x859557338/Canton-not-OK-with-topless-wrestling">the Peoria Journal Star</a>: 

<blockquote>The penalty is substantial, Mayor Kevin Meade said after the city liquor commission voted unanimously Wednesday to suspend the license for Outskirts Bar and Grill at 725 W. Locust St. "It's meant to send a message to other businesses in town that this won't be tolerated," Meade said.

Outskirts owner Kim Scott cried after the vote. "I'm not being treated like any other business," she said. "Don't tell me I am, because I'm not." Scott said she had a contract with the group for male wrestlers to perform. When the group arrived, Scott said, two women in oil were wrestling topless while she was outside smoking.</blockquote>

As one might imagine, this has caused much activity on the Peoria Journal Star message boards. A sampling:

• I agree wholeheartedly with Jim Beam, for once, lol. What's the big deal! &mdash; JD

• JUST BECAUSE SHE LOST HER LIQUOR LICENSE , DOES THAT MEAN SHE CAN'T STILL BE A RESTAURANT??? &mdash; cg

• A Canton bar had naked midget wrestling. Just think about that for a second. &mdash; Barrak

• Dang it. What are we going to do for the next 8 Saturday nights? &mdash; RegalBeagle

• Classic Canton logic. It's a good thing <a href="http://www.creve-coeur.org/">Creve Coeur</a> exists. &mdash; admin

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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:30:47 EDT]]></pubDate>
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				Mattoon wins! The "futuristic $1.8 billion power plant" is ours! By the way, we don't have a soybean museum; we don't know what the <EM>Tribune</EM> is talking about. We wish we had one, though! [<A href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-futuregen_webdec19,0,7717400.story?coll=chi_tab01_layout">Chicago Tribune</A>]				<a href="http://deadspin.com/335272/" title="Click here to read more about 
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				Big day for Mattoon tomorrow. We'll be back in town on Wednesday, and we're ready for some celebratin'! [<A href="http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/story/D2EFA53E815EF058862573B200072D75?OpenDocument">St. Louis Post-Dispatch</A>]				<a href="http://deadspin.com/334756/" title="Click here to read more about 
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				Mattoon High School's football coach resigns. Yes, only we care. Sorry. It's a Friday. [<A href="http://www.herald-review.com/articles/2007/11/08/preps/football/1027736.txt">Decatur Herald & Review</A>]				<a href="http://deadspin.com/320746/" title="Click here to read more about 
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 09 Nov 2007 10:30:16 EST]]></pubDate>
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				The true wide receiving (and center field) star for our Illini ... is from Mattoon! [<a href="http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/illini/story/EF47B7268435DA2F8625733E0013486E?OpenDocument">St. Louis Post-Dispatch</a>]				<a href="http://deadspin.com/291762/" title="Click here to read more about 
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				Where we grew up, in the humble burg of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattoon%2C_Illinois">Mattoon, Illinois</A>, there was a small town nearby called Fisher. The town was tiny, but large enough to have a piddly little high school. The nickname for the school's sports teams: The Fisher Bunnies. It was difficult to be too intimidated.				<a href="http://deadspin.com/174087/why-your-team-isnt-named-the-cute-cuddly-animals" title="Click here to read more about Why Your Team Isn't Named "The Cute Cuddly Animals"">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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