The American inventor and manufacturer John Deere (1804-1886) was one of the first to design agricultural tools and machines to meet the specific needs of midwestern farmers.John Deere was born in 180...
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Wooden plows were no match for the sticky, thick clay soils encountered by settlers of the Central Plains states of Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana. Even the ironplows invented by Charles Newbold of ...
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Masters champion Zach Johnson couldn't settle in at home, shooting a 1-under 70 and falling six strokes off the lead through the first round of the John Deere Classic on Thursday.Neal Lancaster sho...
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Robert Lane's managing philosophy boils down to a simple point: He believes great companies can always do better."You set the bar really high," Lane said. "We want to perform on average better than...
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Australian Nathan Green moved a step closer to his first PGA Tour victory, shooting a 3-under 68 Saturday in the third round of the John Deere Classic and maintaining a one-stroke lead.Green is 15-...
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Michelle Wie accepted a sponsor's exemption Tuesday to play in the John Deere Classic for the third straight year, continuing her effort to make the cut in a men's event.Wie, who is to graduate fro...
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Unable to break par against the women, Michelle Wie is taking a break from competing against the men. Wie decided Tuesday to withdraw from the John Deere Classic as she tries to return from wrist i...
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A woman accused of embezzling more than $1.5 million from a credit union and buying more than 1,500 items, including hundreds of pairs of shoes and a $60,000 swimming pool, has been sentenced ...
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Sure, Illinois lacks the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Pyramids of Giza, or the Colossus of Rhodes.But it does offer visitors the Garden of the Gods in southern Illinois, the prehistoric archaeol...
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MIAMI, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Seven months after withdrawing
from a tournament because of suspected heart palpitations,
American J.P. Hayes surged into a healthy position atop a PGA
Tour leaderboard on...
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HONOLULU, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Kenneth Ferrie's withdrawal
from the Sony Open because of a stomach virus has cost the
burly Briton official prize money in the second PGA Tour event
of the season. To...
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Masters champ struggles at John Deere
