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Don't let anyone tell you the economic pinch in the U.S. has bypassed this neck of the woods.

It may start with a decision to cut back on extras. That vacation may just last a weekend this summer. Coupons might get a second look. A roommate might help ease the expenses. A college student may decide to go easy on the junk food.

Here in East Central Illinois, people are coping, as their neighbors across the country are, with rising prices striking just about everywhere they look, from the gas station to the grocery store aisle. A trucking company owner's wife pitches in at the business.

A farmer decides the price of diesel fuel means he won't plow the corn stalks from last year into the ground before he plants soybeans this year. A 71-year-old goes back to school.

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