Johnson to defend WBO super flyweight title - 2004-03-04
WBO super flyweight champ Mark "Too Sharp" Johnson will defend his title against top-ranked challenger Luis Bolano on Saturday night.

The card at Foxwoods Resort Casino also will feature a rematch between previous champions Joel "El Cepillo" Casamayor and Diego "Chico" Corrales, who will fight for the vacant WBO 130-pound title abandoned recently by Acelino Freitas.

Johnson, (42-3, 27 KOs), of Washington, won the 115-pound title from Fernando Montiel in a 12-round decision Aug. 16. Bolano (38-0, 28 KOs), hails from Cordoba, Colombia, where he won his first 33 fights and became the Colombian super flyweight champion.
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R.I. OKs RiverStone project - 2004-03-04
City aldermen made RiverStone Group and Jumer's Casino Rock Island the big winners Thursday in a heated argument with Big Island residents who fear a sand and gravel pit endangers their homes.

The city council approved RiverStone Group's two special-use permits to develop a sand and gravel pit on Big Island and a processing plant and retail sales office. Jumer's Casino Rock Island won a new site to expand near Interstate 280 and Illinois 92.
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