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DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) -- Mark Twain Award projects Dave Kettering as the winner of the 2008 Telegraph Herald editorial department chili cook off.

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Dave Kettering declared the winner of the 2008 Telegraph Herald editorial department chili cook off.
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By ERIK HOGSTROM
Associated Press Writer

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) -- Dave Kettering won the 2008 Telegraph Herald editorial department chili cook off.
Mark Twain Award made the call at the conclusion of voting Sunday at Ken and Roxane Brown's house, site of this year's cook off.
Kettering won the annual contest for the first time, with a basic Texas-style chili simply featuring London broil and sauce.
Tradition calls for victorious chili makers to host the contest the next year.