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10 stories you may have missed this weekend

1. The number of Latino students taking AP courses in Illinois has more than quadrupled in the last decade thanks to programs offered by suburban schools.

2. Nobody considers Parkinson's disease a good Father's Day gift, but Bob Baittie of Vernon Hills tells Burt Constable the disease has made him a better dad and person.

3. You and your best friend, both 30 and from Libertyville, have a month to travel. Where do you go? To 30 baseball stadiums in 30 cities in 30 days, of course.

4. Randhurst Village has a new owner, and that might not be all that's new around the Mount Prospect lifestyle center. New York-based DLC Management Corp. says they'll be looking at opportunities to further enhance the center's offerings.

5. Meet Naperville's new mayor, Steve Chirico. He leads by listening and building consensus. He keeps his office tidy. He's focused on moving the city forward.

6. Some Palatine residents fear the village is going to remove, rather than repair or replace, a pedestrian bridge they say is essential for schoolkids and people walking to the Metra station.

7. A 52-year-old Wauconda man was killed Saturday in a one-vehicle rollover crash on a bridge over the Fox River near Island Lake. McHenry County authorities say the cause of the crash remains under investigation.

8. Longtime commodities broker Lee Williams, formerly of Schaumburg, fell victim to a telephone scam, lost $80,000, became homeless, and now tries to help others avoid his mistakes.

9. A Winfield couple and their dog were rescued from an island in the DuPage River Friday afternoon in Naperville, the fourth such rescue in a week.

10. A surveillance video released by Wheeling police offers a new angle into the arrests of a brother and sister after a scuffle with officers, the subject of an internal probe.

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