All Stories from August 27, 2007 (Change date)
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Houston Astros fire manager, GMAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Manager Phil Garner and general manager Tim Purpura were fired Monday by the Houston Astros, less than two years after leading the team to its first World Series appeara...
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Colombia seizes islandAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - BOGOTA, Colombia -- Colombia said Monday it has seized a private Caribbean island and hundreds of other properties allegedly used by powerful cocaine trafficker to laund...
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Local mom on national board of American MensaAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Her mother knew she was smart, but Robin Crawford had no idea. "Although the school notified my mother, she never told me," Crawford said. "I grew up in Woodridge and th...
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Preserve 'fundamental notions of justice' government tells jury in mob trialAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Defendants for five accused mobsters will get their chance to frame the evidence in the "Family Secrets" mob trial this afternoon after Assistant U.S. Attorney Markus Fu...
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Hersey's Morrow, St. Viator trio thriveAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - St. Viator coach Jack Halpin has said all along that his boys golf team boasts three No. 1 players. Monday at the Biltmore Invitational, Brad Klune, Danny Stringfellow a...
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Few mourn exitAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- For more than a decade, Alberto Gonzales kept President Bush's secrets -- personal and political. Not surprisingly, perhaps, he kept his own resignation as...
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Dist. 59 will apply for state technology loanAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Elk Grove Township District 59 board unanimously agreed to allow the district to apply for a state technology loan for about $602,000. If the district receives the money...
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Heed these tips when driving around schoolsAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - The collective groan you heard last week was the sound of students across the area shutting off their alarm clocks for the first day of school. With class back in sessio...
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Flower powerAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - With names like Gigantor, Grond and Morpheus, you might think these are characters in a science fiction book. Their yellow faces tower above any human, stretching toward...
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Hospital hearings postponed for nowAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - The future of health care in Lake County won't be decided today. The hearing that could have determined the fate of two hospital proposals has been postponed by the stat...