All Stories from August 27, 2007 (Change date)
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Potty training at birth draws some skepticismAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - SUTTON, Mass. -- Thirteen-month-old Dominic Klatt stopped banging the furniture in the verandah, looked at his mother and clasped his right hand around his left wrist to...
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From the Armed ForcesAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - •Army Pvt. Angus R. Beaton has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission a...
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Good news inspires 'walk for the cure'Aug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Peggy Harding spent much of the summer walking laps around Lake Arlington, working up to as much as five hours a day on weekends, which equaled 30 to 40 miles. Her rigor...
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Woman killed by Metra trainAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - An unidentified woman was killed by a Metra train this afternoon while walking on the railroad tracks south of Route 14 in Cary. Cary police estimate the woman was betwe...
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Firefighters, police to get radio upgradeAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Addison emergency workers will get a radio technology upgrade to help them avoid communication pitfalls like the problems faced by rescuers on Sept. 11, 2001, in New Yor...
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Effort to oust L.A. sheriff draws little supportAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - More than two months after it was initiated, an effort to remove Los Angeles sheriff Lee Baca from office because of his handling of Paris Hilton's jail sentence has gai...
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Authors, Web sites help you find good reads with less troubleAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Thomas Jefferson said, "I cannot live without books." Some of us know exactly what he meant. If you are among this group, you know that one of the constant quests is for...
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Happy to be backAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Ah, the smell of freshly sharpened No. 2 pencils. Few other scents say "first day of school" quite as distinctly. These days, of course, the first day of school is just ...
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Illinois needs vouchers, choiceAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - In his Aug. 21 column on Tuesday, August 21, Burt Constable was right to point out the obvious disparity within our state's education system. Why parents who decide to e...
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Former Symbol executives win rulingAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A U.S. appeals court Monday barred the retrial of two former executives of Symbol Technologies Inc, who were facing securities fraud and conspiracy charges. ...