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Ten stories you may have missed this weekend

1. Red-light cameras were installed at intersections across the suburbs supposably to reduce crashes, but that's not always what's happened, a Daily Herald analysis shows. Crashes - and especially more serious collisions - increased at some intersections after cameras were installed.

2. A 36-year-old Aurora man was killed and a 22-year-old Batavia man was stabbed but not seriously hurt during a confrontation in the parking lot outside a downtown Aurora bar early Saturday morning, police said.

3. Kendric Welch could be like a lot of young people a who work at a fast-food restaurant. But Kendric is on a mission, one that's made him a legend on the Wheaton IL Moms Facebook group.

4. One of the last two drive-in theaters in the suburbs - West Chicago's Cascade Drive-In - has dodged the wrecking ball, at least for now. A developer's plan to buy the site and turn it into a parking lot for trucks has been shot down by a city planning board.

5. The Americans with Disabilities Act has been the law of the land in the U.S. for more than 25 years, but its reach hasn't yet stretched to cyberspace. A group of blind people from Illinois are traveling to Washington, D.C., intent on changing that, Burt Constable writes.

6. It seems to good to be true, but a Naperville man's pro bono speakers bureau actually exists, and it connects community groups with expert presenters who are willing to speak for free.

7. Two years ago, Jeanette Jelinek and her toddler son were living in a car with nothing else to call their own. By September, she'll own her new Habitat for Humanity home after a grueling application and volunteer process.

8. More suburban school districts are offering full-day kindergarten, but one of the largest Northwest suburban districts says it simply doesn't have the room.

9. The suburbs scored a one-two punch Saturday at the pairs competition of the U.S. Figure Skating Association's national championships in Minnesota. Danny O'Shea formerly of Gurnee and his partner, Tarah Kayne, won the gold medal with a record score, unseating the defending champions and heavy favorites, Alexa Scimeca of Addison and Chris Knierim, who took second.

10. Former College of DuPage professors and administrators are calling on school trustees to overcome their differences and to take steps needed to "bring the college back to its flagship status."

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