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Passion still burns bright as Donatucci nears 100 winsSep 06, 2007 11:00 pm - Thousands of people see the fiery side of Mike Donatucci on Friday nights. But on Thursday nights, only a few see the firey side of the man in charge of one of the most ...
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Public works still putting in time picking up after stormSep 06, 2007 11:00 pm - The storm of Aug. 23 is now history, hopefully, for most of us. We are getting back to our daily lives while filing insurance claims and lamenting the loss of so many ma...
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Ahh, summer in the city - what we liked about itSep 06, 2007 11:00 pm - Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer, though the week's 90-degree temperatures tried to squelch that idea. It also marks the end of my quest to find out from res...
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Ideal cast, taut direction make '3:10' a lean, muscular westernSep 06, 2007 11:00 pm - The American western has experienced more comebacks than Madonna, and James Mangold's return-to-basics horse opera "3:10 to Yuma" proves that it deserves to stay around ...
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Autumn Fest aim: draw folks into Carpenter Park againSep 06, 2007 11:00 pm - Longtime Carpentersville residents can probably recall a time years back when Carpenter Park was alive and bustling, serving as the site for many different fests and eve...
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Piniella says Soto could be Cubs' top catcher next yearSep 05, 2007 11:00 pm - For catcher Geovany Soto's first six years in the Cubs' organization, he was considered a decent prospect. Now the Cubs are looking at the 24-year-old Soto as possibly b...
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Getting out from under rental home isn't easySep 05, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. A couple of years ago, I purchased an investment property in Sacramento, Calif. For a period of time all went well. But in 2006 I was without a tenant for the first h...
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The old reliable comes through againSep 05, 2007 11:00 pm - Successful professional anglers become money-winners for two basic reasons. First, they are great students in the school of hard knocks and angling knowledge. Second, ...
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Survivor storiesSep 05, 2007 11:00 pm - The Bush administration has all but banned news media from showing coffins and body bags coming back from Iraq, but there's nothing it can do to silence the walking woun...
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Give Guillen another chanceSep 05, 2007 11:00 pm - DETROIT -- When the White Sox beat the Houston Astros in Game 4 of the 2005 World Series to complete the sweep, there was a predictable celebration scrum in the middle o...