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Schools working to have kids eat wellNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Paper milk cartons are so last year. This year, Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 started selling milk in 8-ounce plastic bottles instead of the paper cartons and...
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Good angling and good food go togetherNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - All too often, there appear to be members of our beloved angling community who focus more energy on lure selection, fish location, line choices, rod and reel selection, ...
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Emmett's may make a return to PalatineNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - All signs are pointing to a return of Emmett's Tavern & Brewing Co. in downtown Palatine. Rumors have been swirling for weeks that the restaurant is coming back to its o...
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Right way to give driver's licenses to illegal immigrantsNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Hillary Clinton is taking flak for the roundabout way in which she answered a question about whether New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer was right to give driver's licenses to i...
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Author of quilting-themed books to speak in BataviaNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Bonita Deering of Prairie Shop Quilts was so excited about this program that she contacted me months ago and asked me to write about it. "Jennifer Chiaverini is coming t...
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Veteran in line for Legion of HonorNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - A Wheeling war veteran was recently notified that he qualified for the French Legion of Honor more than 60 years after he fought in War World II. Edward Serbin was a lie...
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'Fred Claus' a bad case of sniveling rivalryNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Not since "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" has there been a cinematic visit to the North Pole this frivolous, silly and ill-conceived. Comparing "Fred Claus" to coal...
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Candidates' online stores help them get the word outNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Each male presidential candidate has an "official" online store where supporters can buy buttons, pins, T-shirts, hats, jackets and more. The sole female candidate -- Hi...
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You're in good hands with these firefightersNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - The thought of a school bus in our area being involved in a serious accident is one we prefer not to consider. But area firefighters can't ignore the possibility. They u...
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It's not just a 'trip with the boys' to herNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Q. I want to take a golfing trip to Ireland with the boys -- my girlfriend is inexplicably fuming that I have not taken a trip with her in the year we've been togeth...