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These two are a hit for CarmelOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Here's the hard truth about hard-hitting Ryan Williams, according to him. Apparently, when he was piling up all those solo tackles last fall, when he was making all thos...
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Meet 13 of Huntley's 'characters' on cemetery walkOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - The Huntley Historic Preservation Commission has planned a Halloween surprise to you -- a trip back in time to meet some very interesting local "ghosts!" Coordinated by ...
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Pity on you Shaun Alexander ownersOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Memo to all Shaun Alexander owners: Your running back is toast. Yes, Mr. MVP, Mr. 28 TDs, Mr. 1,880-yard rusher has become … Cedric Benson. Ouch! OK, so that was a low b...
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Should Bob be more like Todd?Oct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Perhaps Bob Schillerstrom should be more like Todd Stroger. Stroger, the Cook County Board chairman, wants to bail out the county from its financial morass by doubling t...
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Key poker concepts must be understood to winOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Poker is becoming as American as baseball and apple pie. New players are flooding to the card rooms in droves, wanting to test their poker savvy against the other gamble...
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Carmel ready for its big tripOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - The trek down to Joliet on a Friday night through rush hour is always a long one for Carmel fans. But pretty soon, they might be aching for the traffic jams. After this ...
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Zarrillos haunt their house for last time this year to aid food pantryOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - For the past five years, the Zarrillo family of Carpentersville has transformed their very normal-looking home in the Kimball Farm subdivision into a haunted house that ...
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Who's in, who's out & who plays where?Oct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - I wish I had Scott Johnson's computer. Johnson, the Elgin High graduate who is a longtime assistant executive secretary for the Illinois High School Association, is a co...
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A second act, for Gore and his entire generationOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Until now, I believed that the smallest unit of time was between the moment the traffic light turned green and the car behind you honked. I was wrong. The shortest unit ...
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Playoff teams provide lessons; it's up to the Cubs to learnOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - If the Cubs, along with the rest of America, have been able to stay up late enough and pay attention, there are a good number of lessons to be learned from the teams tha...