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Plum Grove change collection adds up to big supportOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Collecting pennies and small change, really can add up. Just ask students at Plum Grove Junior High School in Rolling Meadows. A penny collection started five years ago ...
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Geneva man saluted as top bowlerOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - To hear Dan Borgie of Geneva tell it, being feted as one of the top bowlers a city has ever known "is no big deal." His modesty aside, the Fargo-Moorehead Bowling Associ...
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To some, Weis simply insufferableOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Notre Dame's football team is 1-6 with USC coming to South Bend this weekend. Can it get any worse for Charlie Weis? Yes, actually it can, as in a civil war between prom...
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Rocky off to promising start as Blackhawks' new bossOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Maybe it's a small thing, but there are two new televisions in the Blackhawks' weight room at the Edge Ice Arena, their Bensenville practice facility, that weren't there...
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Stash away savings, because it will rainOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Krista Swetz and her husband are just a few months away from reaching a money milestone. The Maryland couple will soon have saved the three months' worth o...
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Caputo's market coming to South Elgin in time for ChristmasOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Now that Joe Caputo & Sons Fruit Market is open in Algonquin, I've gotten calls and e-mails from many of you a little further south on Randall Road, worried that you're ...
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White Sox sitting pretty with Garland, Contreras as trade baitOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - The stove isn't hot yet. As a matter of fact, it hasn't even been turned on. That will soon change. Not long after the Cleveland Indians finish cooling off the Colorado ...
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Library provides 21st century treasure hunt into local historyOct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Librarians are always looking for ways to use new technology for library service. Take David Ruff, director of the Rolling Meadows Library. When his kids returned from v...
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Creative ways to raise money still helping Pass ChristianOct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Our community knows no boundaries when it comes to creative ways to meet unmet needs. For instance, after Hurricane Katrina battered the Gulf Coast two years ago, Naperv...
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Cross-town Classic makes for a very special Senior NightOct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Senior Night is an emotional event for everyone involved -- the senior athlete, the coaching staff and the parents. For the senior, it might be the last time they play t...