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New stores to be open by ChristmasOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - The boxes are all sitting there in South Elgin, just waiting to be opened. And by the holidays, once all of the final touches are complete, they will be. Many of you hav...
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For your health, do insurance paperworkOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- It's almost that time again -- open enrollment season. If you're fortunate enough to work for an employer who provides a benefits package, you've got some ...
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Need a read on this series? Check with LouOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Oh, that dreaded book. You remember it. The one most managers live by, and the one for which most managers get fired. Dusty Baker swore by his and now he spends his even...
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Keeping tabs on Frantastic Wings, FuddruckersOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - If you've had a taste for a Fuddruckers hamburger and have kept an eye on the company's future site near Wickes Furniture at McKee and Randall roads in Batavia, you'll h...
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Serious business of old-time photos meant most didn't smileOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - "Why didn't anybody smile in really old pictures?" asked Annie Farrugia, 10, a fifth-grader at Libertyville's Butterfield School. In the 1870s, having a picture taken at...
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Bears need to get after FavreOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Bears coach Lovie Smith likes to break the season down into four-game quarters and compare it to a football game. By that standard, it's easy to dismiss his team's 1-3 s...
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Feedback sought on farmers marketOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - The last Sugar Grove farmers market of the season was held Saturday at John Stewart Elementary School on Main Street and organizers are already eager to receive feedback...
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Perk up dinner with cauliflower powerOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - I spotted some good-looking cauliflower at my local supermarket, beautiful creamy-white heads, firm and heavy for their size (so no lost moisture from sitting on a store...
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Oktoberfest to begin with dinner, auctionOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Our family settled here in 1993, so I missed the first Oktoberfest at Rotary Hill in '92, an event that celebrates Naperville's German heritage dating to the mid-1800s. ...
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It worked for Marcia Brady, but not for this bunchOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - When you grew up in the 1960s and '70s, you learned a lot by watching TV. "M*A*S*H" taught us war can be funny. "I Dream of Jeannie" and "Bewitched" taught us good blond...