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The need for speedAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Whenever I get to the part of any official-type document or questionnaire that asks for your occupation, I often wonder what it would be like to be able to fill in somet...
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Fewer social divisions make it fun for kids to hang with the famAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - "Hey dude, what's up?" Typical intro line for our 26-year-old son's telephone rap with one of his buddies. All generations have their slang expressions and communicatio...
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Contortions needed to defend those on wrong side of lawAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Is it possible that Carpentersville Village President Bill Sarto actually believes his own words? Or are they evidence of the logical contortions required to defend lawb...
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Loss of special Cubs fan strikes close to homeAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Like many a Chicago Cubs fan, Tom Bujnowski of Fox River Grove harbored hope his team would one day win the World Series again. But, with that well-known near-century wa...
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OK, we can wait one more dayAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - MENDOTA -- You couldn't have asked for a better night for football than Friday in Mendota. Comfortable temperatures. A light breeze. Not a drop of rain. Maybe a few too...
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St.Charles East authors story it will love to readAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Saints alive. Saints 30, Batavia 7. That's Batavia, 2006 Class 6A state runner-ups. And the score wasn't that close. Better make thatȢ₈¬Ã‚ˆ¦ Saints Alive! Those ...
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Osterman, NPF take playoffs on the roadAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Traveling to obscure places for tournaments isn't unusual in youth softball. That's why Rockford Thunder pitcher Cat Osterman, once a youth softball junkie, is convinced...
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No such thing as quick trip to groceryAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Online grocery shopping has been tried and abandoned by many companies, but there has to be a better way -- such as, perhaps, a grocery store in each of our backyards. D...
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A silver lining in the wake of unrelenting storm woesAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Storms mean the kids' game got canceled, the putting greens are too slow, the koi pond spilled onto the patio, the cable is out, curse that lousy sump pump, the basement...
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Fewer divisions make it fun for kids to hang with the 'fam'Aug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - "Hey dude, what's up?" Typical intro line for our 26-year-old son's telephone rap with one of his buddies. All generations have their slang expressions and communicatio...