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Cemetery accounting importantSep 11, 2007 11:00 pm - It might sound a tad morbid at first, but "retracing" the gravesites in a cemetery has its purpose. It is particularly important for the Blackberry Township board, which...
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Israel can stand to be criticized, but it's not always wrongSep 11, 2007 11:00 pm - A strange thing happened to me while reading "The Israel Lobby" by John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt. I went from nodding my head at the obviousness of it all -- o...
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Doesn't feel good, does it (giggle)?Sep 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Today's essay is long overdue, but first the giggles had to be stifled a bit. Michigan (giggle) and Notre Dame (giggle) play Saturday to determine which plunges to 0-3 f...
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This Hawks team should be fighting for playoff spotSep 11, 2007 11:00 pm - It was a real good summer for Blackhawks general manager Dale Tallon. On paper. But now training camp is here and it's time for all those moves Tallon made since last A...
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Grassroots effort tries to get word to governorSep 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Are you tired of traffic, sick of politics and absolutely convinced that brake-light red is McHenry County's theme color? Did you cheer that recent road rally near the c...
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Bears still have enough talent to get back to the Super BowlSep 11, 2007 11:00 pm - The sky is not falling, and the Bears' Super Bowl dream isn't over because they lost safety Mike Brown and nose tackle Dusty Dvoracek for the rest of the season within a...
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Ice cream store serving up new game along with treatsSep 11, 2007 11:00 pm - As the makers of the new Befudiom game try to get the word out about their product, they're taking a cue from Cranium. Cranium, which now has one of the most popular gro...
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Only Guillen can determine if he will be right man againSep 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Christmas came early for Ozzie Guillen, which comes as no surprise if you understand Jerry Reinsdorf. The White Sox owner is the most loyal man in sports, and so the mor...
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Inspired to actSep 11, 2007 11:00 pm - An after-school meeting between a Hersey High School teacher and a Rolling Meadows graduate student working the custodial shift changed both lives forever. The custodian...
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Firms develop an ecological vision of a future ChicagoSep 11, 2007 11:00 pm - "What will Chicago look like in 100 years?," asked Sarah Hidalgo, 10, a fifth-grader at O'Plaine School in Gurnee. Recently, eight architectural, design and engineering ...