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Oops, he booked the wrong hotelSep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. I booked a hotel room directly through the Daysinn.com Web site. I thought I had reserved a room at the Days Inn in Franklin, Ind., but somehow I ended up with a ...
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TriCity Family Services has grownSep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Those who have been around TriCity Family Services since its inception understand how the agency has grown from a coffeehouse for teens in 1967 to a broad range of essen...
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Four decades of service to the communitySep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Those who have been around TriCity Family Services since its inception understand how the agency has grown from a coffeehouse for teens in 1967 to a broad range of essen...
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Taking the kids to two of the seven new world wondersSep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Introducing kids to history through travel beats reading a textbook, but oh, some of that travel can be painful. I easily recall blistering summer heat while walking dow...
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War is no answer? That really depends on the questionSep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - OMAHA BEACH, Normandy -- On a bluff above the sand and a half a mile from the ocean's edge at low tide, which was the condition when the first allied soldiers left their...
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A diamond is this girl's best friendAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - Loud, screeching chants of "You go, girl!" were commonplace last spring at freshman boys baseball games at Warren High School in Gurnee. That's right. "You go, girl" at ...
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Driving fuel-efficient hybrid has been fun experienceAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - Last week, the price of gas at a Naperville station on 75th Street went from $2.87 Tuesday morning to $3.09 that afternoon. Once, that would have really bugged me. Not s...
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Buffalo Grove's a tricky town -- if that is its real nameAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - On this holiday weekend when cops are on the prowl, there is no telling who might pull you over for traffic offenses in Buffalo Grove. That burly landscaper mowing the g...
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For college football fans, today's a much better dayAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - The curtain raised on the college football season Thursday night, but there wasn't much behind it. Opening night was unquestionably a dud. If you missed it, no worries...
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Students excel at annual 'Walk in the Park' art fairAug 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Lauren Leipprandt, 16, and Dominic Cavaiani, 14, both of Arlington Heights, have been taking classes for years at the Monart Drawing Studio. But now they have gone beyon...