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When it comes to driving, all celebrities should be like MikeAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Wrecking a $400,000 automobile would be a big deal for most of us. For the Chicago Bears' Lance Briggs, it's an inconvenience. Briggs is an NFL linebacker making $7.2 mi...
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Randhurst a bright spot during area's power outageAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - There are rare occasions when the line blurs between covering the story and being in the story. That happened last Thursday afternoon, when the office police scanner kep...
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Let's take a look at the White Sox positivesAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - ARLINGTON, Texas -- What's the difference between the White Sox and a bad movie? You can stop the movie. Throw it out. Burn it. The Sox' horror flick just keeps running ...
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Laugh away those end-of-summer blues at Blu Razz Comedy NightAug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Blu Razz, along Randall Road in South Elgin, has just the thing to fight off the end-of-summer blues. On Thursday nights through the month of September, the club will be...
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Elburn Days has tractor pull, but not the usual kindAug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - The tractor pull at Elburn Days had to be canceled this year due to a muddy field. Yet a tractor played a key role after the festival was over. Skinners' Amusement Co. h...
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Take steps to prepare for coming job lossAug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Capital One's ubiquitous advertising campaign -- "What's in your wallet?" -- has taken on a different and jarring meaning for hundreds of workers in its mo...
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Want a Blue Goose brick?Aug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - A brick from the old Chicago Stadium adorns my sports memorabilia shelf, so why not start a St. Charles history shelf as well? The Blue Goose supermarket in St. Charles ...
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Gonzales' critics are wrong; he was the right man for the jobAug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - As a defender of Alberto Gonzales, I was sorry to see him go. And I told him so when I spoke with him Monday after he announced his resignation. Gonzales sounded relieve...
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Hoffman parks' skaters shine in world team competitionAug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - The Chicago Wolves coming to practice in Hoffman Estates was the big news three years ago, when the Hoffman Estates Park District's Community Center & Ice Arena opened. ...
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Better sooner than later with injuriesAug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Listen, folks, we have to make up our minds on this. Either we want athletes to wait until they're 100 percent recovered from injury before returning, or we want them to...