Batavia
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Latino population leaving city for suburbsNov 18, 2007 10:00 pm - The increase in the Chicago area's Latino population reflects a well-documented national trend. But contrary to popular belief, new births -- not immigration -- account ...
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No witnesses, no weapon in mother's slayingNov 18, 2007 10:00 pm - Monique F. Love's children probably don't know their father. They certainly don't remember their mother. On April 13, 1999, the single mother of two was found strangled ...
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Grab your partnerNov 18, 2007 10:00 pm - She issues an invitation to dance off Thanksgiving turkey at 7:30 p.m. Friday rather than the normal Thursday session of the Fermilab International Folk Dancing group, w...
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Fox Valley dropout ratesNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - State figures show that high school dropout rates have dropped. (Shown in percentages.) District 1998 ...
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A little early Christmas revelry in South ElginNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - Several hundred residents bundled up to see County Park transformed into a winter wonderland Saturday at South Elgin's annual An Almost Winter Day festival. Families en...
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Dropout rates fallingNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - Weeks into high school, Robert Struggles had forged a plan: Trudge through until he hit age 16, then drop out. That birthday has come and gone. And he's still there. Tod...
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Chapter 9: Schools falling further into debtNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - Illinois schools spend a lot of money every month. They're also spending a lot of tomorrow's dollars today. Illinois schools owed a total of $16 billion in bond loans at...
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Another terrible accident at intersection with no stoplightNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - Lori Westerlin froze when she heard the scream of the ambulance's siren and the whir of the helicopter heading over her Elburn home late in the afternoon of Nov. 9. She ...
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Exploring the next, if not final, frontierNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - For many of us, it was Spock who knew the secrets of the universe and the mysteries of the galaxies. With last week's announcement that Fermilab researchers were among t...
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Campton Hills foes dealt new legal setbackNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - Proponents of disconnection from the village of Campton Hills suffered another setback when Kane County Circuit Judge Michael J. Colwell dismissed a petition for disconn...