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Beauty shop bandit pleads guilty, gets suspended jail termOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - A man known by some as the Beauty Shop Bandit for receiving massages, manicures and other spa treatments at salons and then skipping out on the bill was sentenced to six...
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Teen fills another leading role in 'The Legend of Pocahontas'Oct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - When Shelby Hirschberg takes the stage Friday night, it will be her third time playing a leading role. The 15-year-old from Elgin has taken the stage as Lucy in "Charlie...
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U-46 prepares to hire a headhunting firmOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Elgin Area School District U-46 plans to hold an open forum on Nov. 7 to interview at least four executive search firms, the first step in replacing outgoing Superintend...
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Elgin OKs YMCA project despite sluggish marketOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - The old Channing YMCA property in Elgin won't remain vacant for long. City council members on Wednesday voted 5-2 in favor of a housing development on the 2.9-acre site,...
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Briefs: Four injured on lakeOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Four men have been hospitalized after their small sailboat capsized in Lake Michigan off Chicago's South Side. Chicago Fire Department spokeswoman Eve Rodriguez says thr...
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Sometimes, news and rumors of news carry equal pressureOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - In the end, readers will judge for themselves both the truth of what authorities say and the merits of what they don't. In an ideal world, rumors would never figure into...
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St. Charles North hoping to repeat history in MolineOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - There's no truth to the rumor that St. Charles North football coach Mark Gould will be driving the team's chartered bus to Moline Friday. But he certainly knows the dire...
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Briefs: Students win Merit honorsOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Four Huntley High School students have been named Commended Students in the 2008 Nation al Merit Scholarship Program. Priyanvada Deshpande, Justin Engle, Derek Reinhold ...
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Why Kane County wants to keep juveniles in jailOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Kane County officials hope seven deadline extensions on a vote for a proposed law they oppose will signify a death knell for the plan. State legislators now have until ...
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Crowd pushes to dissolve new village of Campton HillsOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - At least 200 residents of the recently incorporated village of Campton Hills would like to see the new municipality dissolved in the next election cycle. That is appro...