Bloomingdale
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Debating language rules is copy editor's professional hazardSep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - When it comes to the English language, you must never take anything for granted. It ought to be a simple enough proposition. If the singular referring to the famous sled...
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Young gourd-growing brothers hope to finance family getawaySep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Step 1: Choose seeds from the store. Step 2: Spend all summer planting, gardening and harvesting pumpkins, gourds and fruit to sell to neighbors. Step 3: Profit. So far,...
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Sports violence on trial before state Supreme CourtSep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - In a case that could send shock waves through the sporting world, the Illinois Supreme Court will decide if two suburban hockey players, their coaches and ...
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Briefs: West Nile strikes againSep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Two additional cases of West Nile virus were reported in DuPage County Wednesday by the Illinois Department of Public Health. The individuals include a 55-year-old man f...
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U-46 may cut Boy Scouts a break on feesSep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - The Boy Scout motto is "be prepared." But Scout troop leaders said they weren't prepared for the new rental fee Elgin Area School District U-46 proposed earlier this yea...
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Child on bike hit by SUVSep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Two boys riding a bike apparently were hit Wednesday evening by an SUV, and one was seriously injured. The accident occurred in Hanover Park around 5:30 p.m. at the inte...
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Drill prepares Addison for the worstSep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Although Addison officials hope for the best of everything in town, they spent this morning preparing for the worst. The village staged a full-scale disaster drill for f...
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Lawyer admits soliciting child for sexSep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - The son of a longtime Woodridge mayor admitted Wednesday trying to have sex with a 15-year-old girl he met on the Internet. William F. Murphy, 33, of Schaumburg, pleaded...
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Test scores now in schools' handsSep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - A year after an avalanche of errors delayed reporting of student test scores, Illinois education leaders Wednesday trumpeted the earliest-ever release of exam results, t...
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Excessive speeder gets $500 fine, driving schoolSep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Michael J. Polley insists he wasn't on an afternoon joyride when a Naperville cop clocked him going 99 in a 30 mph zone. The 22-year-old Naperville man told a judge Wedn...