Burlington
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Briefs: Airline flight delays lower in AugustOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- U.S. airlines improved their on-time flight arrival rate to 71.7 percent in August, a small increase from July, which ranked as one of the industry's worst...
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St. Charles rolls out business incentivesOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Business leaders hope to lure more retailers to downtown St. Charles this year with sales tax rebates, municipal fee waivers and other perks. The incentives are part of...
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Brave Six Flags birds get the wormsOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Imagine 130,000 mealworms slithering, sliming, twisting and twirling in your hair, down your neck and along every inch of exposed skin. You'll have the chance to s...
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Motorola details layoff expensesOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Schaumburg-based Motorola Inc. has spent around $343 million for severance and other costs related to eliminating 5,100 jobs so far this year, the company said in a fili...
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Briefs: Mason cancels showOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Comedian Jackie Mason has canceled his scheduled performance Saturday at Aurora's Paramount Theatre and rescheduled it for Nov. 26. Mason was supposed to appear in conju...
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Driscoll's DiGrazia wins regional title by 15 strokesOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Driscoll junior Gigi DiGrazia has been up to par on the golf course since her freshman season, so why would this year be any different? As a freshman, DiGrazia took 16th...
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50 years ago, Sputnik changed the way we view worldOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Fifty years ago today, a shiny metal sphere soared into the heavens and started orbiting the Earth. The world would never be the same. Americans reacted to the successfu...
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Verizon unveils cell phone to rival Apple iPhoneOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- In time for the holidays, Verizon Wireless is launching a cell phone that looks a lot like the hottest phone so far this year: Apple Inc.'s iPhone. Like the ...
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Elgin woos foreign investorsOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Elgin might seem an unlikely place for an international trade delegation to visit, which is exactly why trade commissioners from 20 nations chose the city for a tour Wed...
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St. Edward, Hampshire qualify for sectional playOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - It was just another day at the office for Hampshire freshman golf phenom Taylor Ellett, who shot an 88 at The Highlands of Elgin Wednesday to record her first career pos...