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Romney draws longest straw at pollAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won the first-ever Illinois Republican Party presidential straw poll Thursday, an event designed more to spur intere...
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Homeless man makes shocking offerAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - A homeless man hiding a meat cleaver in his coat has been accused of offering money to two young girls for a date, Carpentersville police said Thursday. Juan J. Villanue...
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Briefs: Synegrate awarded school contractsAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - CARPENTERSVILLE -- Synegrate Corp. announced that Fox River Graphics, a wholly owned subsidiary, has been awarded a $236,000 contract to provide integrated audiovisual s...
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It is about money, and using it on kidsAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - It is about money, and using it on kids "It's not about the money." Those are words of District 303's new superintendent. Let's hope that's not an indication of his per...
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Some ACT results up, others down in areaAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - High school students in the northern Fox Valley received mixed results on last year's ACT, according to district reports released this week. Graduating seniors in Elgin ...
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Weird Al: the prince of parodyAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Weird Al Yankovic's career can be divided into two distinct periods. Before "Eat It," and after "Eat It." That 1984 parody of Michael Jackson's hugely popular hit single...
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Police beat: Man accused of selling heroinAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Carpentersville •A Maywood man was accused of selling 0.9 grams of heroin to an undercover drug agent at 3æp.m. Tuesday in an east-side parking lot, police said. Willie ...
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Police beat: Money taken from purseAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Geneva •Forty dollars was taken out of a purse in a break room of a store in the 700 block of Commons Drive between 1:30 and 6 p.m. Sunday. •A pair of prescription sungl...
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Janus finds signs of the times in Shakespeare's 'Measure for Measure'Aug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - In a Fox Valley premiere, the Janus Theatre Company will present "Measure for Measure" by William Shakespeare. The production opens this weekend and runs Fridays through...
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Seventeen brings model search to mallAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Area teens can show off their personal style and get discovered by Seventeen's style pros at this cool event. Seventeen Magazine brings its "Fall Rock the Runway --Get D...