Cary
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As close to a prom free-for-all as possibleApr 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Many high school students dream of going to prom. But the rising costs for this rite of passage can be more of a nightmare. "Many students have to save for months for th...
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Chronicling elusive standard of judgment by 'content of character'Apr 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Random thoughts: Sometimes the news is its own object lesson. Daily Herald Staff Writer Emily Krone worked for a week and a half to find and interview suburbanites who c...
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Dist. 158 teachers seek 10.6 percent raiseApr 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Most teachers in Huntley Unit District 158 would get a 10.6 percent raise next year under a proposal released by the teachers union this week. A first-year District 158 ...
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Charges dismissed in Lake in the Hills shaken baby caseApr 09, 2008 11:00 pm - McHenry County prosecutors, citing new evidence that cast their case in doubt, dropped child abuse charges Wednesday against a Lake in the Hills day-care operator accuse...
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Young students make big contributionApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - You can't miss the six candy-colored columns as you walk into the lobby of Prairie Hill School in Cary. Each holds one of the words that guide this student body: Trustwo...
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Reject ploy to hike taxes for educationApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - State government thinks educating Illinois children is about money, not learning. The Illinois State Board of Education regularly lowers the achievement bar so we can ke...
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He lived horrors of HolocaustApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - It's not often that students in grade school get to play historians -- questioning eyewitnesses to the most momentous and horrific events of the past century. On Tuesday...
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Former animal shelter will be auctioned offApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Just days after celebrating the opening of a new animal control facility in Crystal Lake, McHenry County officials moved forward Tuesday with plans to sell its old shelt...
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Briefs: County joins railroad frayApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - The DuPage County Board voted Tuesday to join a consortium of municipal bodies fighting Canadian National's proposed purchase of the EJ&E Railway line that essentially s...
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House OKs right to recall voteApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich's political critics sent a message Tuesday as the Illinois House approved a constitutional amendment that would let voters recall a g...