Downers Grove
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Bring the wee onesJul 18, 2007 11:00 pm - With all their talk of Anne Boleyn's grisly fate, wenches and poxes upon thee, Renaissance fair events aren't always entirely kid-friendly. However, one new event aims ...
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Batavia church will hear about needs of the Gulf CoastJul 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Although Hurricane Katrina struck nearly two years ago, recovery efforts are far from completed, and volunteers are needed to continue the efforts. This is the message ...
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DuPage Fair-minded eventsJul 18, 2007 11:00 pm - ̢ۢComplete schedule of events The unofficial theme for this year's DuPage County Fair could be "change and tradition." The much-loved annual festival opens at 8 a.m. W...
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SCARCE founder teaches the importance of recyclingJul 18, 2007 3:39 pm - Editor’s note: The following article originally was published on July 18, 2007 when the Daily Herald named Kay McKeen one of DuPage County’s 10 Most Influential Environm...
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Juror who voted to spare Luna's life 'at peace' with her decisionMay 19, 2007 11:00 pm - The lone juror whose vote spared Juan Luna's life in the Brown's Chicken trial last week is praying for the families of seven people slain in a Palatine restaurant 14 ye...
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Families' reactions reflect split views of justiceMay 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Some had hoped desperately for this. Others had wished publicly for Juan Luna's death, their eyes watering over when jurors said no. But the grief-stricken families of t...
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Trial 'took a toll on us all'May 17, 2007 11:00 pm - For five weeks, they've sat in the same chairs and listened to tearful testimony and gruesome details of the bloody case. They couldn't sleep. They couldn't see their fa...
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Thoughtfulness saved life of man who didn't think of othersMay 17, 2007 11:00 pm - It's not so easy to snuff out a life -- when you think about it. After thinking about it for two hours in a room by themselves, a jury of 12 people from different walks ...
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'Violence does not end violence'May 15, 2007 11:00 pm - In a rare display of mid-trial unity Tuesday, Juan Luna's relatives joined the family of one his victims outside the Cook County courthouse Tuesday morning to protest th...
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Pondering death for LunaMay 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Five years ago, Manny Castro vowed to "pull the plug" on the man charged with murdering his teenage son and six others in a Palatine restaurant. Yet a day after 12 juror...