Elgin
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Police beat: Stop sign run over by carAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Batavia •A stop sign on westbound Webster Street at Route 25 was run over by a vehicle, it was reported Wednesday. •Donald L. Anderson, 89, 1244 Brandywine Court, w...
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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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Briefs: Woman charged in batteryAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - A 28-year-old Chicago woman has been charged with aggravated battery and retail theft after an incident at the Rolling Meadows Wal-Mart store on Monday. Prosecutors sai...
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St. Hubert to hold student information day FridayAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - St. Hubert Catholic School, 255 Flagstaff Lane, Hoffman Estates, will hold a student information day from 8 to 10 a.m. Friday. St. Hubert serves the Hoffman Estates, Sch...
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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 ...