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Lawmakers' odds on adjournmentMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- With only days remaining in the General Assembly's scheduled spring session and last year's nightmare overtime budget sessions still a fresh memory, the D...
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O'Hare road work finishing earlyMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Drivers who reach the outskirts of O'Hare International Airport in good time only to be frustrated by construction traffic can take heart. Bridge and road repairs on I-1...
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Daily Herald honored for foreclosure seriesMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - A four-day series about foreclosures in the suburbs took top honors Saturday at the Illinois Woman's Press Association Mate E. Palmer contest. Daily Herald Business Writ...
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Man found dead in Fox RiverMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - The Aurora Fire Department pulled the body of a man out of the Fox River at 9:27 a.m. Saturday near Third Street. A person on a freight train that was crossing the rive...
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Students to travel to village in AfricaMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - About 20 students, faculty and staff from Wheaton Academy will be traveling to Zambia this June to visit the small African village they've sponsored for the last six yea...
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Butterflies released in memory of babies lostMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - A butterfly release, in the serenity of the sun-splashed memory garden at Northwest Community Hospital, took on all the hopes and memories of nearly two dozen families g...
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Woodridge grocery store robbedMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Three men robbed a grocery store Saturday night in Woodridge. The three, who were wearing black hooded sweatshirts and bandanas that covered their faces, robbed Los Arco...
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Mother, son to graduate today from BenedictineMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Joyce Cecchi is about to experience two of her life's proudest moments. And they'll come within seconds of each other. Cecchi, 59, and her 24-year-old son, Vince, will b...
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Berkshire's No. 2 man helps from the backgroundMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - PASADENA, Calif. -- The two men who run Berkshire Hathaway Inc. have an arrangement: Warren Buffett is the face of the company and Charlie Munger stays mainly in the sha...
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Armed Forces Day a lesson for prospective soldierMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - When my 12-year-old cousin, Curtis Wais, was born, my aunt pledged she wouldn't have a violent child. So of course, Curt's first question when I told him I'd take him to...