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Students compete in natural resource contestApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - About 200 high school students from nine area counties visited Mayslake Peabody Estate in Oak Brook Tuesday to compete in the Northeastern Illinois Envirothon. The nat...
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Find ways to rescue raptor programApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - DuPage County residents have a great love for the outdoors; the woods, wetlands and the animals that inhabit these environs. That has been registered in consistent vot...
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Area firm to test medication alert systemApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - A Crystal Lake technology firm wants your smartphone to remind you when to take your medications. For the last three years, Leap of Faith Technologies (www.leapoffaith.c...
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Take on the tickerApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Thomas Rowen, director of institutional portfolio management, Fifth Third Bank, Chicago. Between soaring fuel costs, stiffer competition, bankruptcies and now the FAA cr...
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Rail wrangleApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - For 38 years, Jim and Marilyn Griffin have had few complaints with the commercial railroad that passes by their house in the rural village of Wayne. Sure, they hear a wh...
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Clowning around with doctor who tickles funny boneApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - As the Peruvian woman slumps far forward in her wheelchair, expressionless and still, a goofy-looking clown bends down, honking his red rubber nose against her hands. He...
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Seven-year-old Bloomingdale girl earns black beltApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - When Nestor Angel's oldest daughter, Jessica, decided she wanted to try her hand at karate, it came as no surprise to him. "When she was kind of young, about 3 years old...
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Movers and shakersApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Mortenson Construction elected 21-year company veteran Steve DeGroote of Cary to vice president of operations in its Elk Grove Village office. KnowledgeShift, a Wheaton-...
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College presidents: Athletes, alcohol just don't mixApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Beer and college basketball don't mix, some college officials say. More than 100 college presidents and athletic directors-- including Wheaton College athletic director ...
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Fire damages Addison townhouseApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - A Friday night fire has temporarily displaced the residents of an Addison townhouse. No one was injured in the fire that was confined to the living room of one unit of a...