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Alcohol a factor in fatal Elgin crashNov 08, 2008 10:00 pm - An 18-year-old man is facing a laundry list of charges after crashing his car into an Elgin house early Friday, killing the 27-year-old passenger in his vehicle. Daniel ...
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Magician's Daily Herald headline predictions 'spot on'Nov 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Nearly 60 years to the day of the Chicago Tribune's "Dewey Defeats Truman" edition, an area magician has made newspaper headlines seem easy to predict. In late September...
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Artist flats may be coming to ElginNov 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Downtown Elgin visionaries have long painted a picture of the old streets bustling with pedestrians and thriving with small businesses. And although the subdued housing ...
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Brass band competition offers variety of musicNov 08, 2008 10:00 pm - The Norris Cultural Arts Center was filled with the music of composers as varied as Chick Corea and Anthony Newley, as well as Dimitri Shostakovich and Peter Tchaikovsky...
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War's toll prompts Huntley soldier's salute to veteransNov 08, 2008 10:00 pm - A light rain is falling on Thursday afternoon as my wife, Marilyn, and I walk along the side of the Reflection Pond. Halfway down the pond, walking toward the Lincoln M...
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New safety chief gets to work in Dist. 300Nov 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Gary Chester's first day as Community Unit District 300's safety officer was also the day a Carpentersville elementary school was placed on alert because of a bomb threa...
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Suburban Veterans Day eventsNov 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Arlington Heights Nov. 11, 11 a.m. in front of American Legion Post 208, 121 N. Douglas Ave. Barrington 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Veterans Memorial, Cook and Main streets. bar...
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Pace paratransit woes hit a turning pointNov 08, 2008 10:00 pm - I spent a fascinating few hours at the Pace Blue Ribbon Committee meeting on Friday. No, I'm not kidding. And it's not just that my tolerance for boredom is frighteningl...
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Voters push change at White House, but not statehouseNov 08, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Suburban voters turned out in droves to back Barack Obama's message of "change" last week, but on the state front, they sent back to Springfield nearly all...
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Huntley Vietnam Vet reflects on those who gave allNov 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Fred J. Wilhelm stepped off a military transport plane into a mortar attack 40 years ago. He was 20, a draftee from Chicago who had just arrived at the U.S. Army base in...