Maple Park
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New Batavia park is for the birds -- and residentsMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Batavia Park District celebrated the opening of its newest facility Saturday with a presentation on native birds of prey. It was fitting for the new 30-acre park, which ...
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47-year journey by rail comes to a closeMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Union Pacific engineer Eugene "Gene" Picchiotti of Palatine hired out on the Chicago & North Western Railway in 1961, just five years after the last runs of steam locomo...
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Cops say teen stole SUV, hit squad car, fledMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - A getaway attempt turned into a collision course in Mount Prospect, authorities said. Jose Segovia, 17, of 524 N. 6th Ave., Des Plaines, is facing charges of burglary an...
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Robotic suit could usher in super soldier eraMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Rex Jameson bikes and swims regularly, and plays tennis and skis when time allows. But the 5-foot-11, 180-pound software engineer is lucky if he presses 200 pounds -- th...
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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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Man found dead in Fox River likely intoxicated, coroner saysMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - The man authorities found dead in the Fox River in Aurora on Saturday was likely intoxicated when he fell in and drowned, Kane County Coroner Chuck West said this mornin...
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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...