Marengo
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Flying high with Fox Valley rocket clubJan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Mark Bundick of Woodstock has a head for business and a heart for rocket science. He is not alone. Many rocket enthusiasts work various careers during the week, while on...
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Autism center opens to unite families, work with kidsJan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - When her daughter Gillian was 2 years old, Kelly Weaver of Cary noticed something wasn't quite right. The child had disappeared into her own world and showed no interest...
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'Click it' or you may lose out on chance at new carJan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - I have more than one reason to wish I was again a new driver, still in school. And not just because I'm old. As a motorist without a car -- and you know that means "STRA...
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Congressional challengers pile on people in WashingtonJan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk didn't attend a candidates forum Saturday but Democrats Dan Seals and Jay Footlik kept his name in the spotlight. "Up until 2006, Mark Kir...
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Who's in 1st? They all areJan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - The lessons of Iowa and strategy for New Hampshire and beyond? With New Hampshire's primary only two days away and the 22 primaries of Feb. 5 coming up fast, Illinois ba...
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Project, not eggs, a smashing successJan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - McHenry County College students in the Materials of Industry course in the Academy for High Performance recently performed an "egg drop" project in a college corridor. T...
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A quirky party in praise of the kidneyJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Kidneys -- from beans to the organ -- will be in the spotlight at a suburban woman's bash tonight. Sharon Flood, 46, of Pingree Grove, is tossing the party for more than...
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Washington Mutual to close branchesJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Washington Mutual told employees Friday it intends to close 25 local branches and cut about 150 jobs. The cutbacks are scheduled to be made by mid-April and will leave W...
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Katrina goodwill effort needs some wheels to complete the taskJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Some might call Sherry May's effort a tremendous act of goodwill. She calls it a Catch-22. May, an Elgin resident who runs the not-for-profit Go With Books, has for the ...
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Market highs and lows hit area companies in 2007Jan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Public companies in the suburbs showed incredible gains or incredible losses in the stock market during 2007, an extreme pattern evident in nearly every industry. Such e...