North Aurora
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Stuffed full of fall funOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - The St. Charles Scarecrow Festival returns this weekend for its 22nd year, and organizers are promising an event bigger and better than ever. Aside from festival mainsta...
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Court won't force U-46 into talksOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - A federal judge Wednesday rejected a bid to force Elgin Area School District U-46 to participate in settlement talks in the racial bias lawsuit brought by black and Hisp...
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Fabyan bridge to get needed repairsOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Kane County officials on Wednesday approved about $30,000 in emergency repairs to a "rapidly deteriorating" support beam under the Fabyan Parkway bridge at Mill Creek, w...
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No charges filed in fatal Elgin fightOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - The Elgin man held for two days as the Sunday death of another man was investigated was released Wednesday without charges, Elgin police said. Elgin police said no charg...
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Briefs: Airline flight delays lower in AugustOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- U.S. airlines improved their on-time flight arrival rate to 71.7 percent in August, a small increase from July, which ranked as one of the industry's worst...
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St. Charles rolls out business incentivesOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Business leaders hope to lure more retailers to downtown St. Charles this year with sales tax rebates, municipal fee waivers and other perks. The incentives are part of...
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Brave Six Flags birds get the wormsOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Imagine 130,000 mealworms slithering, sliming, twisting and twirling in your hair, down your neck and along every inch of exposed skin. You'll have the chance to s...
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Motorola details layoff expensesOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Schaumburg-based Motorola Inc. has spent around $343 million for severance and other costs related to eliminating 5,100 jobs so far this year, the company said in a fili...
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Briefs: Mason cancels showOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Comedian Jackie Mason has canceled his scheduled performance Saturday at Aurora's Paramount Theatre and rescheduled it for Nov. 26. Mason was supposed to appear in conju...
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50 years ago, Sputnik changed the way we view worldOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Fifty years ago today, a shiny metal sphere soared into the heavens and started orbiting the Earth. The world would never be the same. Americans reacted to the successfu...