Oak Brook
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Earthquake in a burglar's disguiseApr 18, 2008 11:00 pm - After months of telling my fiancee that a burglar would be wasting his time trying to break into our third-floor condominium, it seemed my words were being proven wrong....
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Freebies, sales promote first Record Store DayApr 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Dust off the turntable and kick out the jams -- it's Record Store Day and the suburbs are celebrating. All day today, independently owned record stores -- from Mount Pr...
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Lisle aims to make downtown 'refreshingly different'Apr 18, 2008 11:00 pm - If you happen to blink in downtown Lisle in the coming months, you might not recognize where you are. The village unveiled plans Friday for more than $10 million in reno...
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Back to bed: It was just an earthquakeApr 18, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Anyone who pays attention to Illinois politics knows not much has moved at the Capitol in the last year. So when the building starts visibly shaking, you ...
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Kohl McCormick award goes to Naperville educatorApr 18, 2008 11:00 pm - A first-grade teacher at Naperville's River Woods Elementary School is one of five Chicago-area educators selected to receive a 2008 Kohl McCormick Early Childhood Teach...
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Traveling exhibit puts faces to AIDS pandemicApr 18, 2008 11:00 pm - A traveling exhibit is helping to bring home what life is like for an African child living in the midst of the AIDS pandemic. The interactive exhibit, sponsored by the C...
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Why it might really pay to be lucky rather than goodApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - I think I first heard the expression on the golf course. A guy skulls a short pitch shot. Instead of a highly lofted shot that lands softly on the green, it takes off li...
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Author appearancesApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - • Author Alexander McCall Smith reads from and signs copies of "The Miracle at Speedy Motors" at 7 p.m. April 18 at Borders, 830 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago. (312) 573-056...
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Fintan at last home with the familyApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Fintan Schiltz was a little cranky early Thursday afternoon. Maybe he needed a nap. Or the sunlight was in his eyes. Or it could have been the cameras clicking away at t...
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Longtime DuPage County coroner's aide retiresApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Surrounded by death, Jan Frunzar learned to value life. The Glen Ellyn woman retires today from a career she fell into by accident at the DuPage County Coroner's office...