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Check out the gems in those rocksMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Bruce Norstrom hefted the large rock he had just been handed. His eyes lit up as he shook the rock and held it up to his ear. "That's the loose crystals inside," he said...
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Score disparity based on apples-to-apples comparisonMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - To compare passing rates on eighth-grade and 11th-grade high-stakes tests, the Daily Herald combined the statistics of nine suburban high school districts and their resp...
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Why so many 8th-graders make the grade but later failMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Suburban eighth-graders sail through state tests. But many of those same students struggle to make the grade once they reach high school. Most haven't lost real academic...
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DuPage County in 60 secondsMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - St. Patrick's Day concert Glenbard South High School choral students will take the stage tonight for a concert in the school auditorium, 23W200 Butterfield Road, Glen El...
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Grading system change is keyMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - State officials confirmed Friday they will change the way high-stakes tests for high school students are graded. It's the latest in a string of adjustments -- some large...
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Drew Peterson can have cars, computers backMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Drew Peterson emerged from a Joliet courtroom today with a judge's order that cars and computers seized by authorities be returned to him. The former Bolingbrook sergean...
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Brother: 'He never owned a gun'Mar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Michael Giroux never owned a gun, his brother said Sunday, which is partly why his family is struggling with the reality that he shot and killed his ex-girlfriend, Arlin...
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$2 million bond for Carol Stream man in mother's murderMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - A Carol Stream man accused of stabbing his mother and then defacing her body with household chemicals will have to post $2 million to get out of jail after a Sunday morn...
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Patrick Botterman: Political groundbreaker, true friendMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Patrick Botterman was a born political strategist who broke barriers for Democrats in the Republican-dominated Northwest suburbs and launched the careers of state and fe...
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Quit stalling on Cook County reformsMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - It hardly comes as a surprise to see downstate Republicans waving foam fingers in the air and razzing Cook County for having reached the highest sales tax in the nation,...