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New I-355 extension open for businessNov 11, 2007 10:00 pm - Not a single horn or noisy muffler. No trucks coughing up exhaust. No congestion. But on the eve of the official opening of the Veterans Memorial Tollway, the pristine p...
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Olympic medalists give Naperville swimmers lessons in sport, lifeNov 11, 2007 10:00 pm - Riley Schroedter now can say she beat an Olympic swimmer in a race. How cool is that? The 12-year-old Naperville girl was one of about 95 youngsters at Naperville Centra...
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Dealing with haunting memories of warNov 11, 2007 10:00 pm - When Larry Van Meter returned from his first tour of duty in the Iraq war this summer, he had the pictures to prove it. During his time in the Anbar province, he'd snapp...
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On Veterans Day, George Ryan again is taking ordersNov 11, 2007 10:00 pm - It's been more than 50 years since George Ryan was available for latrine duty. When he was discharged from the Army in 1956, Mr. Ryan probably figured that his days of f...
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Meals for hungry around the world find fans here in suburbsNov 11, 2007 10:00 pm - A group that delivers high-nutrient meals of rice and soy to Third World countries has found new fans for the food packets -- low-income elderly in DuPage and Kane count...
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Naperville Adoptathon goes to dogsNov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - The Naperville Area Humane Society hosts a 24-hour adopt-a-thon every year. And every year, dogs find homes faster than cats. The popularity pecking order at the shelter...
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Can a Sunday bike ride get new trail started?Nov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - The Veterans Memorial Tollway will see a different sort of traffic before opening to cars and trucks. Roughly 5,000 bicyclists will travel I-355's south extension today ...
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Chapter 8: Unit districts get by on lessNov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - When Elgin Area School District U-46 Superintendent Connie Neale received a $60,000 raise to bring her total pay package to more than $400,000, taxpayers called it highw...
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Wood Dale man found dead on anchored boatNov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - A Wood Dale man died while sailing in Connecticut Tuesday. Kenneth D. Close, 47, was found dead on the deck of an anchored sailboat early Tuesday near Old Saybrook, CT, ...
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Condo fire displaces 11 families in Glendale HeightsNov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - A number of families were displaced temporarily by a fire in a Glendale Heights condominium complex. The Bloomingdale Fire Protection District and Glendale Heights polic...