South Elgin
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Nuts about ElginAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - The next time you're standing in line at an airport security checkpoint, just be thankful you're not a peanut. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security may be a pain. Bu...
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Have police officers on bikes cycled out of existence?Aug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Whatever happened to cops on bikes? A decade ago, police departments were spending money on bicycles, and the training for officers to ride them. And those bikes weren'...
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Skipped a toll lately? Brace yourself -- the bill is comingAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - If you thought you got away with blowing off a few tolls this year because you haven't heard anything from the state, you may have a big surprise coming. You soon may ge...
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Wanted by disillusioned public: leadersAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - While candidates and pundits wonder endlessly if a presidential wannabe is black enough or woman enough, too Mormon, too liberal or too conservative, voters and taxpaye...
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Briefs: Synegrate awarded school contractsAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - CARPENTERSVILLE -- Synegrate Corp. announced that Fox River Graphics, a wholly owned subsidiary, has been awarded a $236,000 contract to provide integrated audiovisual s...
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It is about money, and using it on kidsAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - It is about money, and using it on kids "It's not about the money." Those are words of District 303's new superintendent. Let's hope that's not an indication of his per...
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Some ACT results up, others down in areaAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - High school students in the northern Fox Valley received mixed results on last year's ACT, according to district reports released this week. Graduating seniors in Elgin ...
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Weird Al: the prince of parodyAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Weird Al Yankovic's career can be divided into two distinct periods. Before "Eat It," and after "Eat It." That 1984 parody of Michael Jackson's hugely popular hit single...
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Police beat: Man accused of selling heroinAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Carpentersville •A Maywood man was accused of selling 0.9 grams of heroin to an undercover drug agent at 3æp.m. Tuesday in an east-side parking lot, police said. Willie ...
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Janus finds signs of the times in Shakespeare's 'Measure for Measure'Aug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - In a Fox Valley premiere, the Janus Theatre Company will present "Measure for Measure" by William Shakespeare. The production opens this weekend and runs Fridays through...