Westmont
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Officials reject state test requestsFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - U.S. Department of Education officials this month rejected Illinois requests to ease the blow of dropping a special test for students who are still learning English. The...
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Durbin: Plan could hurt STAR lineFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - The Canadian National Railway's plan to buy the EJ&E railroad shouldn't come at the expense of a new commuter train system through the suburbs, Sen. Dick Durbin said Thu...
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Additional murder charge to be filed against fatherFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - DuPage County State's Attorney Joseph Birkett says he will seek an additional murder charge against a Glendale Heights man accused of setting his two sons on fire Novemb...
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Bars named in wrongful death suitFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - A DuPage County jury began hearing testimony Thursday in a wrongful death lawsuit sparked by a triple fatal car crash more than two years ago in Downers Grove. A Darien...
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District 204 studying later start timesFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Some Indian Prairie Unit District 204 parents learned a lesson Thursday night that their students likely aren't hearing in their economics classes: students sleeping in ...
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Aurora police chief will step down in AprilFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - With 30 years of service behind him, Aurora's most decorated adrenaline junkie is ready to take it easy. Police Chief William Powell, 55, announced Thursday that he will...
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Local trio made great impactFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Among the criteria John Tawa uses for choosing the girls players who earn mention on his PrepVolleyball.com High School All-America list are those who, simply, "made the...
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Tennessee's Parker to skip senior yearFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Candace Parker, the Tennessee All-America forward who made dunking in women's basketball almost commonplace, ended all the speculation. Parker, the f...
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Lessons learned at NIU come back to the foreFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Jim Davis, NIU Class of '77. B.S. in Journalism. Frankly, I hadn't been thinking about that a lot lately. Until this past week. In that time, I thought more than once of...
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What friends, foes say about HastertFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - "Denny kind of came along at the right time. We were kind of groping in the Republican party for leadership. I don't know how it happened but Denny was chosen. And it tu...