Westmont
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Bensenville fire injures 2, destroys garage and 3 carsJan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Two Bensenville residents are hospitalized after a Saturday morning garage fire at 614 W. Green St. According to Bensenville Fire Protection District officials, both of ...
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Who's in 1st? They all areJan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - The lessons of Iowa and strategy for New Hampshire and beyond? With New Hampshire's primary only two days away and the 22 primaries of Feb. 5 coming up fast, Illinois ba...
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Friendly rivalry heats up free-throw contestJan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - With his knees bent, elbows tucked and toes just behind the line, 13-year-old Patrick Runger squares up for what would be his tenth of 11 free throws. Under the basket, ...
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A quirky party in praise of the kidneyJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Kidneys -- from beans to the organ -- will be in the spotlight at a suburban woman's bash tonight. Sharon Flood, 46, of Pingree Grove, is tossing the party for more than...
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Police want info on pair of shootingsJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Aurora police are looking for witnesses in two shootings this week that left two men injured, one seriously. Police are investigating the shootings as gang-related, thou...
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Washington Mutual to close branchesJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Washington Mutual told employees Friday it intends to close 25 local branches and cut about 150 jobs. The cutbacks are scheduled to be made by mid-April and will leave W...
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Katrina goodwill effort needs some wheels to complete the taskJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Some might call Sherry May's effort a tremendous act of goodwill. She calls it a Catch-22. May, an Elgin resident who runs the not-for-profit Go With Books, has for the ...
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Wheaton teen to compete on JeopardyJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Hunter Brown's life is in "Jeopardy!" It's not that he's taking bets on how well he'll perform on the popular game show. It's just that he's such a big fan. Brown began ...
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Lombard setting rules on trustees' e-mailingJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Lombard trustees are getting specific about what's appropriate for elected officials to write in e-mails and Internet chat rooms to comply with new state laws on electro...
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Market highs and lows hit area companies in 2007Jan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Public companies in the suburbs showed incredible gains or incredible losses in the stock market during 2007, an extreme pattern evident in nearly every industry. Such e...