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Father of NIU shooting victim: 'Grief is the price you pay for love'Jun 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Selflessness is not an altogether common condition afflicting our kind. Let's face it, the average person rarely gets from the parking lot to the Slurpee dispenser witho...
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Local Vets take Honor Flight to tour memorialsJun 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Walter "Jack" Miller was just 18 when he was signed by the White Sox. But instead of going to spring training, the lanky left-fielder from Chicago's West side, wound up ...
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Nuns don't repeat as bed-race champs ... but they'll be backJun 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Sister Raphael Schmitz was geared up and ready to roll Saturday morning. With a team of burly Waubonsie Valley High School alumni at her back -- providing the muscle for...
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Eight DuPage County roads you may want to avoidJun 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Nearly $4 million of road repaving could slow motorists at eight DuPage County locations this summer. Starting early next month, workers will begin tearing up four roads...
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Exhibits show how times have changed in AuroraJun 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Dennis Buck, senior curator at the Aurora Historical Society, is much more thoughtful when he makes dinner these days. Whether he picks up carryout on the way home or pr...
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Wheaton parks official sought path at site of fatal bike accidentJun 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Rob Sperl felt an uncomfortable sense of familiarity upon reading about a Carol Stream cyclist's death along Pleasant Hill Road on Thursday. He'd pitched creating a bic...
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Hicks, Streelman return to realityJun 13, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN DIEGO -- Justin Hicks scurried around Torrey Pines Golf Course on Friday, his 15 minutes of fame slipping away as he tried so desperately to stay off the clock. The ...
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Prosecutors pursue upgraded murder charge in Villa Park slayingJun 13, 2008 11:00 pm - A fourth teen is facing murder charges in the fatal beating of a Villa Park homeowner who authorities said was targeted for robbery. Ray A. Moore has been in custody si...
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Elmhurst baseball league dedicates tree to NIU shooting victimJun 13, 2008 11:00 pm - A tree's being dedicated to one of the victims of the Northern Illinois University shootings. The Elmhurst Baseball League was dedicating the tree Saturday in memory of ...
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Saturday Soapbox: DuPage CountyJun 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Fiscally irresponsible graffiti Paper signs in the men's restrooms at the DuPage County courthouse remind gentlemen to flush urinals. However, several of the signs have ...