Winfield
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Freebies, sales promote first Record Store DayApr 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Dust off the turntable and kick out the jams -- it's Record Store Day and the suburbs are celebrating. All day today, independently owned record stores -- from Mount Pr...
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Lisle aims to make downtown 'refreshingly different'Apr 18, 2008 11:00 pm - If you happen to blink in downtown Lisle in the coming months, you might not recognize where you are. The village unveiled plans Friday for more than $10 million in reno...
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Back to bed: It was just an earthquakeApr 18, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Anyone who pays attention to Illinois politics knows not much has moved at the Capitol in the last year. So when the building starts visibly shaking, you ...
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Kohl McCormick award goes to Naperville educatorApr 18, 2008 11:00 pm - A first-grade teacher at Naperville's River Woods Elementary School is one of five Chicago-area educators selected to receive a 2008 Kohl McCormick Early Childhood Teach...
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Traveling exhibit puts faces to AIDS pandemicApr 18, 2008 11:00 pm - A traveling exhibit is helping to bring home what life is like for an African child living in the midst of the AIDS pandemic. The interactive exhibit, sponsored by the C...
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Why it might really pay to be lucky rather than goodApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - I think I first heard the expression on the golf course. A guy skulls a short pitch shot. Instead of a highly lofted shot that lands softly on the green, it takes off li...
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Fintan at last home with the familyApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Fintan Schiltz was a little cranky early Thursday afternoon. Maybe he needed a nap. Or the sunlight was in his eyes. Or it could have been the cameras clicking away at t...
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Longtime DuPage County coroner's aide retiresApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Surrounded by death, Jan Frunzar learned to value life. The Glen Ellyn woman retires today from a career she fell into by accident at the DuPage County Coroner's office...
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Another $10 billion needed for projects, transit leaders warnApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - When it comes to money to expand train lines, replace aging buses and make other improvements, Metra, Pace and the CTA are running on fumes, transit leaders warned Thurs...
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Gurnee store to host outdoorsman contestApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Gurnee's Bass Pro Shops will be the place for outdoorsmen who want to put their skills up against others. The Gurnee Mills store will be the site for the Field & Stream ...