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Waubonsie grad works backstage at the OscarsFeb 23, 2008 10:00 pm - Diablo Cody won't be the only person with DuPage County ties at tonight's Academy Awards show. While Cody is out front basking in the glow of writing the Oscar-nominated...
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Tuition on the way up?Feb 23, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich wants to give $300-per-child tax rebates to help families make ends meet, but they may need it to help cover rising tuition under his...
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Cadets compete in Fourth Annual Invitational Drill MeetFeb 23, 2008 10:00 pm - In the foyer of the Marmion Academy gym, the lines of high school cadets, outfitted in their Army green or Marine dress blues uniforms, wait for their directions, their ...
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Students takes steps for charityFeb 23, 2008 10:00 pm - It's not unusual to find dozens of people walking around Spring Hill Mall in West Dundee before retailers open for business. But Saturday, mall-walkers were joined by a ...
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Community network sponsoring filmsFeb 23, 2008 10:00 pm - The Elgin Community Network on Tuesday will launch a series of special film screenings about sustainable communities. Following on its very successful showing of "An Inc...
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Hair razing experienceFeb 23, 2008 10:00 pm - Through the years Wauconda police officer Karl Gompertz has sported a variety of hair styles, including an afro in the early 1970s. On Saturday, however, he shaved his h...
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COD board fills open trustee spotFeb 23, 2008 10:00 pm - A 30-year-old Roselle attorney who's been going to College of DuPage board meetings on his own time for the past year made his attendance more official Saturday. After i...
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FBI: Wheaton student expected to be caughtFeb 23, 2008 10:00 pm - A Wheaton student who police say made e-mail threats of violence on the University of Illinois at Chicago campus told police she expected to get caught. Mahtab Shirani, ...
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Suburban writer poised for Oscar 'miracle' for 'Juno' screenplayFeb 23, 2008 10:00 pm - As proud as she was to be named the 1996 Benet Academy student "most likely to use her writing skills beyond school," Brooke Busey had her sights set a notch higher. Ton...
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Playing out racism's historyFeb 23, 2008 10:00 pm - In a gritty scene from Mildred Taylor's book, "Let the Circle Be Unbroken," a black man -- the father of a biracial teen -- is forced to strip to his underwear by white ...