Woodstock
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Students lobby for alternative schoolsMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- By age 15, Komaneque Bobbett thought she'd lost everything. Depressed and angry, she'd been kicked out of school. But the Aurora teen landed a spot in No...
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Juvenile suspect identified in errorMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - McHenry County authorities dismissed a child sex abuse charge against a Wonder Lake teen Wednesday, admitting they made a mistake charging him as an adult and disclosing...
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Lisle entrepreneur closes store, offers advice to othersMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Randy Russell knows first-hand that even good business plans don't always work: The Lisle store he co-owned, Wine Expressions, closed its doors Saturday, transitioning t...
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Immediate annuities can be a useful toolMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. I wonder if single-premium immediate annuities (SPIAs) are for me. I am 75. My wife is 73. We have no debt, $850,000 in IRAs (mostly in the American Fund family) and ...
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Wrap: Westminster wins openerMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - The Westminster Christian baseball team scored an easy 10-0 win over Kirkland Hiawatha Wednesday in the opening round of the Class 1A Ashton-Franklin Center regional. Th...
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Verizon to debut Linux phonesMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Verizon Wireless is backing a free operating system that competes with programs from Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Qualcomm Inc., and expects the system t...
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Algonquin police chief's pneumonia improvingMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Algonquin Police Chief Russell Laine is edging out of the woods when it comes to his month-long battle against double pneumonia, a family spokesman said Wednesday. Docto...
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Wrap: St. Edward, Hampshire win openersMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - The top-seeded St. Edward softball team rolled to a 16-0 five-inning win over Luther North Tuesday in the Class 2A Driscoll regional behind a three-pitcher no-hitter. Er...
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Warning labels would have 'chilling effect,' critics argueMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Stricter warning labels proposed for toys containing a legal amount of lead would have a "chilling effect" on consumers, one suburban lawmaker argued Tues...
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Carmel 8, Woodstock 0May 13, 2008 11:00 pm - One thing Carmel Catholic's girls soccer team knows how to do is score goals. The Corsairs showed off their finishing skills again Tuesday, opening up the playoffs by st...