Woodstock
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Activist's impact empowers both sidesAug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Two days after federal officials ushered Elvira Arellano back to Mexico, deporting the illegal immigrant-turned-activist who holed up in a Chicago church for more than a...
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Hosta sale proceeds to aid Heifer InternationalAug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - A Hosta Happening is set from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 8 at Rich's Foxwillow Pines Nursery Inc., 11618 McConnell Road, Woodstock. All proceeds will benefit Heifer Internat...
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Calabrese references 'Godfather' on standAug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - A combative Frank Calabrese Sr. continued his testimony on the stand Monday in the Family Secrets mob case, comparing his brother to "Fredo" of the "Godfather" movies. "...
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More rules on teenage driversAug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Attention, 15-year-olds: It's about to get a lot harder to get a driver's license in Illinois. Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed into law Monday a series of pro...
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Police ReportAug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Algonquin •An Elgin man was accused of drunken driving at 10:15 p.m. Saturday at Hilltop Drive and Algonquin Road, police said. Patrick D. Mann, 35, of 1125 Abbott Drive...
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Wine tasting to benefit animal foundationAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - The Assisi Animal Foundation will host its fifth annual wine tasting benefit from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Woodstock Opera House, 121 Van Buren St. The event will fe...
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Relax parents: It's not sex, drugsAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- So you're between the ages of 13 and 24. What makes you happy? A worried, weary parent might imagine the answer to sound something like this: Sex, drugs, a l...
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Metra needs money to keep runningAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - So ridership keeps going up on Metra and more and more suburban commuters are opting for trains rather than cars in this era of high gas prices and increasing road conge...
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Briefs: Excessive rain closes trailAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Recent heavy rains caused extensive damage to the McHenry County Conservation District's 3.5-mile H.U.M. trail between Union and Marengo. The district Friday closed the ...
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The more the Chicago mob changes, the more it stays the sameAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - "Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about Hell and never saw the place. I wrote about Chicago after looking the town over for years and yea...