Cook County
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Briefs: Mason cancels showOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Comedian Jackie Mason has canceled his scheduled performance Saturday at Aurora's Paramount Theatre and rescheduled it for Nov. 26. Mason was supposed to appear in conju...
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Autumn Harvest offers free fall funOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Scarecrows, and ponies, and hay rides, oh my. Those are just a few of the family activities that drive the success of Autumn Harvest in Arlington Heights each year. This...
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Driscoll's DiGrazia wins regional title by 15 strokesOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Driscoll junior Gigi DiGrazia has been up to par on the golf course since her freshman season, so why would this year be any different? As a freshman, DiGrazia took 16th...
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Top 10 reasons to visit Octoberfest this weekend in AntiochOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - There are lots of good reasons to visit Antioch Sunday during the village's fourth annual OctoberFest. From noon to 7 p.m. at the bandshell downtown, the village will we...
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Briefs: Run the tollwayOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - State officials are hosting a 5K veterans fundraiser with participants running, walking or biking down stretches of the new I-355 southern extension between Mokena and B...
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Briefs: You can help clean beachOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Volunteers collected more than 350 pounds of debris along a three-quarter mile stretch of the Lake Michigan shoreline at Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve near Highland Park...
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Roselle's Kemmerling Park coming alongOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - The Roselle Park District's most anticipated project of the decade is emerging out of its cocoon. Roughly a dozen people, including park board commissioners and distric...
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50 years ago, Sputnik changed the way we view worldOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Fifty years ago today, a shiny metal sphere soared into the heavens and started orbiting the Earth. The world would never be the same. Americans reacted to the successfu...
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Verizon unveils cell phone to rival Apple iPhoneOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- In time for the holidays, Verizon Wireless is launching a cell phone that looks a lot like the hottest phone so far this year: Apple Inc.'s iPhone. Like the ...
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Naperville park board expects earful from PR panelOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - In an effort to market itself better, the Naperville park board has created a public relations committee. Two board members, Mary Wright and vice president Charlie Brown...