Cook County
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The Prospect High Prospector on ... the floodsSep 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Earth, wind and fire: A young journalist gets creative while telling three tales of the flooding along the Des Plaines River late last month. With his presentation, ...
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Christians tired of losing their rightsSep 29, 2007 11:00 pm - In response to your Sept. 20 front-page story, "Atheist's daughter takes own stand at school." To paraphrase Paul Harvey: I don't believe in Santa Claus, but I'm not goi...
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Palatine couple killed in Barrington Hills car crashSep 29, 2007 11:00 pm - A Palatine couple was killed in a car crash in Barrington Hills late Saturday night. Guillermo Aguirre, 48, and his wife Rafaela, 44, of the 1700 block of North Emerald ...
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Cubs rally Monday downtownSep 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Cubs fans who didn't make it to Wrigley Field over the weekend to celebrate the team's trip to the playoffs are getting a second chance. The Cubs will host a rally at no...
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Hynes snaps 2nd streakSep 29, 2007 11:00 pm - United they stand, divided they stand taller. Top-ranked Hinsdale Central won the Wheaton North Falcon Girls Cross Country Classic on Saturday in Wheaton to stay perfect...
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Getting kids off the couch is play day's goalSep 29, 2007 11:00 pm - On a typical Saturday morning, 10-year-old Mia Sowers of Elgin says she usually sleeps in until 9 or 10 a.m. and then either watches television or talks to her friends o...
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Lunch bags with lead get pulledSep 29, 2007 11:00 pm - A Buffalo Grove company has agreed to stop selling lunch bags that contain lead, according to the Illinois attorney general's office. InGear Corp. also will give refund...
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Powwow experience dispels mythsSep 29, 2007 11:00 pm - "They've ground corn, now they're making arrowheads," Naperville Girl Scout leader Laurel Holden explained to another Scout mom over her cell phone. And all that work be...
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Meadows scrambles to win postseason tuneupSep 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Sometimes, it's good to take a breather. Saturday's golf tournament at Red Trail Golf Course, hosted by Crystal Lake South, provided just that for seven teams before th...
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Inside and outSep 29, 2007 11:00 pm - How many times a week does your family use a microwave? Forty years ago there was no such thing. Imagine defrosting frozen meat or popping popcorn the old-fashioned way....