Cook County
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Conference will present ideas on 'with-it' literatureSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - When it comes to teaching young adult literature in schools, Becky Anderson says it's time to replace some of the old standbys with more contemporary authors students ca...
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Mom rallies crib owners in lawsuitSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Amber Spitzer learned her daughter's crib had been recalled shortly after she laid 1-year-old Briana down for a nap. "My heart stopped," Spitzer said. "I ran to wake her...
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Briefs: Former Bear joins with Fitwize 4 KidsSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - SCHAUMBURG -- Former Chicago Bears football player Otis Wilson is now a co-owner in the Fitwize 4 Kids Schaumburg Studio, 140C S. Roselle Road. Fitwize 4 Kids offers hea...
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Palatine, Hersey take division titlesSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - The Palatine girls cross country team looks to be right on schedule. The Pirates took second at their own invitational Saturday and followed it up by securing the Mid-S...
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Driver in '97 fatal crash going back to jailSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - After Randall Visor's car crashed in October 1997 -- killing three Waubonsie High School students and his passenger -- police arrived and asked him what happened. "Am I ...
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Group brainstorms ways to meet veterans' needsSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Years after the Vietnam War, it was discovered 40 percent of the nation's homeless were Vietnam veterans. It is this type of statistic a group of about 50 people who met...
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South Elgin shows tennis love with first tournament winSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - The girls tennis team at South Elgin High School scored the school's first top finish in a tennis tournament this month. At the Glenbard North Quad Tennis tournament on ...
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District 204 starting over with Metea Valley plansSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Indian Prairie Unit District 204 officials say they are going back to the drawing board to explore options for building Metea Valley High School. Where to build it, how ...
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A flea market for the night owlsSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Here's something you don't normally take shopping: a flashlight. But one might come in handy Saturday with the return of the Kane County Flea Market's "Night Under the M...
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Villalobos keeps adding to talentSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - It's tough to say what's more impressive about Lily Villalobos' three years in the United States. She arrived at Wheeling High School as a sophomore after growing up in ...