DuPage County
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Tips for handling wildlife babiesApr 12, 2012 8:04 am - Spring is breeding time for many DuPage County animal species. The staff and volunteers at Willowbrook Wildlife Center, the DuPage Forest Preserve District’s native-wild...
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Neuqua students' Monologue Show defies labelsApr 12, 2012 6:00 am - Actors in Neuqua Valley High School's eighth annual Monologue Show don't really try to fit performances into neat, simple categories. Sure, there's comedy. Plenty of sk...
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Dawn Patrol: Horses trapped in barn fire; jury still deliberating in shootingApr 12, 2012 5:36 am - Massive barn fire kills nearly a dozen horses Nearly a dozen horses died in a massive McHenry fire last night that engulfed the 20,000-square-foot facility with 31 ...
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Lombard middle school making curriculum changesApr 12, 2012 5:00 am - The decision to add extra foreign language classes and cut general music next year at Glenn Westlake Middle School was made to meet community needs and prepare students ...
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Government so big, my world so smallApr 12, 2012 1:00 am - Well, I’ve filed my federal and state tax returns. I now file this report on what it’s like to be browbeaten by Uncle Sam, who scowls more fiercely around this time of t...
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Something you don’t hear about BuffettApr 12, 2012 1:00 am - President Obama keeps touting his class warfare by reciting that Warren Buffett’s secretary pays more in taxes than Warren himself due to tax loopholes which, of course,...
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Don’t talk if you can’t be bothered to voteApr 12, 2012 1:00 am - Do they still teach Government or Civics in the local high schools? Do they teach the importance of voting? I have a suggestion for the various governing groups in Naper...
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Naperville North upsets No. 1 BenetApr 11, 2012 9:34 pm - Naperville North coach Jerry Kedziora’s suggestion before the season that his offense was deeper without graduated star Sammy Marshall sounded debatable at the time, if ...
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Wehrli, Benet come back to beat St. FrancisApr 11, 2012 9:33 pm - St. Francis knew Benet was looking to Bobby Wehrli for the kill, but there wasn’t much the Spartans could do to stop the Redwings’ 6-foot-5 outside hitter. Wehrli put do...
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Waubonsie Valley too deep for Wheaton AcademyApr 11, 2012 9:17 pm - Abhi Singh is just learning to play doubles in tennis, but he’s really enjoying it, and one reason is that it’s just nice to have someone to talk to on the court. While ...