DuPage County
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'Planet Terror' spun off 'Grindhouse' featureOct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - "Planet Terror: Extended and Unrated" -- I can't overstate how much fun I had watching "Grindhouse," this past spring's Robert Rodriguez/Quentin Tarantino double-fea...
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Readers keep the faith, and dish out some Cubs realityOct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - I had figured my "Cubs Sweep to the Pennant" column would fill this space today while I caught a flight back from Colorado. Instead I find myself in an odder place. "Bur...
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Wave juniors make progress vs. MontiniOct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Senior Night festivities don't take long when a team has but two seniors to honor, a la the St. Edward girls volleyball team. Just two members of the Green Wave -- outsi...
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FBI launches investigation into S. Elgin racial incidentsOct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - The FBI is investigating a pair of recent incidents in South Elgin in which the N-word and a hangman's noose were displayed inside a Home Depot store that's under constr...
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Baseball training center may expandOct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - A popular suburban athletic facility would expand to Mundelein under a plan before village officials. Owners of the Joy of the Game Baseball and Softball Academy, 1455 B...
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Far East bluesOct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - From a nondescript house in a quiet Des Plaines neighborhood, Shun Kikuta can be heard playing his guitar. Walk down the sidewalk and you can hear the music f...
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Village explores water optionsOct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - The Hawthorn Woods village board Monday night agreed to find out if Lake Michigan water could be an option for its residents. Mayor Keith Hunt said the village's depende...
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ECC bumps up pay for its non-union employeesOct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Elgin Community College trustees have approved across-the-board 5.5 percent pay raises for non-union employees. The increase applies to about 125 employees, including cl...
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You can delve into Elgin's spooky pastOct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Stir up something eerie this month with Elgin's fifth annual Supernatural Tour. Beginning mid-October, adults can join Books at Sunset in Elgin and board a Victorian tra...
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Two accused of robbing grave sitesOct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Two men are accused of robbing dozens of grave sites in an Oakbrook Terrace cemetery, authorities said today. Louis Cortez, 25, and Ervin Callicut, 51, are charged with ...