Kane County
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Beloved canine crime dog, Astor, dies of cancerOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - The furry four-legged pooch was a fixture in the DuPage County courthouse. For eight years, Astor sniffed mail, swept the building and parking lots for explosives and ke...
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Man jumps into Fox River trying to flee Elgin policeOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Elgin fire officials fished a man out of the Fox River on Tuesday afternoon after he tried to evade police by leaping off the Kimball Street Bridge. Police arrested 31-y...
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Local author to sign copies of 'coffee' novelOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - McHenry County College instructor Theodore Erski will host a book signing of his novel, "Salavandra: A Coffee Tale" from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at Barnes & Noble Booksellers...
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Gilberts hopes special census will add state tax moneyOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - In Gilberts, the population sign never stays up long. Village board members are always taking to down to change it -- the number of Gilberts residents has been growing ...
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Ambassadors to learn about Colors programOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Enhancing Personal Effectiveness through Colors will be the challenge for the McHenry County Ambassadors at the University of Illinois Extension-McHenry County at 7 p.m....
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Briefs: Motorola offers Bluetooth productsOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - SCHAUMBURG -- Motorola Inc. said Tuesday it is offering the H680 and H375 Bluetooth headsets to its family of Bluetooth wireless products. The headsets combine elegant d...
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The 'View' from the topOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Sherri Shepherd has heard the same question for most of her career. She heard it when she got a recurring role on CBS-TV's "Everybody Loves Raymond." She heard it when ...
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Highly unlikely galaxy can be swallowed by black holeOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - "Is the sun's gravitational pull strong enough to create a black hole that will swallow in the whole Milky Way?" asked Jessica Banuelos, 13, an eighth-grader at West Oak...
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Dist. 211: Salary demand too muchOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 Superintendent Roger Thornton says raising teacher base pay more than 2.5 percent this year would be reckless. Union Preside...
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Events call out domestic violenceOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - This week, the YWCA Lake County will host its Week Without Violence, an anti-violence outreach campaign across Lake County to raise awareness about violence. "Enough!" i...