Kane County
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Young landlubbers say 'aye' to Pirates' CoveAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Dressed in his Spider-Man outfit, 4-year-old Michael Mirro at the Pirates' Cove Children's Theme Park in Elk Grove Village said he could not be fooled. A parade of supe...
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Dist. 220 has money to fix facilitiesAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Barrington Area Unit District 220 is growing closer to finding solutions for its major facility needs. School board members spent several hours Tuesday reviewing the dis...
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Lead in baby bibs leads to lawsuitAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - A California consumer group said Wednesday it has filed a legal action against Toys R Us and Babies R Us for selling vinyl baby bibs that contain high levels of lead. Af...
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Stable ACT scores can't mask concernsAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Why are so few Illinois high school graduates prepared for basic college-level academics? And how can matters be improved? Those again emerge as the most important quest...
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Neighbor SportsAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Baseball Travel tryouts: The Hoffman Estates-based 12U travel baseball team will hold tryouts from 5 to 8 p.m. Aug. 16 and 4 to 6 p.m. Aug 18 at Cannon Crossing Field No...
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Briefs: BP's plan to dump decriedAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Elected officials and environmentalists meeting in Chicago on Wednesday roundly blasted a decision by Indiana to permit an oil refinery to dump more pollutants into Lake...
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Puerto Rican group names pageant winnersAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - The Puerto Rican Heritage Organization recently hosted its annual pageant competition in Elgin. Diandra Entler of Elgin was crowned the 2007 Miss Puerto Rico and Irys Pe...
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Space station to make long-distance call to Elgin libraryAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - In 2005, when the Gail Borden Public Library District in Elgin unveiled a fantastic dinosaur exhibit, Denise Raleigh, the library's director of marketing, development an...
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Police beat: Mountain bike stolenAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Geneva •A blue Diamondback boys mountain bicycle valued at $250 was taken from the yard of a home in the 700 block of Lancaster Lane between 10:30 p.m. Sunday and 7...
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New book takes a look at Elgin's historyAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - The Elgin Area Historical Society invites the public to visit the Old Main Museum for the release of a new publication Thursday. "There Used to Be; A Look Back at Elgin...