McHenry County
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Dist. 211's ACT scores hold steadySep 07, 2007 11:00 pm - Three years after Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 began an effort to raise ACT test scores, students continue to outpace state and national averages, though...
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Mt. Prospect library celebrating poet's lifeSep 07, 2007 11:00 pm - The Mount Prospect Public Library is celebrating the legacy of a 13th century poet, scholar, theologian and Sufi mystic today. In commemoration of the 800th anniversary ...
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Who's to blame for Hawthorn Woods fish kill?Sep 07, 2007 11:00 pm - There's no delicate way to put this. Something has killed hundreds of fish in two private Hawthorn Woods ponds, and that "something" looked and smelled a lot like feces....
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Casino night to benefit ClearbrookSep 07, 2007 11:00 pm - The Clearbrook Guardians Annual Fall Casino Night will be held from 3 p.m. to 1 a.m. today at the Getz Building, 746 S. Vermont, Palatine. Double down at one of the 30 ...
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Blood levels low, donations neededSep 07, 2007 11:00 pm - The Chicago area's biggest blood bank is urging donors to step up and give a little -- quickly -- to help replenish a critically low blood supply. The call for immediate...
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Hanover Park death probe turns to homicideSep 07, 2007 11:00 pm - The death of a man whose body was found behind a Hanover Park strip mall Thursday is now being investigated as a homicide. The man has been identified as 31-year-old Ale...
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Rescued owl still taking baby stepsSep 07, 2007 11:00 pm - Four months after tumbling out of a nest at the Third Street Courthouse in Geneva, a baby great horned owl named Justice is still on the mend. "The jury's still out," sa...
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Man killed after being hit by trainSep 07, 2007 11:00 pm - A 21-year-old Barrington man was killed after being struck by a westbound freight train in Barrington today. Antonio Hernandez was struck by the train traveling on the U...
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Cary-Grove 63, Grayslake North 14Sep 07, 2007 11:00 pm - After suffering its first regular-season loss in 29 games just one week ago, Cary-Grove's football team took a total of one quarter to get back into the swing of things....
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Man charged with leaving bomb is training in ReserveSep 07, 2007 11:00 pm - A $150,000 arrest warrant for a man charged with leaving a dangerous homemade bomb in his wife's Cary home was quashed Friday after his attorney reported that the suspec...