McHenry County
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Vein attemptsAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Jeanie Finnegan's congenital heart defect means her veins are tiny, even for a 1-year-old. During the child's frequent hospital stays, her mother braces herself every ti...
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Wine tasting to benefit animal foundationAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - The Assisi Animal Foundation will host its fifth annual wine tasting benefit from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Woodstock Opera House, 121 Van Buren St. The event will fe...
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All the fun washed awayAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Rainy weather forced several events to be canceled in Chicago and its suburbs Sunday. The 49th annual Chicago Air and Water Show was called off a few hours early because...
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Relax parents: It's not sex, drugsAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- So you're between the ages of 13 and 24. What makes you happy? A worried, weary parent might imagine the answer to sound something like this: Sex, drugs, a l...
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Emergency file could save your lifeAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Huntley Banking Center, a branch of First National Bank of Marengo, has announced their participation inthe File of Life in Huntley. The program entails filling out an i...
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Briefs: Schaumburg woman diesAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - A Schaumburg woman was killed about 1:45 p.m. Saturday after police said she jumped from an open window on the 41st floor of a high rise on the 600 block of West Irving ...
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Metra needs money to keep runningAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - So ridership keeps going up on Metra and more and more suburban commuters are opting for trains rather than cars in this era of high gas prices and increasing road conge...
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Save Lake Michigan; Boycott BP todayAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - BP -- another magnificent gift from Great Britain, as bad as George W. Bush and his former rubber stamp, Tony Blair. While our "get re-elected at all costs" state, feder...
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Briefs: Excessive rain closes trailAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Recent heavy rains caused extensive damage to the McHenry County Conservation District's 3.5-mile H.U.M. trail between Union and Marengo. The district Friday closed the ...
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The more the Chicago mob changes, the more it stays the sameAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - "Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about Hell and never saw the place. I wrote about Chicago after looking the town over for years and yea...