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Arlington Heights Fiesta Cultura draws sold out crowdsNov 18, 2007 10:00 pm - A seductive couples' flamenco dance, performed every spring in the Spanish province of Seville, opened the Fiesta Cultural Sunday in Arlington Heights. Dancers from Flam...
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Learning to write a TorahNov 18, 2007 10:00 pm - Everything old is new again at Temple Chai. Written by hand in Hebrew, using a quill and special inks on parchment, the Torah contains the written law, believed to be gi...
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Marian Central student picked for Army bowlNov 18, 2007 10:00 pm - Sean Cwynar of Marian Central Catholic High School has been selected to play in the 2008 U.S. Army All-American Bowl, the premier high school football game that connects...
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Inverness visited by journalist from the other InvernessNov 18, 2007 10:00 pm - Some sister city relationships provoke more than a few raised eyebrows. Why, for example, did Mount Prospect, settled by German immigrants, choose Sevres, France, as its...
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Three charged in 2006 slayingNov 18, 2007 10:00 pm - Three Elgin men have been arrested in the roughly year-old slaying of a man found shot to death in his car in Streamwood, authorities said today. Adrian Pesina, 23, face...
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Teens encourage classmates not to smokeNov 18, 2007 10:00 pm - The American Cancer Society celebrated the 31st anniversary of the Great American Smokeout on Thursday. This month, the society's volunteers, staff and partners are work...
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Lesbian ordained in Chicago church
Nov 18, 2007 10:00 pm - A Lutheran church in Chicago has ordained a 27-year-old lesbian pastor who refuses to take a vow of celibacy, becoming the first to test a new resolution that gives bish...
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Batavia firemen show off new facilitiesNov 18, 2007 10:00 pm - Batavia firefighters say they now have the space they need to be their best. The city's two fire stations were demolished and rebuilt over the past year, and firefighter...
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Cops' confusion can be deadly
Nov 18, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A candy bar, a wallet, even a pair of baggy pants can draw deadly police gunfire. The killing of a hairbrush-brandishing teenager last week was the latest in...
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ECC student builds new life after tragedyNov 18, 2007 10:00 pm - After a long year, Chris Hassan is all too familiar with the glare of the spotlight. Most of the Chicago area first heard of Hassan when his mother, Karen, was killed. S...