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History will judge Hastert as career ends with whimperNov 16, 2007 10:00 pm - Not since Abraham Lincoln had a politician from Illinois come as close to being president as did Dennis Hastert. As the disputed 2000 presidential election worked its wa...
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14th race heating up as Hastert steps downNov 16, 2007 10:00 pm - The big political news this week in Kane County was, of course, U.S. Rep. Dennis Hastert's retirement announcement Thursday afternoon. The Plano Republican's plans to le...
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Court orders more lashes for rape victimNov 16, 2007 10:00 pm - RIYADH -- A Saudi court has increased the sentence given to a gang rape victim to 200 lashes of the whip and six months in prison and ordered disciplinary action again...
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Police wrong, says man who taped Taser death
Nov 16, 2007 10:00 pm - TORONTO -- Videotaping the last moments of a Polish immigrant's life, Paul Pritchard thought the police were 100 percent right to use a Taser stun gun to subdue the man....
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Get your gripes out before you give thanksNov 16, 2007 10:00 pm - Traditionally, this is the week to begin considering all we are thankful for. This year, let's twist tradition a bit. Before you list all the wonderful things you're tha...
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Cyclone Sidr savages Bangladesh; at least 1,000 feared dead
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East Dundee wrestles with leaf burningNov 16, 2007 10:00 pm - Some people love the smell of leaves burning in the fall. Others loathe the smoke infiltrating their homes. Then there are those for whom the fall rite makes it almost i...
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Tip leads to pre-dawn raids
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Team makes nationals, but now it needs moneyNov 16, 2007 10:00 pm - Hillari Lube hasn't slept much in the past few days. It's a change from the joy she experienced when she learned the Bensenville-Wood Dale Bandits youth football team ha...
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Man pleads not guilty to stalking Uma Thurman