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Web site offers tips on cold-weather ridingDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - In years past, I've written about a group of local cyclists that have banded together to encourage all-weather cycling. They are the Chicago Bike Winter organization, an...
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Fremd volunteer takes active parenting to new levelsDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - It's not easy to get Tim Maher to talk about his volunteering. That's because the Palatine resident doesn't do it for the glory. "He shies away from recognition of any k...
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Pope brings message of hope, faith for AdventDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Religious zealots all too often have perpetrated cruelty in the name of religion, and Christianity has had its share of these fanatics. Critics point to the Crusades, th...
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Postal inspectors: The mailman did it
Dec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Call it a special delivery. A postal carrier pocketed dozens of greeting cards he was supposed to deliver to get at the cash inside, postal inspectors said. ...
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Durbin calls for GOP to compromise
Dec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Senate's second-ranking Democrat said Saturday it's time for Republicans to stop stonewalling and engage in "compromise and cooperation" to get the nat...
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The briefsDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Holiday bazaar set for Sunday The DuPage Convalescent Center will hold a Holiday Bazaar from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday at the center, 400 N. County Farm Road, Wheaton. Th...
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Huckabee explains 1992 AIDS answer
Dec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Mike Huckabee once advocated isolating AIDS patients from the general public, opposed increased federal funding in the search for a cure and said ho...
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Christmas card aren't what they used to beDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - I admired the nice selection of boxed cards at a drug store recently and was tempted to pick up a box or two, until I realized I don't really send out that kind of card ...
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DuPage collegiansDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - • Derek Klein of Bartlett and Marc Morin Jr. of Naperville created and produced "One Fine Day!," a student financed mini-series from the University of Illinois, Champaig...
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Des Plaines man killed after driving SUV into ice-covered pondDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - A 57-year-old Des Plaines man died Saturday after his sport-utility vehicle swerved off the road and plunged into an ice-covered pond in a Des Plaines industrial park, p...