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Wallace's assailant leaving prison
Nov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - HAGERSTOWN, Md. -- After 35 years in prison, the man who shot and paralyzed Alabama Gov. George Wallace during his racially charged 1972 presidential campaign is schedul...
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Get your tickets now for holiday housewalk in Mount ProspectNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - If you've ever wondered what it's like to peer into other people's well-decorated holiday homes, now is your chance with Mount Prospect's 20th annual Holiday Housewalk. ...
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Your guide to arts and craftsNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Your guide to arts & crafts To submit your listing, e-mail arts&crafts@dailyherald.com, or fax (847) 427-1301. November Harper College Festival of Arts & Crafts show: Sa...
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School board official shines light on impact-fee questionsNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - As usual, Tony Quagliano, vice president of the Huntley Unit District 158 school board, has helped clear up some confusion surrounding the district. I wrote last week ab...
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Obama pledges to help protect workers' pensions
Nov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - FAIRFIELD, Iowa -- On the stump and in new TV ads, Democrat Barack Obama is focusing on baby boomers' retirement worries and targeting companies that "leave workers high...
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The briefsNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Library to host its reading night Family Reading Night, to celebrate Children's Book Week, will be from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the Helen M. Plum Memorial Library,...
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China: We won't cap greenhouse gases
Nov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - BEIJING -- A Chinese official gave the clearest sign yet that Beijing will reject binding caps on greenhouse gas emissions at a global meeting next month, saying Friday ...
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Judge brings program on teenage drinking to schoolsNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - There has been considerable attention paid to the problem of teenage drinking recently, and a downstate judge has taken to the road in an effort to keep the focus there....
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Diwali -- a bittersweet reminder of Dad a year laterNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - For Hindus, today is the holiday Diwali -- the day the god Rama rides into town, bringing light and goodness. It's a time to celebrate and reflect on new life and its po...
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Marine veteran shares 'why' of warNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - George Krug isn't afraid to give his opinion, so when he saw an advertisement asking why Marines fight for their country, the Buffalo Grove resident set to work to answe...