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AuditionsNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Auditions Twelve Dancing Princesses for children ages 9 to 16 from 4 to 6 p.m. Nov. 13 at the Steele Beam Theatre, 111 W. Main St., St. Charles. This play adaptation of...
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Prescription lenses not rocket science, but do take precisionNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - "How do you put a prescription into glasses or contacts?," asks Lara Braverman, 11, a sixth-grader at West Oak Middle School in Mundelein. Healthy eyes and good vision a...
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Girl gets detentions for hugs
Nov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - MASCOUTAH, Ill. -- Two hugs equals two days of detention for 13-year-old Megan Coulter. The eighth-grader was punished for violating a school policy banning public displ...
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Carpentersville to hike water rates in JanuaryNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - A 7 percent water and sewer rate increase will hit Carpentersville water bills beginning in January after trustees approved a three-month delay in implementing the new r...
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BirthsNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Births Condell Medical Center • Donald John Charles Bahena-Coleman, to ShaMesha Coleman, Waukegan. Grandparents: Annamarie D. and Mario D. Bahena, Waukegan.; Glen and So...
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Appeal rejected in Crystal Lake murder caseNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - A state appellate court has upheld the murder conviction and life sentence of a Texas man found guilty in 2005 of murdering his son-in-law in Crystal Lake as the victim'...
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Two students charged with cookie assault
Nov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. -- Two students at Southern Illinois University in this St. Louis suburb kidnapped, paddled and burned a young man with freshly baked cookies after a ...
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Ryan vows to prove innocence as he serves prison term
Nov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - OXFORD, Wis. -- Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan slipped through a back gate at a rural federal prison today, avoiding any fanfare as he began serving a 6 1/2-year corr...
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Phase one begins on St. Thomas renovationNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - St. Thomas United Methodist Church officials are in the process of revitalizing the church along Route 53 in unincorporated DuPage County near Glen Ellyn. After seven ye...
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Tainted toys lead to Bush's push for federal recall power
Nov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- With the holiday shopping season fast approaching, a top Bush administration official provided some common-sense advice for parents worried about the safet...