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North Korea focusing on global diplomacy
Oct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - SEOUL, South Korea -- Buoyed by progress in its nuclear standoff, reclusive North Korea has begun reaching out to the world beyond its closed borders, forging formal rel...
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Prosecutor obtains audit of politically connected Illinois contractor
Oct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - A spokeswoman for Governor Rod Blagojevich says an audit of a contractor accused of bilking the state out of more than $2 million has been turned over to Cook County pro...
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Sex offenders declare themselves homeless in Calif.
Oct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Hundreds of California sex offenders who face tough new restrictions on where they can live are declaring themselves homeless -- truthfully or not ...
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Des Plaines Public Library notesOct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - Programs are free and open to the public. Advance registration is required for most activities. (R) Register at the Registration Desk, (847) 376-2787. (R-YS) Register at...
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Police beatOct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - • An Elgin woman was arrested on a Montgomery County, Texas, warrant for failure to register as a sex offender and failure to report a change of address, police said. Ch...
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Arizona toddler dies in hot car, waitress mother charged with negligent homicide
Oct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - PHOENIX -- A woman who found her 1-year-old son dead in her hot, stuffy car after she worked her seven-hour shift as a Hooters waitress has been arrested, police said We...
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Barrington Area Library notesOct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - How to vote There are several ways to vote for the Libertyville Chevrolet Player of the Game scholarship recipient: • Online at www.wkrs.com • In person at Libertyville...
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Palatine woman's annual Halloween show to die forOct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - The year's 1955 and Jean Schonta's back from the dead working as a soda jerk at the Drop Dead Drive-in. The Everly Brothers and Fats Domino croon in the background, whil...
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Anti-Campton Hills activist dead at 46Oct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - Carmine Julian, a local business owner and community activist who fought tooth and nail against the incorporation of Campton Hills, died unexpectedly of a heart attack W...
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Mundelein man pleads not guilty to gun salesOct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - A Mundelein man police say sold three of the more than 600 guns he had in his house to an undercover police officer pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Lake County circuit c...