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Congress acts to ensure Do Not Call stays that way
Oct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Congress took the first steps Tuesday to ensure that people who registered for the national Do Not Call list won't be inundated next year with telemarketin...
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New schools in Hampshire might be powered by windOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - How can Community Unit District 300 cut down on the use of fossil fuels at its Ketchum Road campus in Hampshire? The answer may be blowing in the wind. District 300 is l...
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Briefs: Busse Woods death suicideOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - The death of a 38-year-old Des Plaines woman found submerged in a car in a Busse Woods pond was ruled a suicide by drowning on Tuesday. She was pulled from her silver Me...
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The briefsOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Trick-or-treat at Victory Centre Children can trick or treat in costume from 3 to 7 p.m. today at the Victory Centre of Bartlett, 1101 W. Bartlett Road. Victory Centre r...
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Angry West Chicago residents seek answers from EPAOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Officials who have known for five years about possible buried radioactive thorium contamination on up to 100 West Chicago properties faced the public for the first time ...
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Group protests slot machines at Arlington ParkOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - It took one day to organize a rally against Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's plan for a new state gambling regulation board that could lead to racetrack slot mac...
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Company owner loved living in Elk GroveOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - E. Charles Siewert ~ 1928-2007 E. Charles "Chuck" Siewert loved his community of Elk Grove Village so much that he accepted a role on its plan commission during its per...
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Restructuring path not all uphill for failing schoolsOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Fire the staff, perhaps even the principal. Reopen as a charter school. Hire a private firm to operate your public school or find another way to otherwise significantly ...
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Successful schools point to tutoring, music programsOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Don't look at toughening lesson plans if you want to improve student test scores. It's often what goes on outside a classroom that matters, according to several princip...
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TCD students do well in forestry contestOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Two teams of students from Technology Center of DuPage in Addison competed this month in the Section 8 Future Farmers of America Forestry Career Development event at Mor...