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State aid questions spur Dist. 158 budget debateAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Uncertainty over the level of next year's state aid sparked a debate over Huntley District 158's preliminary 2008 budget Thursday night. The debate centered on whether t...
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COD staff won't join unionAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Roughly 600 College of DuPage employees skirted the Illinois Education Association this week, making it the first time locally in seven years the union's lost an electio...
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Mixed testimony at murder witness standAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Terrance Woods was having some problems with his memory Wednesday. Testifying in the second day of William Pressley's first-degree murder trial, Woods was unsure of many...
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Top general plan pullback
Aug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- The top American commander in Iraq said Wednesday he was preparing recommendations on troop cuts before he returns to Washington next month for a report to Co...
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Man pleads innocent to dog fightingAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - A Beach Park man pleaded not guilty to charges he was running a dog fighting operation in the basement of his rented home. Anthony Brown, 24, also faces drug and weapons...
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Chavez proposes changes
Aug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - CARACAS, Venezuela -- President Hugo Chavez called for changes to Venezuela's constitution Wednesday night, delivering a key address pitching reforms that are expected t...
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Briefs: Woman charged in batteryAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - A 28-year-old Chicago woman has been charged with aggravated battery and retail theft after an incident at the Rolling Meadows Wal-Mart store on Monday. Prosecutors sai...
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Probation, suspended jail term in anti-gay flier caseAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - A Crystal Lake teen charged criminally for distributing anti-gay fliers at her high school was sentenced Wednesday to two weeks in jail, but won't have to do the time if...
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Teen driver ticketed in fatal crashAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - One of the drivers in a two-vehicle crash that left a Deerfield teen dead last month has been ticketed but won't face more serious charges, police said Tuesday. Matt Kau...
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Teens say drug use up in schools, study finds
Aug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Teenagers say drug problems at school are getting worse, and parents express doubts about ever making such schools drug free, a new study says. The percent...