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Dance fails draw rain - or visitors
Oct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - WOODSTOCK, Ga. -- It was billed as a rain festival to fight Georgia's drought, and even included a rain dance, but turnout was slim and precipitation was even scarcer th...
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Woodridge mayor's son gets 30 days for attempted tryst with teenOct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - The son of the Woodridge mayor was sentenced today to 30 days in jail for trying to have sex with a 15-year-old girl he met on the Internet. William F. Murphy, 33, of Sc...
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Getting the word out about Naperville's service programsOct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Naperville is rich with social service programs and assistance organizations. But the problem many of those organizations' and programs' leaders face is getting word out...
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Illinois cop accused of sexually abusing strippers
Oct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - BELGIUM, Ill. -- On the western edge of town sits a ranch-style building that might be called nondescript if it weren't for the top-to-bottom aqua paint job and the litt...
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Mothers club sponsors Halloween partyOct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - The gymnasium at North Aurora's Fearn Elementary School transformed into a chamber of fun Sunday as the North Aurora Mothers Club hosted about 350 children and their par...
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Durbin takes on the 'superbug'
Oct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Illinois Senator Dick Durbin has announced legislation to better detect, prevent and treat drug-resistant bacteria such as MRSA. MRSA is a staph bacteria that doesn't re...
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Briefs: Dist. 120 plans for futureOct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Nearly 100 Mundelein High School District 120 residents and staff members participated last week in the first of seven long-range planning discussions. While the topic o...
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Elburn man solid gold in Special Olympics in ChinaOct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Twenty-one-year old Dustin Dickens of Elburn has won scores of medals through his participation in Special Olympics in Illinois. But the four he won earlier this month a...
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St. Francis High School hosts Halloween partyOct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Rionna Atwood of Wheaton transformed herself into Hannah Montana Sunday afternoon during St. Francis High School's Halloween party. "I like painting the pumpkin because ...
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Recovery International begins meetings in Crystal LakeOct 28, 2007 11:00 pm - A 70-year-old mental health association has opened new group meetings in Crystal Lake under its new name. Recovery International, formerly known as Recovery Inc., will ...