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Dropout rates fallingNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - Weeks into high school, Robert Struggles had forged a plan: Trudge through until he hit age 16, then drop out. That birthday has come and gone. And he's still there. Tod...
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Millions paid for rare coins
Nov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - TRENTON, N.J. -- An anonymous buyer has paid more than $30 million for a collection of rare U.S. prototype coins, some from the 1700s, that never went into circulation, ...
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Chapter 9: Schools falling further into debtNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - Illinois schools spend a lot of money every month. They're also spending a lot of tomorrow's dollars today. Illinois schools owed a total of $16 billion in bond loans at...
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Copies of Veterans Day radio show are availableNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - I really enjoyed last Sunday's Veterans Day ceremony in Elgin. I counted more than 100 people there, including city officials, veterans and their families. There were ve...
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Barrington dancers stage 'The Nutcracker'Nov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - Special appearance today What: Children invited to dance with "The Nutcracker" When: Noon to 3 p.m. today; 1:30 p.m. a reading of "The Nutcracker" Details: Cast members ...
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Another terrible accident at intersection with no stoplightNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - Lori Westerlin froze when she heard the scream of the ambulance's siren and the whir of the helicopter heading over her Elburn home late in the afternoon of Nov. 9. She ...
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Schaumburg-area man creates own fire deptNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - Peter Mitchell is only too aware that fires sometimes destroy houses. But the last thing he ever wants to think is that there's something more he could have done to prev...
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Interfaith prayer service today at First Congregational Church in ElginNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - The Coalition of Religious Leaders and Christian, Jewish, Baha'i and Muslim communities are participating in an Interfaith Thanksgiving Prayer Service at 7 p.m. today at...
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Sculptor says aloha, shirts
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Abuse risk higher where children live without 2 biological parents