News
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Books make way to reservation's centerOct 22, 2007 11:00 pm - On a weekend in early June, Elgin residents Sherry May and Dawn Farris drove to the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota to donate books and educational materials ...
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55-ton tank joins Cantigny's fleetOct 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Relax. We're not under attack. Cantigny Park just has something new it wants to show you. The sight of a 55-ton tank coming down Winfield Road last week was the latest a...
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Racetrack to host hospital benefitOct 22, 2007 11:00 pm - The Northwest Suburban Guild of Children's Memorial Hospital will host a Breeder's Cup party beginning at 9:30 a.m. Oct. 27 at Arlington Park, 2200 W. Euclid Ave., Arlin...
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Elburn steps closer to silenceOct 22, 2007 11:00 pm - The nights of Elburn residents being awakened by the constant blaring horns of trains that pass through the village are now numbered, as village leaders received news th...
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Pace officials ready commuters for fare hikes, service cutsOct 22, 2007 11:00 pm - As Pace officials start public hearings on major service cuts and fare hikes, riders were greeted Monday with a gloomy notice dropped on their bus seats. "We remain hop...
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Blackwater, profiteering topic of MCC discussionOct 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Jesuit priest G. Simon Harak will lead a discussion of "War Profiteering and Blackwater: the Rise of Private Militaries" at 7 p.m. Nov. 6 at the conference center at McH...
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Wheeling wary of airport changeOct 22, 2007 11:00 pm - The Wheeling village board delayed changes Monday to the Chicago Executive Airport intergovernmental agreement that would have altered ways to fire the chairman of the b...
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$46 billion war request
Oct 22, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The war in Iraq is costing about $10 billion a month -- more than $455 billion over more than four years of fighting. President Bush, setting the stage for...
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Dist. 87 plans lower fees for '08Oct 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Two student fees in Glenbard High School District 87 likely will drop again next year, two years after they reached an all-time high. School board members are looking at...
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Treasurer blasts proposed budget cutsOct 22, 2007 11:00 pm - If county board members and law enforcement leaders weren't enough, now DuPage's top financial officer is joining the chorus of disapproval over proposed budget cuts. Tr...