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Arlington lifeguards dive into competitionJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - The 20th annual Lifeguard Competition hosted by the Arlington Heights Park District last weekend looked like a takeoff of the Hugh Grant movie, "Four Weddings and A Fune...
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GED and career trainingJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - GED and career training: The Early School Leaver Program is accepting applications for fall semester at its Addison campus, 301 Swift Road. The next informational meetin...
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Study: Charter schools don't burden districtsJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Charter schools do not unduly burden local school districts from which they draw students and state dollars, according to the Civic Federation in a report released Monda...
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Did Radcliffe cash in on his 18th birthday?
Jul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - LONDON -- Media reports of "Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe gaining access to huge amounts of cash when he turned 18 Monday were overblown, his publicist's office ...
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Hampshire baby alive after falling into waterJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - A Hampshire baby was alive and still being worked on Monday night after falling into an unknown body of water, said Kane County Coroner Chuck West. The incident occurre...
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West Chicago taking law into own handsJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - A new West Chicago administrative adjudication court would have the right to levy fines up to $50,000, under an ordinance unanimously approved by the city's public safet...
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Lake Zurich board balances costs for proposed condosJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Lake Zurich may have to invest more than the village initially bargained for into a multi-story condominium project planned for downtown. The developer, McCaffery Intere...
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Police stumble onto marijuana operationJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Two Round Lake Park men were arrested late last week after police stumbled onto a marijuana distributing operation the men were running. Lake County Sheriff's Departmen...
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Highway deaths falling
Jul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - ST. LOUIS -- Traffic deaths in the United States fell to their lowest total in five years in 2006, and the rate of deaths per miles traveled dropped to a record low, a f...
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Going "Green" a slow processJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - "Green" may be the buzzword for new projects, but the level of environmental friendliness to which builders and communities are willing to go is still open to suggestion...