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5K run speeds past its goalsOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Following in his brothers' footsteps, Scott Wherry started running as a high school student growing up in downstate Pekin. But after getting married, becoming a dad and ...
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25 Ill. teachers disciplined for sex offenses
Oct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Michael Young met a 14-year-old girl on a telephone chat line and took her to an Indiana motel to have sex. Steven Wenger used the Internet to arrange sex with a boy, bu...
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College puts feelers out with roaches
Oct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Thinking about the University of California, Riverside for college? Then come pet our cockroaches! UC Riverside is using a cockroach petting zoo to ...
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UAW locals rejecting pact with Chrysler
Oct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - DETROIT -- Workers at three more United Auto Workers locals have rejected a tentative contract agreement between the union and Chrysler LLC, casting doubt on whether the...
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FAA wants a scheduling limit for JFK airport
Oct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Delay-plagued John F. Kennedy International Airport shouldn't try to handle more than 80 takeoffs or landings per hour, substantially fewer than are now sche...
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Armenians watching House resolution
Oct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - YEREVAN, Armenia -- The chatter these days in Yerevan's Anahit Deluxe beauty salon isn't only about hairstyles, celebrity gossip or the coming winter -- it's also about ...
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Murder motive a mysteryOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - SURREY, British Columbia -- Canadian investigators said Saturday they did not know the motive for the killings of six men whose bodies were found in a Vancouver-area apa...
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Dirty little secrets: Sex crimes in our schools
Oct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - The young teacher hung his head, avoiding eye contact. Yes, he had touched a fifth-grader's breast during recess. "I guess it was just lust of the flesh," he told his bo...
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U.S. Sudoku champ is fastOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - PHILADELPHIA -- Sudoku, the numbers puzzle that claims 167 million U.S. players, held its first national championship Saturday, drawing more than 800 people from as far ...
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Fox Valley sprawl threatens to stall snowmobile clubsOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - If you see a snowmobile riding through the frosty fields of Gilberts this winter, take a picture of it. It may be the last time you see one. The residential building boo...