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Carol Stream girl gets turned around in visit to AustrailiaOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - There is nothing more disorienting than walking out of an airport after 24 hours of traveling into a time zone that's 15 hours ahead and a lot full of vehicles with stee...
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Clinton rejects front-runner tag, but admits she's a target
Oct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa -- Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday rejected the front-runner label, but acknowledged increasing fire from rivals in...
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Police question three over Karachi bombing
Oct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - KARACHI, Pakistan -- Police questioned three people Saturday over the deadly bombing of Benazir Bhutto's caravan, which killed at least 136 people and shattered what was...
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Bright idea coming to light in ElginOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - On Wednesday and Thursday, Elgin will be acting on research that shows that a well-lit neighborhood is a deterrent to crime by ensuring that porch lights burn from du...
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Kids learn it takes a chicken to act like a bullyOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - "Chicken live by a pecking order which means the ones puffed up with power push the weaker chicken around. Often times, the weaker ones go without food or water ..." Tha...
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50 Taliban killed in battles
Oct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - KABUL, Afghanistan -- U.S.-led coalition soldiers and Afghan forces killed about 50 militants in two days of major fighting near a Taliban-controlled town in southern Af...
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Civil servant works quietlyOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Michele Fox doesn't look like she could send your company's stock prices plummeting. In fact, the Algonquin grandmother of two insists she's rather boring. Her only hobb...
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Stevenson students skip meals to build awarenessOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Stevenson High School senior Iulia Padeanu was a strong proponent of the campus' first Fast-A-Thon -- but she didn't expect going without food for a day would be so hard...
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Briefs: Hazardous waste collectionOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - The Solid Waste Agency of Lake County will host a household hazardous waste collection from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. today at the Metra train station lot, 75 E. Rt. 45 in Ver...
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Obama wants fed official fired
Oct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama said Friday the head of the Justice Department's voting rights division should be fired for saying voter ID ...