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Briefs: Museum wins awardOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - The Illinois Association of Museums recently gave the Geneva History Center an Award of Excellence for a new outreach program, "What Was It Like … Native Americans of th...
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Briefs: New fire truck in LombardOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - The Lombard Fire Department will put a new 100-foot aerial ladder truck into service on Wednesday. The public is invited to view the truck at Fire Station 2, 2020 S. Hig...
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Des Plaines River projects finally get the go-aheadOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Flooding more than two decades ago killed seven and caused $35 million in damage along the Des Plaines River, spurring plans to make sure such devastation would never be...
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District 7 curriculum changes pay offOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - School officials reported Wood Dale Elementary District 7 students making what they consider significant gains on some standardized tests. The school board this week rev...
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Special education teacher indictedOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - A Schaumburg junior high teacher has been indicted by a grand jury on charges he mistreated three special education students, prosecutors announced in court Friday. Patr...
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Elgin man gets 60 years for 'abomination' against childOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Calling an Elgin man's filmed sexual abuse of a 12-year-old girl an "abomination" and "pure horror," a prosecutor persuaded a federal judge today to give out the maximum...
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Dist. 158 preserves millions in state aidOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - It wasn't exactly the United States versus Brazil, but it often seemed that way during Huntley Unit District 158's effort to fix its state aid calculation. After Distric...
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Townhouse plan has some residents upsetOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Citing the likelihood of added road congestion and wetland disruption, some residents in unincorporated Fremont Township are against 249 townhouses proposed for Round La...
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Elgin tweaks Channing YMCA planOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Neighbors who oppose a proposed housing project on the site of the old Channing YMCA probably won't get everything they want. But Elgin officials say they have modified ...
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Indonesians flee as tremors signal pending eruption
Oct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - MOUNT KELUD, Indonesia -- Tens of thousands of people were ordered by police -- some at gunpoint -- to leave their homes on the slopes of one of Indonesia's deadliest vo...