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Briefs: Buy a cupcake, help a kidOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Helping a worthwhile cause never tasted so good. Through Sunday, Piece-A-Cake Bakery, 304 N. River St., West Dundee will donate 50 cents from each sale of a red velvet, ...
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Animal rescuers say DeGeneres' former dog stays with them
Oct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Ellen DeGeneres' doggy drama intensified Tuesday after her tearful plea on her talk show led to death threats against the rescue group that took back her ...
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Feds take heat over Jena Six
Oct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Democratic lawmakers denounced federal authorities Tuesday for not intervening in the Jena Six case, citing racist noose-hanging incidents far beyond the s...
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U-46 contract vote a messageOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Elgin Area School District U-46 teachers Monday rejected a contract proposal reached after nearly a year of negotiations between the district and the state's second-larg...
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Pedophile suspect wrote in teaching forums
Oct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - PARIS -- A suspected pedophile being hunted by Interpol contributed to an online forum for teachers, and police say they believe he wrote under a pseudonym about the ris...
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Cheney and Obama are eighth cousins, Lynne Cheney says
Oct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Though they may spar across the political aisle, Vice President Dick Cheney is close enough to Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama to call him "co...
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More debate ahead on Cary gravel pitOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - After more than a year of debate and delays, the Cary village board again on Tuesday delayed voting on a proposal to open a gravel pit in the village. The proposal, whic...
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Naperville to mediate hospital quarrelOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Naperville officials will referee discussions between Edward Hospital officials and neighboring residents over a proposed 120-foot bed tower at the hospital. The city co...
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Author to discuss Everest expeditionOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Broughton Coburn, a Wyoming-based author and film producer who spent about two decades in the Himalayas, will give a talk titled "Everest: To the Top of the World," at 1...
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Neighbor SportsOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Baseball, softball Heat tryouts: Heat Baseball, based in Hoffman Estates, has scheduled tryouts for 1 p.m. Sunday at High Point Park, 1730 Glenlake Road, Hoffman Estates...