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Briefs: MainStreet director namedOct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - A longtime Mundelein resident has been hired to lead a downtown business group. Joanne M. Horton, former membership director of the GLMV Chamber of Commerce, will take o...
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Resale shop needs volunteersOct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Little Friends' Serendipity Resale Shop at 12 W. Jefferson Ave. in downtown Naperville is seeking volunteers. Proceeds from the volunteer-run shop benefit programs and ...
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Calif. bans chemical found in baby toys, bottles
Oct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California has banned toys and baby products containing more than a trace amount of a chemical used to soften plastics that scientists have linked ...
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Turkish general warns U.S. over resolution
Oct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Turkey's top general warned that ties with the U.S., already strained by attacks from rebels hiding in Iraq, will be irreversibly damaged if Congress...
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Danada Center's Fall Fest draws in equine fanaticsOct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Horse-lovers flooded through Danada Equestrian Center on Sunday, despite early morning rain. During the center's 2007 Fall Festival, children and adults of all ages took...
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Critic of Indian sports monickers dies
Oct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- Vernon Bellecourt, who fought against the use of Indian nicknames for sports teams as a longtime leader of the American Indian Movement, has died at age 7...
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Parties courting NASCAR
Oct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - RALEIGH, N.C. -- It got the GOP's engines revving -- a Democratic official suggesting staffers get immunized for several diseases before heading south from Washington an...
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Obama: Faith can help planet's health
Oct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa -- Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama said Sunday that his religious beliefs influence his plans for how to protect the environment. Speaking ...
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Castro chats with Chavez in first live appearance since falling ill
Oct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - HAVANA -- Fidel Castro made his first live appearance on Cuban airwaves since falling ill 14 months ago, sounding lucid and in good humor as he exchanged praise and joke...
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Study: Overweight, too-thin teens share behaviors
Oct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- For parents concerned about their overweight teens, new research suggests the best tactic might be to just relax and cook a healthy Sunday dinner. Pushing...