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Sharing my anger over a pathetically political amendmentSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - It's always great to get reader reaction to my Sunday columns. Even better when I come in on a Monday to find my e-mail box bulging with replies to something I wrote. Th...
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Missing woman found in closed-off area of Morton ArboretumSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - A 54-year-old woman found unresponsive Saturday morning in the Morton Arboretum in Lisle had been reported missing Friday by her family. The woman was transported Saturd...
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One shot, one kill
Sep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - LANDER, Wyo. -- If hunting has a Super Bowl, this is it. At dawn on a September day, as the sky in the east was turning from slate gray to pale orange, 27 invited hunter...
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Close to 10,000 from terror states now have residency
Sep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Nearly 10,000 foreigners from states sponsoring terrorism have obtained permanent residency in the United States in the past seven years, congressional inv...
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Judge rules against pilot in civil suit over bombing
Sep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A federal judge has ruled against an Illinois pilot who sued the Air Force for allegedly ruining his reputation in a friendly fire bombing in Afghanistan ...
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Elgin's new Hideaway Cafe quite a findSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - For years, Kathy Ferris kept in touch with a woman who knew about the goings on within the State Street Market Shops in Elgin. And when cafe space became available earli...
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Cemetery Walk takes you through history with people who were thereSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - The Elgin Area Historical Society's 20th annual Historic Elgin Cemetery Walk will take place at noon today at Bluff City Cemetery, 945 Bluff City Blvd., on Elgin's south...
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Investigators say shots unprovoked
Sep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- Iraqi investigators have a videotape that shows Blackwater USA guards opened fire against civilians without provocation in a shooting last week that left 11 p...
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The first everSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - The photographs of 85 past commanders of American Legion Post 57 in Elgin show mostly white, older, bespectacled males. Current Commander Rose Martinez is none of those...
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Construction worth waiting forSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Oak Street in North Aurora looks a lot like the rest of Kane County during what seems to be an endless construction season. Both sides of the road are littered with grav...