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Sixth straight win still sweetOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - Elgin High School fans were hoping for a close game against their crosstown rivals this year. The annual Elgin-Larkin varsity football game started out that way, but in ...
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Violence isn't the answer when disciplining childrenOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - "Just a minute! There's no excuse for that!" I said. The woman in the Jewel Food Store paused in the midst of repeatedly slapping her small child to turn and stare at me...
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Naperville fire fighters take residents to Safety TownOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - As flames licked the air a few feet away, Salima Jiwani and her 6-year-old son, Nizar, struggled to pull the pin out of the fire extinguisher. It wouldn't budge. The fir...
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Remember Floyd's? Owners are cookin' againOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - Remember Floyd's? The longtime landmark Carpentersville restaurant was the site of many a function for residents throughout the region until its closure almost two years...
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Grayslake rumbles down 'Jungle'Oct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - Plastic monkeys, paper jungle vines and even a Guns 'N Roses tune turned up on floats in Grayslake Central High School's homecoming parade Saturday. With the school's "...
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New principal ready for first Little homecomingOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - A relic of his past sits high above the office bookshelves of new Schaumburg High School principal Tim Little. At a whopping 512K of memory with a once-vibrant monochrom...
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Wish has Radtkes riding highOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - "Hey, Mom, we're popping a wheelie!" Taylor Radtke's little brother, Blake, 5, sure had that right. His whole family was popping wheelies Saturday as, for the first t...
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New York Times: Israeli strike hit Syrian reactorOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Israel's air strike inside Syria last month was directed at a site judged by Israeli and U.S. intelligence analysts to be a partly constructed nuclear reacto...
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Theater owner limits teens' access
Oct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The only noise in the Parkway Pointe Cinema lobby on a recent October afternoon was the sound of popping corn. Last winter, gunshots echoed and patrons sc...
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Stabbing victim diesOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - A 37-year-old Waukegan man died at a hospital Saturday evening after being stabbed in Waukegan Saturday morning, officials said. The unidentified man was taken to Vista...