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Kirk calls for boycott over BP dumpingAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - After outcry over a permit extension that allows oil company BP to continue dumping ammonia and mercury into Lake Michigan, Rep. Mark Kirk urged a boycott of the company...
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Read a lot? You're in the minority
Aug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- There it sits on your night stand, that book you've meant to read for who knows how long but haven't yet cracked open. Tonight, as you feel its stare from ...
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Study: High blood pressure a youth problem
Aug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- More than 1 million U.S. youngsters have undiagnosed high blood pressure, leaving them at risk for developing organ damage down the road, a study suggests. Ca...
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Preparations underway for CROP WalkAug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - The Cardunal area is getting ready for the 2007 CROP Hunger Walk. Volunteers from the Carpentersville, Dundee and Algonquin area have been holding walks since 1986. Twen...
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Police ReportAug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Kane County •Two teenagers were taken to Provena Mercy Center in Aurora after a one-car accident at Ashe and Jericho roads in Sugar Grove Township at 11:33 p.m. Friday. ...
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West Aurora school plans to add an extra class per dayAug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - By adding an eighth class period to the West Aurora High School day, the school would not just be keeping up with its neighbors, but would be increasing the education of...
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Best & BrightestAug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - •Christine Kozul of Hoffman Estates, a student in School of Management at Binghamton University in New York, was named to the fall 2006 dean's list for outstanding acade...
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Itchy mites will irritate until first big frost, experts sayAug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Bug health experts can tell you all you want about itch mites; it still won't change the cold, uncomfortable truth: These irritating little parasites are here to stay --...
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Activist's impact empowers both sidesAug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Two days after federal officials ushered Elvira Arellano back to Mexico, deporting the illegal immigrant-turned-activist who holed up in a Chicago church for more than a...
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McHenry World War II vet loved his family, businessAug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Gerald Hamil ~ 1917-2007 Gerald E. Hamil's story is similar to those of many American men who were part of what journalist and author Tom Brokaw called "The Greatest Gen...