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Crash and burn?Nov 03, 2007 11:00 pm - It was a true test of hours of training. Sugar Grove fire officials expressed elation Saturday over the success of a live fire response drill that simulated the crash of...
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Ford-UAW deal no sure thing
Nov 03, 2007 11:00 pm - DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co. and the United Auto Workers reached a tentative contract Saturday without the strikes and public ill will that marked negotiations with General...
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U.S. ally strikes out at his foes
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Ballet Folklorico Huehuecoyotl explores roots on stage todayNov 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Ballet Folklorico Huehuecoyotl will perform "Raices/Roots" at 3 p.m. today in the Elgin Community College Visual and Performing Arts Center's Blizzard Theatre, 1700 Spar...
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Elgin museum to hold drum circleNov 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Bring your hand drum or rattle to the Elgin Public Museum today and join in sharing American Indian songs and stories to promote healing and good life. An Ojibway Teachi...
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Evolution, creationism on tap in ECC lectureNov 03, 2007 11:00 pm - On Monday, Eugenie C. Scott, executive director of the National Center for Science Education and a nationally recognized authority on the creationism and evolution contr...
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Lake Villa man dies after being struck by carNov 03, 2007 11:00 pm - A 19-year-old Lake Villa man died after being struck by a vehicle early Saturday. Christopher Cwik died after being hit by a vehicle around 4:45 a.m. on Fairfield Road n...
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'The Misanthrope,' a play to bring out the hypocrite in usNov 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Anyone who has trouble following Shakespeare's English might have better luck with Moliere's French. Translated by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Richard Wilbur, Jean-Bapti...
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Evolution backer is coming to ECCNov 03, 2007 11:00 pm - A leader in the fight to keep evolution education in the classroom -- and creationism out -- will speak Monday at Elgin Community College. Eugenie Scott, executive direc...
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Thousands awaiting help in Mexico floodsNov 03, 2007 11:00 pm - VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico -- Thousands of people perched on roofs in southern Mexico on Saturday, desperate to be evacuated from flooding caused by heavy rains that has left ...