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Drug makers pull infant cold meds amid safety concerns
Oct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Drug makers on Thursday voluntarily pulled kids' cold medicines off the market less than two weeks after the government warned of potential health risks to...
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Briefs: Motorcycle hits Obama vanOct 09, 2007 11:00 pm - Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, was involved in a traffic accident Tuesday as she rode to a rally in northern Iowa, organizers sa...
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NCC junior can see America through someone else's eyesOct 09, 2007 11:00 pm - When North Central College student Kelsey Staudacher visits her refugee family in Aurora, 4-year-old Ilkham Ibragimov and his brother, Ismail, 6, run up to greet her. Sh...
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Just for seniorsOct 09, 2007 11:00 pm - Programs for seniors: Beacon Hill will offer these free programs for seniors at its center, 2400 S. Finley Road, Lombard. The programs include the benefits of Blue C...
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Directors hope donations help strike up their bandOct 09, 2007 11:00 pm - Band classes started last month at Holmes Middle School in Wheeling, but the turnout for beginning band was at an all-time low, reports one of the school's directors, Br...
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Glen Ellyn parks eye 6-year improvement planOct 09, 2007 11:00 pm - Glen Ellyn Park District officials are looking at a $19.5 million six-year comprehensive capital improvement projects plan. Projects are looked at every several years wi...
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Elburn fundraiser to benefit community centerOct 09, 2007 11:00 pm - The Elburn and Countryside Community Center needs some exterior work. So organizers of a fundraiser are asking area women if they would like to pay for some for themselv...
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Chicago man victorious in chicken wing eating contest
Oct 09, 2007 11:00 pm - LAS VEGAS -- Two hot dog eating champs faced an upset -- not of the stomach variety -- when a Chicago culinary arts student trounced them in eating chicken wings. Patric...
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Irradiation machines seen as terrorist tools
Oct 09, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The U.S. government should replace more than 1,000 irradiation machines used in hospitals and research facilities because terrorists could use the radioact...
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FundraisersOct 09, 2007 11:00 pm - Fundraisers To submit your listing, e-mail ntwohey@dailyherald.com, or fax (847) 427-1301 at least two weeks prior to the event October Fall used book sale: Friends of t...