News
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Taliban leaders, civilians die in air strikeAug 03, 2007 11:00 pm - KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S.-led airstrikes hit a Taliban gathering in volatile southern Afghanistan and killed at least three senior figures of the militant group...
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Today's birthdays
Aug 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Singer Frankie Ford, 68; actor-comedian Richard Belzer, 63; actor Billy Bob Thornton, 52; Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, 46; TV producer Michael Gelman of "Live with Regis ...
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Here's your real Bensenville 5K 60-and-older championAug 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Apparently Alfonso Ramirez isn't so fast after all. The 62-year-old Bensenville man had been considered the winner of the 60 and older division during a 5K run last mont...
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Wauconda torn over commercial developmentAug 03, 2007 11:00 pm - The village of Wauconda wants commercial development. A builder came to the village with an idea to build homes on Route 176 and Sky Hill Drive. The village asked them t...
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Shooting suspect charged with first-degree murder in death of teenAug 03, 2007 11:00 pm - A Carpentersville teen was charged with first-degree murder in the shooting of another teen Thursday, police said late Friday. Henry L. Black, 17, of 94 Birch St., was b...
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Olympic planners want different site for equestrian cross-countryAug 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Lake County Forest District officials and Chicago's Olympic committee are tweaking plans for a Wauconda-area equestrian facility. A proposed cross-country course at the ...
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8 arrested in theft of ComEd's copper cableAug 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Eight men were accused of running a copper theft ring Thursday after stolen copper cable worth $42,000 was found in their truck, Elgin police said. The eight were each c...
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Driving home, then ...Aug 03, 2007 11:00 pm - The last thing Arlington Heights native Karge Olsen remembers before waking up in a Minnesota hospital bed is dropping off a company car and heading to his mother-in-law...
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Never too cool, or old, for school
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Day 1: SnoozapaloozaAug 03, 2007 11:00 pm - "Hustle, hustle, hustle, grind, grind, grind," chanted the London rapper M.I.A. in the late afternoon Friday. "Why does everyone got hustle on their mind?" Her topic was...