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Defense takes over in trial of polygamist sect leader
Sep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - ST. GEORGE, Utah -- Defense attorneys for a polygamous-sect leader charged with sex crimes in the arranged marriage of a 14-year-old girl and her older cousin began thei...
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Future's bright for North Chicago VA hospitalSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Enrico "Harry" Fontana returned from the Korean War in 1952 troubled by his thoughts and unable to sleep. People called his condition b...
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Briefs: Dist. 220 OKs budgetSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - The Barrington Area Unit District 220 school board gave final approval Tuesday of this year's budget, marking the 11th straight year the district will operate in the bla...
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Home foreclosures soared in August
Sep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- The number of foreclosure filings reported in the U.S. last month more than doubled versus August 2006 and jumped 36 percent from July, a trend that signa...
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Kane state's attorney to look at clinic's review processSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Aurora's review of how Planned Parenthood got a permit to build a clinic on the far east side of town has been anything but smooth - or predictable. The first and second...
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Father of 11 was mentor, friendSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Henry Fonda may have played the father in the 1968 movie, "Yours, Mine and Ours," but he had nothing on James P. Sirbas, who knew all about blending two large families i...
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Carol Stream congregation going homeSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Paul Arthurs sees the light at the end of his congregation's long journey back home to Wheaton Christian Center Church. The Carol Stream congregation and its pastor wil...
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House acts to aid struggling homeowners
Sep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The House on Tuesday approved a plan to expand federal backing of mortgages in hopes of helping struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure. Despite some White...
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That's no decoration, that's a boa constrictorSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - A Burr Ridge family got an early Halloween scare when they found a snake about 6 feet long laying in their driveway Monday night. Jackie Dunbar was in her house about du...
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Lawyers argue school site's valueSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Opening statements began Tuesday in Indian Prairie Unit District 204's condemnation trial to acquire land for Metea Valley High School. Attorneys for the school district...