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Briefs: Busse Woods death suicideOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - The death of a 38-year-old Des Plaines woman found submerged in a car in a Busse Woods pond was ruled a suicide by drowning on Tuesday. She was pulled from her silver Me...
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The briefsOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Trick-or-treat at Victory Centre Children can trick or treat in costume from 3 to 7 p.m. today at the Victory Centre of Bartlett, 1101 W. Bartlett Road. Victory Centre r...
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Angry West Chicago residents seek answers from EPAOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Officials who have known for five years about possible buried radioactive thorium contamination on up to 100 West Chicago properties faced the public for the first time ...
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Group protests slot machines at Arlington ParkOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - It took one day to organize a rally against Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's plan for a new state gambling regulation board that could lead to racetrack slot mac...
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Company owner loved living in Elk GroveOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - E. Charles Siewert ~ 1928-2007 E. Charles "Chuck" Siewert loved his community of Elk Grove Village so much that he accepted a role on its plan commission during its per...
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Restructuring path not all uphill for failing schoolsOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Fire the staff, perhaps even the principal. Reopen as a charter school. Hire a private firm to operate your public school or find another way to otherwise significantly ...
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Successful schools point to tutoring, music programsOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Don't look at toughening lesson plans if you want to improve student test scores. It's often what goes on outside a classroom that matters, according to several princip...
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TCD students do well in forestry contestOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Two teams of students from Technology Center of DuPage in Addison competed this month in the Section 8 Future Farmers of America Forestry Career Development event at Mor...
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The briefsOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Harper holds game development talk At 7 p.m. Thursday, Harper College hosts a free seminar on the growing video game industry at the Harper Professional Center, 650 E. H...
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Kids Fight Cancer supporters raise $150,000Oct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - A fundraising dinner that started out 23 years ago with 150 people at Studebaker's in Schaumburg, now draws more than 1,000 people annually, and consequently needs one o...