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Maine South grad wins $38,600 on JeopardyJul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - This Maine South High School graduate will take the category "Jeopardy winnings" for $38,600. Greg Peterson, 17, watched himself on TV competing in the game show's Summ...
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Big Dig contractor settles for $50 million
Jul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - BOSTON (AP) -- A concrete supplier for the Big Dig has agreed to pay $50 million to end civil and criminal investigations into whether it supplied inferior concrete used...
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What to do with extra school time?Jul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - This year, Buffalo Grove-Long Grove Elementary District 96 students will be spending more time in school. Now the district just has to figure out how to fill it. The sch...
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Cook County DigestJul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - New buses in District 15: Ten new buses will be added to the Palatine Elementary District 15 fleet this school year, after board members approved the purchase this week....
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Carpentersville police arrest 2 in sexual assaultsJul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Carpentersville police arrested two men in connection with two separate incidents of sexual assaults. Vincent Michael Bonanata, 22, of 808 E. Wood St., Bloomington, Ill....
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Violence follows mosque reopening
Jul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- A suspected suicide bomber killed at least 13 people at a hotel Friday after hundreds of stone-throwing protesters clashed with police as the capi...
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Youths charged with stealing liquor and cigars from golf courseJul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Two Bartlett 17-year-olds and another youth are facing burglary charges after police said they were found trying to steal items "large quantifies" of alcohol and cigars ...
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Tainted cans still on store shelves
Jul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) -- Stores nationwide are continuing to sell recalled canned chili, stew, hash and other foods potentially contaminated with poisonous bacteria even after...
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Frat adviser: Cartoon may have prompted alleged threat
Jul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE -- A Southern Illinois University student accused of writing a note threatening a "murderous rampage" similar to the April one at Virginia Tech may innocen...
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CorrectionJul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Richard Valentino is the attorney for downtown Mount Prospect property owner Tod Curtis in litigation with the village. A story in some editions of Friday's news section...