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Contestants face drug testing in "Tour of Elk Grove"Jul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - The "Tour of Elk Grove" bicycle race next month is taking steps in response to the doping controversy hanging over the Tour De France. Under a new policy, officials wil...
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Electric rate relief surging toward OK
Jul 26, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A plan to give angry consumers $1 billion in relief from surging electricity prices was on the fast track for legislative approval Thursday, despite some ...
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A Round Lake bar owner served fine and community serviceJul 26, 2007 11:00 pm - A Round Lake bar owner will keep his liquor license and avoid jail time after being found guilty Thursday of illegal gambling. In a stipulated bench trial before Judge P...
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How Harry has changed everythingJul 26, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Laurence J. Kirshbaum, the former head of Warner Books, remembers publishing one of the biggest sensations of its time: Alexandra Ripley's "Scarlett," the au...
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Your FaithJul 26, 2007 11:00 pm - Your faith To have your information included, e-mail it each week by Wednesday to faith@dailyherald.com, fax it to (847) 680-0189 or mail to Religion listings, 1795 N. B...
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Gates seeks to calm feud
Jul 26, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates wrote to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton that a top Pentagon official did not intend to impugn her patriotism by suggesting her ...
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West Nile still aliveJul 26, 2007 11:00 pm - West Nile still alive: Lake County joins six Illinois counties now reporting West Nile virus, the Illinois Department of Public Health said Thursday. A positive mosquito...
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Negotiations over hostages
Jul 26, 2007 11:00 pm - KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan clerics and tribal elders are negotiating for the release of 22 South Korean hostages, who a Taliban spokesman said Thursday have been split...
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Marijuana may increase psychosis risk, study saysJul 26, 2007 11:00 pm - LONDON -- Using marijuana seems to increase the chance of becoming psychotic, researchers report in an analysis of past research that reignites the issue of whether p...
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TB patient who created health scare released from hospital, returns to GeorgiaJul 26, 2007 11:00 pm - DENVER -- The tuberculosis patient who created an international health scare when he flew to Europe for his wedding was released from a hospital Thursday after succe...