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Kane County might shuffle some campground spacesOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - The Kane County Forest Preserve is considering shuffling its campground spots -- expanding one campground site, closing one and opening another. The preliminary plan pre...
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This year, you can get a good look at hummingbirdsOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - In suburban backyards, wild bird supply stores and even among the ornithologically wise, the buzz in recent weeks has been, well, the buzz. The buzz of ruby-t...
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Cancer survivors stage fashion show todayOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - When breast cancer survivor Lisa Pedersen walks the runway today to model fashions at Gurnee Mills, she wants to show off a different type of beauty. "I look better now ...
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Cross-country trip nets nearly $100,000 for MarklundOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - Just 1.7 more miles to go. When he crosses the Golden Gate Bridge and sets foot in the Presidio in San Francisco this afternoon, Jim Armbruster will fulfill a personal a...
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Polio outbreak caused by vaccine
Oct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - LONDON -- A polio outbreak in Nigeria was caused by the vaccine designed to stop it, international health officials say, leaving at least 69 children paralyzed. It is...
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Junta admits rounding up monks
Oct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar's junta said Friday that hundreds of Buddhist monks were detained during its crackdown on pro-democracy activists and that it was hunting f...
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McDonald's loses strip-search suit
Oct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. -- A jury awarded $6.1 million Friday to a woman who said she was forced to strip in a McDonald's back office after someone called the restaurant pos...
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Duke lacrosse players file suit
Oct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Three former Duke lacrosse players falsely accused of rape filed a federal lawsuit Friday against disgraced prosecutor Mike Nifong, the city of Durha...
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Cubs tickets, like hopes, plummetOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - Spendthrifts -- and Diamondback fans -- likely are the only ones celebrating the two Cubs losses in Arizona. They caused ticket prices for today's games to start tanking...
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Paparazzi won't give prince room on the road
Oct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - LONDON -- Paparazzi aggressively pursued Prince William and his girlfriend early Friday as they left a nightclub, following them by car through the streets of London aft...