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OfficeMax surprises teachers with $1,400 in suppliesOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - When Jocelyn Roos heard there was an emergency meeting at Beebe Elementary, she rushed over to the school hoping her multi-needs students were OK. As it turned out, the ...
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Video taped statement won't be allowed in Brown's trialOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Video-taped statements that James Degorski gave to police will not be heard in court during his upcoming trial for the murders of seven people at a Palatine restaurant i...
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Effort to honor famed author Saul Bellow stalled by his racial comments
Oct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - In a city whose streets commemorate literary notables like the German Goethe and the Frenchman Jean Racine, naming an avenue, a statue, or maybe a school after the Ameri...
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$12 mil awarded to family of brain-damaged boyOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - A DuPage County jury awarded a record $12 million to a Warrenville couple whose 7-year-old son became disabled at birth. Benjamin Hayes cannot speak and has no control ...
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Hospital to honor Apollo 13 astronautOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - A first-of-its-kind military hospital will be named after a famed astronaut with Lake County ties when it opens in North Chicago in 2010, officials announced this week. ...
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Judge upholds Kane Co. Jail officer's arrestOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - A judge Thursday upheld the arrest and field testing of the former head of the Kane County Jail accused of driving drunk. Todd Exline, 46, of Aurora, faces charges of dr...
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6 Northwest suburban schools get national recognitionOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Students and staff at several area schools are boasting this week after being awarded one of the top educational honors in the country. Six schools in the Northwest subu...
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Parking space tax? RTA weighs ideaOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - As the clock ticks closer toward a transit "doomsday," officials are backing away from a sales tax hike and opening up to ideas like a property tax on parking spaces. "W...
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Bethell murder suspect to be tried as an adultOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - A boy who was 14 when Marilyn Bethell of Aurora was killed will be tried as an adult, a Kane County judge ruled today. Garang Deng, who will turn 16 on Saturday, now fa...
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Montessori preschool gets nod from Hanover ParkOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Deborah LaPorte has spent the better part of three decades using the Montessori method to teach young children. Now the educator, who runs the Buffalo Grove Montessori S...