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Driver in 80s strikes, kills mother, 2 children
Oct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Authorities say a driver in his 80s struck and killed a mother and her two small children as they crossed a Chicago street. Police spokeswoman JoAnn Taylor says the acci...
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Church facelift a matter of faithOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - No one intended a multipurpose room to house church services. Sure, the space could double for athletics or a ballroom, but for Sunday Mass? Over the next 10 months whil...
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Pastor's travels lead him to prison ministryOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - The Rev. Barry Kolb of Lord of Life Lutheran Church in LaFox was on a plane recently when a stranger asked him what he did for a living. "I said, 'What day of the week i...
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Glen Ellyn celebrates Halloween with paradeOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Glen Ellyn resident Bill Folkmar and his 5-year-old son William, who was dressed for the day as a red Power Ranger, had a plan. "He wants to do the parade. Right after t...
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Trading spaces -- outer space addition
Oct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Astronauts swung open the door to their new space station addition Saturday and floated into the spacious and sparkling white room, formally chri...
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Doctor is hopeful for a malaria vaccineOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - ROCKVILLE, Md. -- In a nondescript office park tucked between a hospital and a strip mall thrive hundreds of thousands of the most infectious malaria-carrying mosquitoes...
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Report: Grand jury investigating allegations magician raped, threatened Washington woman
Oct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - SEATTLE -- A federal grand jury is investigating allegations that magician David Copperfield raped and threatened a Washington state woman at his estate in the Bahamas, ...
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Iraqi women heeding country's call
Oct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - RAMADI, Iraq -- The women received their first paychecks a few weeks ago -- about $500 for a month's work as police officers. They paid rent, bought food, wiped out debt...
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Alabama annuls sexless marriage
Oct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - MONTGOMERY, Ala.-- The bride might have been tipped off on the honeymoon: The newlyweds went to the Smoky Mountains, where they slept in separate tents. Then there was t...
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Burglars-in-a-box? Three charged in robberiesOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - TORONTO -- Two men and a woman who used an ordinary cardboard box to break into over 200 Toronto area fast-food joints were caught by lucky timing, police said on Friday...