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Local students hope MTV will help them get 'Made'Oct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - They want to be models, skateboarders, ice skaters or rappers. In a word, they want to be made. Wednesday, about 100 students at Glenbard West High School in Glen Ellyn ...
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Copland is king during Wheeling Marching FestivalOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Sixteen high school marching bands drew a capacity crowd Saturday night at Wheeling High School's 40th annual Marching Festival. From classic compositions by American co...
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U-46: No reason to talkOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - The positions of Elgin Area School District U-46 and the families accusing the district of racial discrimination are so far apart that discussing settlement would be a w...
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Firefighters hesitating to risk lives against Western fires
Oct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - SALT LAKE CITY -- Fueled by drought and development, wildfires in the West are getting bigger and more aggressive, creating conditions so dangerous that fire bosses are ...
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The country's largest terror exercise to begin before last results are released
Oct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The nation is preparing for its biggest terrorism exercise ever next week when three fictional "dirty bombs" go off and cripple transportation arteries in ...
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Briefs: Midway skid a pilot errorOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Pilot error was a major contributor to a fatal accident at Chicago's Midway Airport during which a Southwest Airlines jet skidded through a barrier and hit several cars,...
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FundraisersOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - October Woodfield Women's Connection: Woodfield Women's Connection presents " The Little Black Dress": from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday; Poplar Creek Country Club, 1400 Poplar...
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Notre Dame High School honors alumniOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Notre Dame High School in Niles took advantage of homecoming weekend and honored 33 alumni Sunday in its first ever Hall of Honor Awards. The Notre Dame High School Hall...
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Crime commission to honor prosecutorsOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Thirteen Kane County prosecutors will be recognized tonight for their role in a joint FBI and Aurora police cold case investigation that netted 32 murder suspects. They ...
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Border debate on the air in ElginOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - There are no easy answers on immigration. That, at least, was clear Tuesday as panelists from around the Chicago area took part in a special town hall discussion broadca...