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Best of fall traditions to play out at PumpkinfestSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - The Streamwood Park District's annual Pumpkinfest will be held this year from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 6 at Hoosier Grove Park, 700 W. Irving Park Road. The event includes...
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Online voting could net Addison man college cashSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Alfonso Rogel was wrestling with the idea of going back to college when fate intervened. While surfing MiGente.com -- a social networking Web site geared toward Latinos ...
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Reaping the benefitsSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - This was the fall Christine and Randy Gaitsch were supposed to be relaxing and doing something different. The couple who owns and runs Randy's farm stand, at the corner ...
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McHenry County finds fourth West Nile case of yearSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - A 38-year-old Marengo man has become the fourth McHenry County resident to test positive for the West Nile virus, the McHenry County Department of Health announced Thurs...
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Mmmm, always room for another chocolate festivalSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Chocolate lovers will be adding another date to their calendars. They already flock to Long Grove early each May for their annual Chocolate Festival and now Mount Prospe...
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Conference will present ideas on 'with-it' literatureSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - When it comes to teaching young adult literature in schools, Becky Anderson says it's time to replace some of the old standbys with more contemporary authors students ca...
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Mom rallies crib owners in lawsuitSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Amber Spitzer learned her daughter's crib had been recalled shortly after she laid 1-year-old Briana down for a nap. "My heart stopped," Spitzer said. "I ran to wake her...
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All alcohol raises breast cancer risk, experts say
Sep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - BARCELONA, Spain -- All types of alcohol -- wine, beer or liquor -- add equally to the risk of developing breast cancer in women, American researchers said Thursday. "Th...
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Driver in '97 fatal crash going back to jailSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - After Randall Visor's car crashed in October 1997 -- killing three Waubonsie High School students and his passenger -- police arrived and asked him what happened. "Am I ...
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Bush: Air travel needs help