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Plane carrying Fossett missing
Sep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - MINDEN, Nev. -- Steve Fossett doesn't give up easily. It took him four tries to swim across the English Channel, and six to fulfill his dream of becoming the first perso...
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Chicago officially sends America's bid for Olympics
Sep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Now that Chicago officially is the U.S. bid city for the 2016 Summer Olympics, it must convince the International Olympic Committee it deserves to stage the games. Organ...
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Sugar Grove gives ice creams vendors another chanceSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - In what appeared to be an abrupt detour from an almost certain path to action, the Sugar Grove village board decided Tuesday not to act on an ordinance banning ice cream...
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Landmark Palatine cafe cooking on borrowed timeSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - A landmark suburban restaurant could be torn down under a plan to redevelop a busy corner in Palatine. Brandt's Little Café, known for some of the best burgers around, w...
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McCain discovers kids say the darnedest things
Sep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - CONCORD, N.H. -- An unflinching John McCain was told Tuesday by New Hampshire high school students he might be too old to be president and too conservative to be respect...
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Learn about Congo familiesSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Tom and Jan Sullivan, who have recently visited the Congo to learn more about the lives of the women and children in that area, will speak from 2 to 4 p.m. Sept. 8 at th...
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Carbon monoxide forces evacuation in N. AuroraSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Seven businesses on Oak Street in North Aurora were evacuated about 7 p.m. Tuesday by the North Aurora Fire Department due to dangerously high carbon monoxide levels. Bu...
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Dist. 203 may be calling you for inputSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - If some residents can't or don't want to go to one of Naperville Unit District 203's community engagement meetings, the district will go to the residents. Tuesday night ...
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Mount Prospect sales tax rate going to 8.75 percentSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Mount Prospect village board members were expected to wait at least one more meeting before voting on raising the home-rule sales tax. Instead, trustees Tuesday, influen...
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FEMA: Storm damage needs proper documentationSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - People cleaning up after high flood waters and storms are being asked to make sure they properly document the damage to their property. Aric Schmidt, a spokesman for th...