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When it comes to labor disasters, mine tragedies are oursSep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Most of us return to work today after a three-day holiday where the focus was on food, family and fun under perfect skies. But Wednesday will be the 125th anniversary on...
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Labor Day weekend all wet for Chain O' LakesSep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - The line to board the Blarney Island shuttle usually stretches out beyond the pier and spills into the parking lot of Port Of Blarney in Antioch during Labor Day weekend...
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Water, sewers stuck in limboSep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Control of a sanitary district that provides water and sewer service to hundreds of Campton Hills residents appears to be in limbo. The Wasco Sanitary District currentl...
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Volunteer brings Elizabethan history to life authenticallySep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - For 20 years, commoners have rollicked about in Elizabethan England at the Bristol Renaissance Faire in Wisconsin. Through a re-creation of a summer day in 1574, when Qu...
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Wishing modern life was a little less like fakery of the moviesSep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Moviemakers call it the suspension of disbelief, and getting us to do it is a primary skill of the best of them. They cajole or shock or entertain us into deciding that ...
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New study: DNA not so similar among humans
Sep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- People are less alike than scientists had thought when it comes to the billions of building blocks that make up each individual's DNA, according to a new ana...
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Students + parents' help = successSep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Antioch parents scratching their heads at the mere mention of algebraic equations or European history are being offered a crash course in high school curriculum. Recogn...
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Bipolar label on kids rises
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Elburn fire department looks to fill spotsSep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Fire fighting techniques have progressed quite a bit since the Elburn and Countryside Fire Protection District was founded in 1882 as the Blackberry Hook and Ladder Co. ...
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Church to hold blood drive SaturdaySep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - First Congregational Church of Dundee, in conjunction with Heartland Blood Centers, will be sponsor a blood drive from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday in the lower level common ...