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Personal safety workshopSep 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Developing a personal safety plan is part of the free Women's Self Defense Workshop being sponsored by Safe Daughters, a nonprofit organization. The five-session program...
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TLC for torn up turfSep 23, 2007 11:00 pm - After about two decades of being trampled underfoot, the Vernon Hills Park District's soccer fields are getting a makeover. Crews have continued to rip up two fields at ...
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New York jail union to endorse Obama
Sep 23, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- One of the largest municipal jail unions in the country said Monday that it will endorse Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois for president. "Barack Obama is the on...
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Man held in fatal hit-and-run West Chicago crashSep 23, 2007 11:00 pm - A motorist remained in police custody Monday in Michigan after he was accused of fleeing a weekend crash in West Chicago that left a Lisle woman dead. Luis Alvarez, 2...
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Going black-tie to raise green at Harper CollegeSep 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Will a black-tie gala help offset state funding cuts for a local community college? Officials at Harper College in Palatine are banking on it. They hope a large turnout ...
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Meet people from the past at Grayslake cemetery walkSep 23, 2007 11:00 pm - The 10th annual living history tour of the Grayslake Cemetery will take place at 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. In the 1860s, Lawrence Forvor deeded land for this burial ...
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Briefs: Lake Barrington woman withs Red Cross awardSep 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Woman wins first place Stacie McManus of Lake Barrington, who last month was named one of 38 regional winners of the American Red Cross' Women of Spirit award, will be h...
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Administration: Social Security fix will require benefit cuts and more taxes
Sep 23, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration said Monday the only way to permanently fix Social Security is through some combination of benefit cuts and tax increases. That was...
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Lake Zurich band to march in London's New Year's Day paradeSep 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Bears will march down the streets of London on Jan. 1. No, it's not the headline in a popular English tabloid. Lake Zurich High School's 135 marching band members will p...
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Clinton sure she won't repeat mistakes that sank earlier health care reform bid
Sep 23, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday defended her plan for universal health care and insisted she won't repeat the mistakes that doomed her earlier ef...