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Kane County wants schools to pay their shareAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Kane County officials want local school districts to pay their fair share when it comes to educating kids sentenced to complete residential drug treatment programs. To ...
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A look at technology to keep drunks off the road
Aug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Technology that prevents a drunken driver from starting a vehicle holds the promise of greatly reducing alcohol-related deaths, the government and auto saf...
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Obama denies wife's remark targeted Hillary Clinton
Aug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Presidential hopeful Barack Obama said Wednesday his wife was not taking a swipe at Hillary Rodham Clinton when she said, "If you can't run your own house, y...
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Riders with a cause can donate old bikes, partsAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - It's time for all your old and unused bikes to hit the streets. Residents can donate extra or unused bikes -- even broken bikes and bike parts -- to organizations that w...
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Did pigeons play big role in bridge collapse?
Aug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Pounded and strained by heavy traffic and weakened by missing bolts and cracking steel, the failed interstate bridge over the Mississippi River also f...
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Coultrap School starts final chapterAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Megaphone in hand, Principal Julie Dye addressed her eager young charges, lined up on the playground: "We are going into our best year ever at Coultrap Elementary School...
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Weight-loss surgery shown to be a lifesaver, too
Aug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- The first long-term studies of stomach stapling and other radical obesity treatments show they not only lead to lasting weight loss but also dramatically ...
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Neighbor SportsAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Baseball, softball Arlington Cardinals: Tryouts for the 2008 11- to 14-year-old Arlington Cardinals Full Time Baseball Club teams of the Arlington Heights Youth Athl...
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Island Lake's ex-clerk says she's innocentAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - The former Island Lake village clerk accused of destroying computer files pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Lake County Circuit Court. Christine Becker, 54, faces a maximu...
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Senior sex friskier than you think, study says
Aug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - An unprecedented study of sex and seniors finds many older people are surprisingly frisky -- willing to do, and talk about, intimate acts that would make their grandchil...