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Prosecutors wary of spiked energy drinks
Aug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - HARTFORD, Conn. -- Beverage companies that sell alcoholic energy drinks were harshly criticized Tuesday by more than two dozen state attorneys general who want federal o...
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Dist. 211 changes admission rulesAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - A contentious issue plaguing Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 over the past week has been settled. Superintendent Roger Thornton said Tuesday District 211 ha...
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Teacher helped students learn to speak EnglishAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - When as a small child Herman P. Bueno came to the United States from his native Colombia, he started first grade without knowing any English and with no extra help in th...
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Campton Hill locks up top cop's contractAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Campton Hills trustees approved a three-year contract Tuesday with a man expected to build the village's first police department from scratch. A 27-year veteran of the ...
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Mount Prospect police say road rage led to violenceAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Mount Prospect police are searching for the men who shot a Comcast worker in the arm during an apparent road rage incident Tuesday. Comcast spokesman Rich Ruggiero said ...
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Cary puts off vote on gravel pitAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - After almost two hours of public comment -- mostly negative -- on a proposed gravel pit Tuesday night, Cary Mayor Steve Lamal said the board's discussion of the controve...
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Kirk bill's focus is on student safetyAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Rep. Mark Kirk admits teachers and school administrators already have the right to search a student's bag or locker if they suspect weapons or drugs are inside. But the ...
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Barrington Hills crash kills Lindenhurst manAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - A 42-year-old Lindenhurst man died Tuesday morning after his car was hit by a semi-trailer truck at Algonquin and Old Sutton roads in Barrington Hills. Police said their...
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Freckles caused by excess skin pigmentation, sun exposureAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - "People always comment on my freckles! What are freckles? How do people get tan?" asked Nikki Zarytsky, 11, a sixth-grader at Fremont School in Mundelein. Babies don't h...
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Fox Valley gets rain reprieveAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Parts of the northern Fox Valley remained under water Tuesday, but emergency workers and local officials say the worst may be over. Unless there's more rain. Some reside...