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Excuse me, Mr. Elephant, may I see some identification?
Aug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW DELHI -- Wildlife groups have created individual photo identification cards for wild elephants in southern India to help track the effects of poaching, conservationi...
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U.S. offers Israel arms deal
Aug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - JERUSALEM -- The United States offered Israel an unprecedented $30 billion of military aid over 10 years on Thursday, bolstering its closest Mideast ally and ensuring th...
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Mixed ACT report for Tri-Cities area schoolsAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Two high schools in the Tri-Cities received mixed reports on ACT scores this week. The composite ACT score for Kaneland High School rose more than one-half point to 21.3...
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Iraqi leaders forge new alliance
Aug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- Iraq's political leaders emerged Thursday from three days of crisis talks with a new alliance that seeks to save the crumbling U.S.-backed government. But the...
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Helicopter landing site will have to waitAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Winfield trustees stalled a plan Thursday by Central DuPage Hospital to move its emergency room helicopter pad across the street from the hospital's sprawling campus. Ho...
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Addison man charged with robbing bank in ChicagoAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - A 24-year-old Addison man is being held without bond in connection with a July 11 robbery at a bank on Chicago's far Northwest Side. Jorge Gamboa, of 301 S. Hale St., wa...
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'Pied Piper' lures five dozen kids to castAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Ela Theatre Company will present "Pied Piper -- the Musical" with a cast of 60 local children in third through ninth grades, at 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at Lake...
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Iran denounces U.S. plans
Aug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday denounced a U.S. plan to deploy missile defense sites in Eastern Europe, calling it a threat to ...
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Lake County fairgrounds vote next weekAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - With a tentative approval already granted, plans for a new Lake County fairgrounds complex in Grayslake are expected to receive a final blessing from village board membe...
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Children's court advocate program seeks volunteersAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - CASA Kane County will be hold informational meetings for anyone interested in becoming a Court Appointed Special Advocate volunteer, helping abused and neglected childre...