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Sarah Jessica Parker promotes new clothing line at RandhurstAug 03, 2007 11:00 pm - It's too bad Sarah Jessica Parker is a celebrity. Because she seems like a really nice person, someone you would want to have a long chat with. Unfortunately, that wasn'...
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Illinois DigestAug 03, 2007 11:00 pm - NIU tracking pest: Farmers concerned about pests invading their corn crop have a new way to find out if bugs are headed their way. Northern Illinois University has launc...
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Bush signs stronger anti-terror measuresAug 03, 2007 11:00 pm - President Bush signed legislation Friday that intensifies the anti-terrorism effort at home. The legislation •Shifts money to high-risk states and cities and expands sc...
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Gurnee's diversity program gets mixed reactionAug 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Gurnee employees have a mixed reaction to mandatory diversity training, which will move into a second phase this year. In a survey, one village employee contended the di...
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Marine sentenced to 15 years
Aug 03, 2007 11:00 pm - CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- A jury sentenced a Marine sergeant Friday to 15 years in prison for the murder of an Iraqi civilian during a fruitless search for an insurg...
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Monsoon floods displace 19 million
Aug 03, 2007 11:00 pm - GAUHATI, India -- Hungry, frightened and shouting for help, families perched perilously in treetops or on the roofs of their flooded homes in Uttar Pradesh as the death ...
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Water taps run dry during the peak of Baghdad summer heat
Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- Much of the Iraqi capital was without running water Thursday and had been for at least 24 hours, compounding the urban misery in a war zone and the bliste...
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Panel trims $1.1 million from Magee school projectAug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - The Round Lake school district believes it has a plan to cut costs on its plan to reopen Magee Middle School. On Thursday, schools CEO Ben Martindale said a district ad ...
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Federal panel lets McHenry County off hook for $6 millionAug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - McHenry County will not have to reimburse its former insurer for more than $6 million the insurance company spent to settle a lawsuit against the county, a federal arbit...
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Columbo to stay behind barsAug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Nearly three decades of prison have not been enough for Patricia Columbo's role in murdering and mutilating her family in their Elk Grove Village home, a ...