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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 ...
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Traffic eases as lanes open at Route 64 and Randall Road
Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Lanes opening today should ease congestion at the intersection of Route 64 and Randall Road in St. Charles. Getting to businesses east of the intersection, however, mig...
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Romney calls for stripping pensions from federal officials convicted of misdeeds
Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - URBANDALE, Iowa -- Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, decrying ethical lapses in Washington and singling out fellow Republicans, on Thursday called for stripping the ...
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Fox Valley DigestAug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Parade deadline is today: The Puerto Rican Heritage Organization needs participants for its annual Puerto Rican Day parade at noon Aug. 11. To join, call Ruperto Acevedo...
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More new moms in U.S. breast-feed, but turn to infant formula too soon, experts say
Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - ATLANTA (AP) -- Nearly three-quarters of new mothers in the United States are breast-feeding their babies, but they are quitting too soon and resorting to infant form...
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Today's Birthdays
Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Author P.D. James, 87; broadway composer Richard Adler, 86; singer Gordon Stoker (The Jordanaires), 83; singer Tony Bennett, 81; actor Martin Sheen, 67; lifestyle guru M...