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Taliban: S. Korea paid ransomSep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - SPIN BOLDAK -- South Korea paid Afghanistan's Taliban more than $20 million to release 19 missionaries they were holding hostage, a senior insurgent leader said on Satur...
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Should I have called police on hotheaded mom?Sep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - At first I thought the mom was at the end of her summer rope. You know, the one where the joys of vacation days filled with sun have turned into an agonizing wait for th...
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Get handle on bike riding at Pingree Grove rodeoSep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - It's time for kids to strap on a helmet and saddle up to join the Pingree Grove Police Department's bicycle rodeo, from 10 a.m. to noon Sunday at the Cambridge Lakes Sch...
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Mt. Prospect wine store opensSep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Wine lovers will get a taste of Mount Prospect's new wine shop this Labor Day. The new Vino 100 wine store will open Monday at the new Shoppes at the Emerson, 110 S. Eme...
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Ditch the drive to workSep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - High gas prices have sucked cash out of our pockets for months. Nick Lenarz takes a stand every day when he hops on his bike in Rolling Meadows and pedals 15 miles to hi...
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School goes K-10Sep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Don't expect a homecoming celebration this year at Harvest Christian Academy in Elgin. Sure, there will be some three dozen high-schoolers roaming the halls this fall. B...
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Army's signing bonus attracting thousands
Sep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - LEXINGTON, S.C. -- Bored with life on his family's South Carolina horse farm, Willard McCormick decided that military service was the right plan for his future. And when...
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Is it crying that I hear from circus elephants in DuPage County?Sep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - There were movies I watched when I was a kid that tore my heart to pieces. They're still hard to watch today. One was "Old Yeller." I remember trying to catch my breath ...
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A whopper of a shotSep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Sharon Goodman came home from her April trip to Greece telling quite a fish story. But she's got the photo to prove it. "We were on the Island of Poros just walking al...
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St. Charles homeowner's rights are importantSep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Perhaps you've heard about Annshirley Bowie, a St. Charles homeowner and recent widow struggling to stay alive financially against a historical landmarking of her proper...