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Plant sale to benefit humane societyAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Any animal lover can tell you that having a pet is expensive. Between food, toys, supplies and routine veterinary care, those lovable little furballs can rack up a big b...
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Briefs: Sandbag material availableAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Wauconda's public works department is offering residents materials that they may need to sandbag areas of property. The village will supply empty bags and bulk sand, del...
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Chicago-area student attacked on campusAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - BOULDER, Colo. -- A University of Colorado freshman was slashed with a knife Monday in an apparently random attack outside the school's student center. Michael George Kn...
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Iowa Senator pleaded guilty to conduct
Aug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho pleaded guilty this month to misdemeanor disorderly conduct after being arrested at the Minneapolis airport. A Hennepin County c...
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Winners announced for AAUW Art ShowcaseAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - The Elgin Area Branch of American Association of University Women recently announced that Bill Haendel of DeKalb, in sculpture, fiber and paper, was awarded "Best of Sho...
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Soaring opium production endangers Afghan stability
Aug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan opium poppy cultivation exploded to a record high this year, with the multibillion-dollar trade fueled by Taliban militants and corrupt offi...
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Asthma hits 9/11 workers
Aug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A new survey of Sept. 11-related illnesses has found an alarming increase in asthma -- 12 times higher than normal -- among those who toiled on the toxic d...
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This Comiskey helped Sox soar
Aug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Charles Albert "Chuck" Comiskey II, grandson and namesake of the Chicago White Sox founder and a former front-office executive and co-owner during the "Go Go Sox" years ...
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Brief: Dist. 102 to talk teachersAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Aptakisic-Tripp Elementary District 102 will be talking about reducing the number of junior high teachers for the next school year, Superintendent Jon Mink said at a boa...
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School defibrillator study
Aug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - SEATTLE -- A nationwide push to put portable defibrillators in every school, a response to several high-profile student deaths, may not be worth the cost, a new study co...