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Stricter rules for dental sedation
Aug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Illinois dentists will have to follow stricter state guidelines before using deep sedation on patients under a new law that came in response to the death of a 5-year-old...
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Ebert: I never said no thumbs
Aug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Film critic Roger Ebert said he never gave a "thumbs down" to the use of thumbs in reviews for "At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper" during contract negotiations. In a sta...
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Manhunt follows Elgin carjackingAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Two Chicago men are in custody after a carjacking Saturday in Elgin led to a manhunt by air and ground. Elgin police and Kane County sheriff's deputies were called for a...
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Here's what we hear when people drop off their felinesAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - I would like to share with you my "Top Ten" List of excuses we hear at the Buddy Foundation regarding why people give up their animals. All of the reasons are dishearten...
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Walking in their shoesAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Matt Gonzalez and Jason Schubert had no idea they would be learning goat-milking techniques during the mission trip with 11 youth ages 14 to 18 and five adults from St. ...
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'We can't keep living like this'Aug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - As mosquitoes buzz around him, Bob LeMay dips a 7-gallon jug into his neighbor's pool and watches it fill with greenish water. He lugs the heavy container back home and...
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Fires across Greece kill 49
Aug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - ZAHARO, Greece -- Fires pushed by gale-force winds tore through more parched forests, swallowed villages and scorched the edges of Athens on Saturday with ashes raining ...
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Palatine woman, fellow quilters put hobby to good useAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - It's all good when you can parlay a hobby or interest into a gift that helps others. Dotty VanDerripe of Palatine has done just that. "As a group of quilters it's nice t...
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Cops get craftier about catching speeders -- who get craftier about dodging trapsAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Jostling to pull in front of each other in the territorial fight over the open road, suburban drivers and police are often locked in a battle of wits. Now, they are find...
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Preparing to soarAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - As a teenager, Rolando Torres of Elgin says he was so busy with homework that he simply didn't have time to become an Eagle Scout. He doesn't want his son, Alex, to face...