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Four counties declared state disaster areasAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Using the rising floodwaters of the Chain O' Lakes as a backdrop, Gov. Rod Blagojevich declared Cook, Kane, Lake and McHenry counties state disaster areas Friday. The st...
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Relief efforts continue around the Fox ValleyAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Emergency personnel and local officials are standing by today in the northern Fox Valley to help residents affected by Thursday's storms and ongoing flooding. Officials ...
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Adding joy to lives of orphansAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Ryan Anderson doesn't exactly provide his clients with a conventional sales pitch. For a few hundred bucks, the Carol Stream native will give a Lake Michigan boater the ...
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Briefs: Go to a powwowAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - The Potawatomi Trails Pow-wow Committee of Zion will hold its annual powwow in Zion's Shiloh Park today and Sunday. Gates will open both days at 10 a.m. and close at 10 ...
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Homeless agency meeting on TuesdayAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Journeys from PADS to HOPE, a not-for-profit homeless agency, hosts its annual meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the office, 1140 E. Northwest Highway, Palatine. For more inf...
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Fatah families evacuate besieged camp
Aug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Families of Islamic fighters left a besieged Palestinian refugee camp on Friday after the militants and the Lebanese army agreed to the evacuation, ac...
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Ex-preserve official diesAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - A former longtime general superintendent of the Cook County Forest Preserve District was found dead at his Inverness home Friday morning. Arthur L. Janura, 87, was disco...
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Lutheran General Hospital notesAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - HOLD support group: The Counseling Center of Advocate Medical Group offers a free Healing Our Lost Dreams support group twice a month for persons who have experience...
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Two men in custody after Elgin carjackingAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Two Chicago men are in custody after a carjacking today in Elgin led to a manhunt by air and ground. Elgin police and Kane County sheriff's deputies were called to the a...
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The ultimate sacrificeAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Char Doty of Carpentersville took this picture while traveling in England recently. She writes "We visited this cemetery just outside of Cambridge. It contains over 3,50...