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Elk Grove hosts an American Idol-style contestJul 26, 2007 11:00 pm - Elk Grove Village's Christine Allen will take the stage this weekend, singing the Cheap Trick classic, "I Want You to Want Me." The music major picked the song for the f...
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CorrectionJul 26, 2007 11:00 pm - A story that ran in some Tuesday editions incorrectly identified the Just Say Nay 4-H Club and misspelled the name of Alissa Frederick's 4-year-old horse, Dobber. A phot...
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Pilot error blamed in Palwaukee crashJul 26, 2007 11:00 pm - A Cessna aircraft carrying four area businessmen into a Wheeling airport last year wasn't going fast enough to stop an engine stall that sent the plane plummeting to the...
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West Chicago man charged with hate crimesJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - A West Chicago man was charged Monday with hate crimes for assaulting two Hispanic men. Robert Hindle, 44, of 210 ˆ¨ Geneva Road, is accused of attacking the men last we...
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N. Aurora residents express interest in riverwalk projectJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - A preliminary report found that most North Aurora residents would like a riverwalk, and they are willing to pay additional taxes to make it happen. Village officials ha...
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Study: 1 in 25 online youths asked for sexual photos while on 'NetJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Four percent of American youths online have been asked to send a sexually explicit photo of themselves over the Internet, researchers say in a new study. ...
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Lindenhurst rethinks costly sidewalk projectJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Making Grass Lake Road pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly is going to be a costly endeavor for Lindenhurst. Village officials hope to connect existing sidewalks along the...
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Plan supports more trains from Elburn to ChicagoJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - A plan to add more than 20 trains along the Union Pacific-West line from Elburn to Chicago has the support of the Kane County Board's transportation committee. The comm...
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Dist. 301 adopts budgetJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Central Unit District 301 officials on Monday adopted a $51 million tentative budget for the 2007-08 school year, reserving the bulk of the money for salaries and, for t...
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Lawsuit says VA betrayed veterans
Jul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Frustrated by delays in health care, injured Iraq war veterans accused VA Secretary Jim Nicholson in a lawsuit of breaking the law by denying them disabili...