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Young landlubbers say 'aye' to Pirates' CoveAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Dressed in his Spider-Man outfit, 4-year-old Michael Mirro at the Pirates' Cove Children's Theme Park in Elk Grove Village said he could not be fooled. A parade of supe...
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Dist. 220 has money to fix facilitiesAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Barrington Area Unit District 220 is growing closer to finding solutions for its major facility needs. School board members spent several hours Tuesday reviewing the dis...
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Coins offer history lesson for $1
Aug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Most folks can correctly name George Washington as the nation's first president. After that, things get tricky. The U.S. Mint is hoping its new dollar coin...
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Leyden High Schools notesAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Leyden High Schools Free, reduced price lunches: Leyden High School District 212 is offering free and reduced-price lunch to those students unable to pay full price for ...
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Lead in baby bibs leads to lawsuitAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - A California consumer group said Wednesday it has filed a legal action against Toys R Us and Babies R Us for selling vinyl baby bibs that contain high levels of lead. Af...
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Study warns of threat from homegrown terrorists
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Neighbor SportsAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Baseball Travel tryouts: The Hoffman Estates-based 12U travel baseball team will hold tryouts from 5 to 8 p.m. Aug. 16 and 4 to 6 p.m. Aug 18 at Cannon Crossing Field No...
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Briefs: BP's plan to dump decriedAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Elected officials and environmentalists meeting in Chicago on Wednesday roundly blasted a decision by Indiana to permit an oil refinery to dump more pollutants into Lake...
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Schoolhouse may get help from villageAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Mount Prospect's old Central School, which dates from 1896, has defied the ravages of time. Now it is in a race against time. The village of Mount Prospect, however, mig...
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Puerto Rican group names pageant winnersAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - The Puerto Rican Heritage Organization recently hosted its annual pageant competition in Elgin. Diandra Entler of Elgin was crowned the 2007 Miss Puerto Rico and Irys Pe...