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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...
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Lab worker burned by acidJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Lab worker burned by acid: An Abbott Laboratory employee is in the burn ward at Loyola Medical Center in Chicago after being doused with acid when a pipe burst early Sat...
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Kane County Fair attendance up 16 percentJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Attendance at this year's Kane County Fair increased 16 percent over last year, with 141,258 fair goers attending the five-day event that wrapped up Sunday. Mild weathe...
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Critics say 'Oh no' to HaloJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Scores of preteens and teens will compete Sunday in the popular, alien-killing Halo 2 video game tournament at the Mount Prospect Public Library. But their parents may n...
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Suit filed against Schaumburg restaurant charged with serving bleach-tainted waterJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - A Schaumburg restaurant accidentally served a pregnant woman bleach in her drinking water, a lawsuit filed Monday contends. Meena Goel, a dentist, was dining at Moretti'...
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Elgin youth accused in gang shootingJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - A 17-year-old Elgin was arrested at noon Sunday and accused of firing a shot from a .22-caliber revolver into a car occupied by three members of a rival street gang, pol...
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Kane 'barn' will quench water thirstJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - At 38,000 square feet, it could be the largest non-agricultural "barn" in Kane County. By January 2008, though, Geneva leaders hope their barn-shaped water treatment pla...
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Village OKs expansionJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Village OKs expansion: The Barrington village board of trustees gave approval Monday for the renovation and expansion of the Champion Dodge/Chrysler Jeep dealership at 4...
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Smokers' drag: State ban signed into lawJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Starting Jan. 1, smokers won't be able to light up inside restaurants, bars, offices, shopping malls and other indoor public places in Illinois. Gov. Rod Blagojevich sig...