Local
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Memorial Mass held for soldier killed in IraqSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - A soldier from Queens, N.Y., was remembered Saturday during a memorial Mass at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Naperville. Spc. Jonathan Rivadeneira, 22, was killed Sep...
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Construction accident knocks out powerSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - More than 6,000 customers were without electricity for slightly more than two hours Saturday after a construction crew hit an underground ComEd line near Springfield Dri...
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How the Internet will change libraries is at the front of my mindSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - One could make the case that libraries as we know them are an endangered species. Ordinary people are saying, "In the age of the Internet, when everyone has a computer,...
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Palatine Public Library notesSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Guide to theater in DuPage County Alchemy Theatre Company Alchemy Theatre Company will present staged readings on the following dates at the Helen M. Plum Memorial Libr...
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Many legends abound about Abe Lincoln's digsSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - There is hardly a cave in Indiana or Kentucky that doesn't have graffiti stating, "Daniel Boone was here." Likewise, in Illinois, tales of Abraham Lincoln abound and mos...
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Sharing my anger over a pathetically political amendmentSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - It's always great to get reader reaction to my Sunday columns. Even better when I come in on a Monday to find my e-mail box bulging with replies to something I wrote. Th...
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Missing woman found in closed-off area of Morton ArboretumSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - A 54-year-old woman found unresponsive Saturday morning in the Morton Arboretum in Lisle had been reported missing Friday by her family. The woman was transported Saturd...
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Elgin's new Hideaway Cafe quite a findSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - For years, Kathy Ferris kept in touch with a woman who knew about the goings on within the State Street Market Shops in Elgin. And when cafe space became available earli...
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Cemetery Walk takes you through history with people who were thereSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - The Elgin Area Historical Society's 20th annual Historic Elgin Cemetery Walk will take place at noon today at Bluff City Cemetery, 945 Bluff City Blvd., on Elgin's south...
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The first everSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - The photographs of 85 past commanders of American Legion Post 57 in Elgin show mostly white, older, bespectacled males. Current Commander Rose Martinez is none of those...