Jake Griffin
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GOP fails to keep Cullerton off ballotJul 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Apparently, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a donkey. Republicans trying to keep a Democratic state Senate challenger off the Nov. 4 ballot because ...
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Ribfest gets Renaissance man in Trace AdkinsJul 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Despite the long hair and sleeveless shirts, Trace Adkins isn't your typical west Texas roughneck. Musician, author, pundit, inmate and game-show contestant are just som...
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$300 for the Ribfest VIP treatmentJul 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Judy Patterson is getting her groove on. She just showed up at Naperville's Ribfest an hour ago and was escorted to her front row seats on a riser at the Miller Lite Mai...
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How to maximize your festival weekendJul 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Ask a dozen people at any Fourth of July weekend festival what drew them there and you might get a dozen different answers. Some'll say fireworks or food or music or par...
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Forest preserve OKs research center aimed at restoring fish populationJul 01, 2008 11:00 pm - The DuPage County Forest Preserved approved building a $2.9 million research center that could lead to the reintroduction of dozens of mussel and fish species into Illin...
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Cenacle property could house fish research centerJun 30, 2008 11:00 pm - It didn't take long for the DuPage County Forest Preserve to find a use for the recently purchased 40-acre Cenacle property in Warrenville. The board is expected to vote...
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Naperville couple says latest adoption their last ... maybeJun 28, 2008 11:00 pm - It should be an easy question. "Is this it?" But, it's almost like they've never thought about the answer before, or even consulted one another. Kris Hull answers almost...
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Injured bobcat settling in at WillowbrookJun 27, 2008 11:00 pm - A 3-year-old, light-sensitive bobcat -- the first feline at Willowbrook Wildlife Center -- has taken up residence among the other chronically injured critters. "He was h...
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A new nest for Glen Ellyn's cranesJun 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Pui is the more inquisitive of the pair. She struts to the open cage door as if to welcome the visitors to her temporary home. Nebula is almost sheepish when the interlo...
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Five-car crash snarls traffic on I-88Jun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - A crash involving five vehicles Wednesday morning in the makeshift express lane along westbound I-88 in DuPage County turned the thoroughfare into a parking lot. One per...