Jake Griffin
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Your Christmas tree can help … fish?Jan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - Fishermen may get a belated holiday present if they donate their Christmas trees to the DuPage County Forest Preserve District. Crews will collect non-decorated natural ...
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Area Kenyans hope for peaceJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - As the once-stable African nation of Kenya teeters on the brink of an election-spawned civil war, immigrants in the Chicago area are hopeful the two politicians at the c...
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Inflated prices for balloon bizDec 30, 2007 10:00 pm - Those floating party balloons, a staple of any respectable New Year's Eve party, are becoming scarce. A worldwide helium shortage is the culprit, leading to dramatic pri...
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Villa Park's wanted manDec 29, 2007 10:00 pm - He might not be as notorious as some others who've disappeared into thin air after they're accused of a crime, but Jason McDermott has proven just as elusive. The Macomb...
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Make a soldier your valentine again in '08Dec 28, 2007 10:00 pm - It's one thing to slap a yellow-ribbon magnet on the back of a car and claim to support American troops. It's quite another to inspire people to handcraft more than 40,0...
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Jail toothbrush can be evidence, DuPage judge rulesDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - Once in jail, nothing's private anymore. That was DuPage Circuit Judge Michael Burke's ruling Monday regarding the jailhouse toothbrush of an inmate being held for one c...
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Former substitute headed to jailDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - A former substitute teacher in Naperville will be spending this Christmas behind bars after being sentenced Monday for inappropriately touching a male student. Brett J. ...
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DuPage forest district gets its wayDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - A few years ago, the DuPage County Forest Preserve offered to buy the Country Lakes Golf Course and some surrounding property for $12 million. Late Wednesday, they got t...
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Services set for woman killed while volunteeringDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Blythe O'Sullivan spent her short life helping others, and her family wants that giving spirit to continue. O'Sullivan's parents are asking well-wishers to forgo flowers...
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City is sweet on CarolineDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Caroline Kennedy, daughter of former President John F. Kennedy, was signing copies of her holiday-themed book, "A Family Christmas." "She is a phenomenal woman who conti...