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Birkett says staff shortages a safety riskSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - While DuPage County State's Attorney Joe Birkett made a successful case for hiring additional employees Tuesday, it's uncertain what the long-term verdict will be given ...
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Briefs: Mother files suit in crashSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - The mother of a 16-year-old Oak Park boy injured in a Nov. 6 crash with a Naperville man who died filed a lawsuit Wednesday in DuPage County. Tina Fuquay, on behalf of h...
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Dist. 200 still grappling with movie policySep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - R-rated film clips are back, at least in policy, in Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200's high schools. Whether teachers will ever show such clips is another matter. D...
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Bartlett's new train station on trackSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - The Metra station in downtown Bartlett dates back to 1873, making it the oldest operating depot on the line. It's a distinction officials have been looking to drop for y...
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Police beatSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Geneva • Joseph M. Nathan, 18, of 227½ N. First St., was charged with retail theft after stealing a box of Claritin tablets, valued at $11.49, Saturday morning from Rile...
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New Fox Valley parks leader eyes riverfront open spaceSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Fox Valley Park District's new board president says her main priorities are to preserve open space along the riverfront and continue to care for Aurora's inner-city park...
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Study finds we lose 2 days a year to commutingSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - What would you do with an extra 46 hours this year? Relax with the family? Extend that vacation? Sleep in? Instead, you spend that much time or more sitting in the car s...
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Jail filled to over-capacity, sheriff saysSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Former California governor Jerry Brown once theorized that "the volume of paperwork expands to fill the available briefcases." The Lake County variation of that theory m...
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Iowa man indicted for sending pipe bombs to investment firmsSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - The Iowa man accused of mailing two dud pipe bombs from Rolling Meadows to investment companies in hopes of driving up stock prices has been indicted on federal securiti...
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Acts sought for downtown Geneva music daySep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Shopping in downtown Geneva could soon have a soundtrack of its own. The Geneva Cultural Arts Commission wants musicians to play in public areas throughout the district....