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2008 > October > 31
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Thursday’s girls volleyball roundup: Regional results
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Activists face excommunication over women in priesthood
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Prep scoreboard
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Bridgeport bridges past with present
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Does your child’s school rank in Illinois’ Top 50?
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QUESTION OF THE DAY
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Daley hangs out the welcome sign
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Make a pledge to call the cops
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Death Notice: LORRAINE E. LEWIS
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State’s ultimate insider indicted
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MISCONDUCT ALLEGED
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Illinois 176 crash injures 2 drivers
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Homeless plan flops
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WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
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Suicide bomber kills 5 in Kabul
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Death Notice: CLARENCE CHRISTIAN
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A new age for colonial club
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Death Notice: ADELAIDE KRAMMEN
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Feds say woman exploited child
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Bicycle rider, CTA bus collide
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ANTHONY F. PORTINCASO: 1941 – 2008
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Death Notice: DONNA M. RINGSTAD
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Death Notice: RICHMOND F. BANCROFT
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Woman accused of kicking at cops
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Woman reports ring stolen off hand
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‘They’re just getting off the ground’
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Rent at your own risk
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For McCain, all Ohio, all the time
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Death Notice: DOROTHY F. CHILDERS
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WATCH DOG
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Shows you can’t miss
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State’s ultimate insider indicted
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$500,000 bail in home invasion
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Death Notice: VICTOR DEUTSCHER
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Economy in contraction mode
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‘Mad Men’ creator looks forward to a break
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Shady people are all tricks, no treats
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At this bakery, interns’ hope rises along with the bread
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Death Notice: GEORGE J. ARNOLD
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King Khan, BBQ friends who fight
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Death Notice: LUCILLE M. SCHMITT
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Death Notice: ELEANOR CAPA
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Altered photos, videos take on haunting life
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Death Notice: JOHN MORAN
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‘Ballast’ creator forecasts end of theatrical indies
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Wild West meets Andy Warhol in this villa
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NCAA reins in Midnight Madness
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Once upon a politician …
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RANDOM DILEMMA
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Walgreens open to change
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Rape suspect may be responsible for 6 other assaults
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Death Notice: MANUEL M. CRUZ
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Death Notice: NICHOLAS SAVONE
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FACEBOOK FIVE
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‘Kreep’ing along, poetically
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Death Notice: GIOVANNI BERARDI
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CHRIS JONES RECOMMENDS
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Elizabeth Banks
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BCS title countdown starts
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Man stiffed limo driver, cops say
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Notre Dame defender Smith thriving on football’s edge
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Actress looks like Oscar contender
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Death Notice: MARY T. JUNG
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Versteeg is no small contributor
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Holiday shop at Del Webb event
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Nostalgia cuts both ways in ‘Jew Grows in Brooklyn’
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Stores try creative ways to drive up holiday sales
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It’s so simple to look like Paltrow
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8 years later, association wants awning removed
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Gorging appears over for boss hog Cellini
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Man held in sexual assaults years apart
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MAIN EVENT
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Death Notice: JOSEPHINE EJZAK
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Picking prime community
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Fire gets nothing–and happy with it
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Beware firms that promise clean sweep of credit woes
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Terry Bannon’s NFL picks
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The mathematics of theater candy
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NATION
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NOW PLAYING
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On the trail
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Ding-dong, the witch isn’t dead
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THURSDAY’S RESULTS
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CPS paddling investigation spurs ouster
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Death Notice: JOSEPHINE R. DONOFRIO
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ALMANAC
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Music and Games
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Selling gross-outs by the gross
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QUOTE
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Comdisco collects and corrects
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Death Notice: JOAN L. PAVEZA
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‘No quick fix’ for Motorola cell unit
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Cops cite man in hydrant wreck
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MAIN EVENT
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FRESH EPISODES
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Death Notice: JESSICA FRANCIS WALLACE
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Airhart model ready for debut
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Tragic tale of ‘Margaret Garner’ still strikes chord
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DUI charge filed in tollway crash
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Investigators probe restaurant blast
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The kids/no-kids showdown
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A small, true slice of Delta life, strife
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Death Notice: CAROL DRUMMOND
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DON BAUM: 1922 – 2008
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Don’t let late payments become a foreclosure
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Purrfect
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Sox’s infield set to get a new look
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WATCH THIS
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Dispute leads to battery arrest
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Lab School owes fees, group says
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Bridgeport bridges past with present
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Pulte decorator to conduct staging seminar
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Death Notice: ELMER PROUDIAN
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Get under the impressive Umbrella Music Festival
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Where to celebrate–or commiserate
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Cyrus ready for wheels
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Landlord’s pesticides leave tenants in a fog
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All-star reunion of Stax ‘family’
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3 questions for Matt Focht
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Man is charged in home invasion
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Historic race downplayed
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Blagojevich mum on possible successors to Obama
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Plumbing repair primer
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Did somebody call for a doctor?
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Bridging past, present
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Death Notice: CARMELLA LaBARBERA
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McMahon dealt snub?
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Shootout in the cards in St. Louis; former Jet should fly
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Party ticket
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Hudson family plans services
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Death Notice: IRENE I. ROWLEN
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So who–or what–pulled the plug on ‘Forbidden Broadway’?
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Beatle mania?
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Death Notice: MORRIE M. GROSSMAN
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Finding an area with appreciation potential
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Death Notice: BERNICE GARCARZ
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THE VELVET ROPE
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JEAN S. MELTZER: 1925-2008
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HOMETOWN HITS
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Spooked shelters put cats on hold during Halloween
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Twist of fate
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Tollway projects to wrap up in ’09
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Death Notice: FRANCIS M. DILSAVER
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Gay film fest takes a mostly American approach
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Death Notice: JANE BLAKLEY
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Indicting Illinois. Again
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Kane County Republicans face challenges
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CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
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ROBERT FURMAN: 1915 – 2008
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2 DO
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Dog’s ‘tude is all about you
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Death Notice: RICHARD L. KOPP
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Death Notice: MARY E. KNIPPEN
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Death Notice: ESTHER EDELMANN
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‘Margaret Garner’ still strikes a powerful chord
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Family Fun
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Court settles family’s $800,000 rift
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Florida dog booked on flight home
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Taking the air out of rising deflation fears
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FRIDAY, OCT. 31
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Stranger to these parts draws birders, its demise
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FAST PAISED
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Rose Bowl run just an Illini memory
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Woman hears call to priesthood
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YOUR SALES TAX CALENDAR
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Click on…
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Knotty but nice flooring
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Can’t get to the gym? Rake in some exercise
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14-year-old girl missing 12 days
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You say you want a digital revolution?
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Culture wars spill onto state ballots
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: OCT. 24-26
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OPENINGS THIS WEEK
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Death Notice: CLARA J. MANNA
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No black cats on Halloween
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NOTED
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SHORTSTOPS
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Have you ever gone to home or garden shows?
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8 years later, awning must be removed
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Thursday’s market movers
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Death Notice: GEORGE KOWALCHUK
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What to do if CFL bulb breaks
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Death Notice: EUGENE A. TODD
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American Express to cut 7,000 jobs
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Baghdad commuter rail skirts checkpoints
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TRANSACTIONS
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Will County hopefuls argue growth
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Racetrack in Cicero to be mall
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ESPN is prep for next day’s big game
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Come in from the cold
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Sakamoto’s High 5
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$10,000 reward in Alsip slaying
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Man, 22, charged in hammer attack
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Shorewood Glen to host holiday shopping event
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Death Notice: THOMAS STANLEY TYSZKA, M.D.
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John the Careless
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Energizer dad Brad
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THE TICKER
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Distinctive lives up to name
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CME rival takes lead in swaps race
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Teen left at Neb. hospital is 24th abandoned under safe-haven law
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Cornerstone at new spot?
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Earth-friendly calendar has stark message
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Wii helps Nintendo buck economic trend
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Death Notice: RANDALL R. INDA
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Death Notice: LEONORE S. GORDON
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CHICAGO
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Death Notice: EDWARD OTTO TOMASEK
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MLS honors could come Fire’s way
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Illinois’ ‘No Child’ testing fallout
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Prep football on main stage
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‘Seeker’ brings fantasy to lifecurt wagner
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The godfather of modern politics
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ASK TOM WHY
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Scary good costumes
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Smith’s ballot all about Obama
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Classical Corner
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Death Notice: HENRY JOHNSON
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Shadows animate horror shorts
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MUSIC
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Pete and Ashlee ready to rock
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FIGURES
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Mortgage brokers ditching day jobs
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Andras Schiff gives Beethoven that lived-in sound
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Death Notice: ALICE G. OLIVERO
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An inspirational fight to the finish
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Ready to ‘Rocknrolla’?
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Death Notice: ROBERT S. VAN KEPPEL
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WHO’S UP, WHO’S DOWN
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Stax redux
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Death Notice: DONALD R. DEBELLO
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In Statehouse, Obama quietly made own way
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Ticket Booth
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Costume change
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Return trip in Panthers’ plans
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Whole lotta nothin’
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Celtics’ Doc helps out an old friend
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VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
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Brenly staying put as Brewers pick Macha
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Death Notice: DOROTHY LUCILE HRADEK
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‘Ghost Hunters Live’
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Seeing the hand of God in friendship
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What to do if CFL bulb breaks
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Freaky Friday
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A well-worn tie
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Art guide
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Death Notice: STEVO JAJIC
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Briggs: Blaming Babich unfair
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Aide: Daley blank on letter
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IN BRIEF
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Art
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Film’s star and script line up in ‘Loved’
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Chicago haunts
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Sweet treat or a scourge on mankind?
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Death Notice: CARL A. ANSTETT
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NEW TO DVD
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Puppetry magic in ‘Cabaret’ comes with some strings
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The playoffs by the numbers
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Abbott sues Medtronic over stents
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Saturday’s top games
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Tricked out
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With Head on shelf, Matt Focht moves on with a new project
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Take back Halloween
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Film’s crime is waste of its star
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BOLD NAMES
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ESTELLE REINER: 1914 – 2008
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Death Notice: MARION E. SCHWALBACH
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Put together a home-safety kit with everyday items
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Sex in ‘Red Angel’ is anything but casual; faceless ‘Beauty’
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Death Notice: DOROTHY E. KROLL
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Death Notice: PETER KOLINSKI
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Norwood offering $7,500 credit
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Looking for answers to flatlining scores
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Witten a game-time decision with broken rib
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Truth in titling
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Got cash? Poker glory could await
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WORLD
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Man is beaten near his home
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CAMPAIGN DIGEST
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Death Notice: NORBERTA RYCZEWICZ
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Series finale damp shame, so baseball must respond
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No problems before copter crash
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Teens charged with faking attack
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Allergy death is ruled homicide
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Insurance companies charge women more
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Hostage drama plays out at Piven
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Death Notice: MERCEDES BIRCH
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The week in live music
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Officer shoots knife-wielding man
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Courteney on prowl
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Legislative races again a test of GOP hold in west suburbs
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Death Notice: EFFIE L. MARROS
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McCain campaign echoing Dole’s
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THURSDAY’S RESULTS
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Empty kegs reported stolen
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Exxon Mobil beats own profit record
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Halloween fun
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Windy City whirlwind?
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Those darn polls
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Basement reeks after remodeling
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Trick or treat: Warmest Halloween since 2000
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Come on down!!
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The many faces of Lily Tomlin
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Remember when …
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Private memorial service
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Thomas’ rough task: Fly blind vs. Garnett
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Sacked again
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Blagojevich authorizes 26 pardons
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It’s a dirty job
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Death Notice: ELAINE GOSSWILLER
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The witching hour has come–witch you gonna do?
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Weekend planner
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NATION & WORLD BRIEFS
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Sports fun
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Copter evidence suggests pilot error
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For Families
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‘No Child’ testing fallout
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Shortened workday urged for election day
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Reasons behind flat high school scores
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Bridgeport bridges past with present
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Tours find ghostly host in downtown Orlando
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Plumbing repair primer
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Knotty but nice flooring
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Shootout in the cards in St. Louis; former Jet should fly
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Finding an area with appreciation potential
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At this bakery, interns’ hope rises along with the bread
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Cop union challenges Weis on Obama
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Motorcyclist killed near I-57 on-ramp
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Suburban man gets 7 years for stealing copper wire
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Gary man gets 20 years in violent carjacking
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Vallas returns; is he laying groundwork for run?
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Fake weapons draw police to Michigan Ave. bus
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Blaze displaces 4 families in Country Club Hills
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2 charged in ram-and-grab robbery
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Employers not heeding call to close early for Obama rally
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Suspect in custody in Elgin shooting
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Man slain in alley near South Side home
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Nearly half a million early votes in Chicago, Cook County
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Bail denied for parolee charged in slaying of restaurant manager
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Ex-Niles mayor pleads guilty in kickback scheme
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City tries to cool down Obama rally fever
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Athletes of the Week, 10-28-08
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Smell of smoke spooks Loop building occupants
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Eww, gross! (But will it make you sick?)
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Man accused of using Internet to solicit sex from minor
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Attic house fire in Bensenville does $150,000 in damage
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Chicago businesses balk at trash can fee
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Gun used in Hudson murders confirmed; public memorial set for Sunday
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Duck hunters put Carpentersville school on alert
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2 shot in Edgewater
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‘Suspicious’ death in Elk Grove Village
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Studs Terkel dies
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Election Day rally parking and transportation set
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Studs Terkel dies
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Life sentence in slaying of city employee
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If you dare …
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One dead, two injured in car wreck in Huntley
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Masked man tried to abduct boys, cops say
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Prep scoreboard
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Bail delayed in deadly fish toxin case
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Obama stumps ‘close to home’
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Police involved in shooting on South Side