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The Beer Nut: Are you the Beerdrinker of the Year?Sep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Do you like beer? I'm talking about good craft beer, not mass-produced beers like Budweiser or Coors. Do you know a lot about beer? Do you have a sense of humor? And, mo...
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High-level retrieversSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - It's a quiet field, and the wind is calmly blowing. The Queen Anne's Lace are swaying in the late afternoon breeze. The birds are quietly chirping. Thwap! There's a lo...
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Playing Don Quixote: Boston-area actor is the Man of La ManchaSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - "I was prepared to be an architect," says Christopher Chew. Instead, he became Don Quixote. Come again? OK, Chew did some theater in high school. "I got hooked," he says...
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Doctors save pet owner - and her dog - after bee attackSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Staff at a local hospital helped save the life of an unusual patient last week - a 7-pound Yorkshire terrier. They also treated the dog's owner, Tia Meadows of Bro...
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Summit brings ‘key players' together to talk about crimeSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Crime rose in Winnebago County last year, parts of Rockford are fraught with gun violence and drug trafficking continues. And on Monday, a host of the county's criminal ...
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It's a wrap: Low-fat chimichangas sure do hit the spotSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - My sister Karin went to college with a bunch of foodies, and one of them, Jane, blogs about the great recipes she tries. This one, from Weight Watchers, is great for thr...
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Firemen petition to oust controversial union leaderSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Thirty-three members of the Oswego City Fire Department have signed a peition calling for the resignation of firefighter union president, Tom Amedio. More than half of t...
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Man charged with fatally beating kittenSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Police charged a Plymouth man with smashing a kitten onto the pavement of a parking lot and injuring it so badly it had to be euthanized. The man told police the kitten ...
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Raynham Park owner wants part of casino actionSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Raynham Park owner George Carney wants to bring a resort casino to the dog-track site in that town. After Gov. Deval Patrick on Monday proposed licensing three ful...
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DuPage County state's attorney sues street gang membersSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - For the third time in eight years, DuPage County's top prosecutor filed a lawsuit intended to disrupt the operations of an area street gang. State's Attorney Joe Birkett...