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Monday, May 21, 2012

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Super salaries: School districts offering big bucks to attract top candidates

 05/20/2012

NATO protesters bloodied in clashes with police

 05/20/2012

Tattoo shop owners to city: rethink licensing rules

05/20/2012
Kendall approves highway contracts 05/20/2012

Genevans embrace their history, gather on ‘front porch’

 05/20/2012
News
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Tattoo shop owners to city: rethink licensing rules

05/20/2012
Oak Park Elementary celebrates 120 years 05/20/2012

Genevans embrace their history, gather on ‘front porch’

 05/20/2012
State bill targets agenda details from meetings 05/20/2012
COD unveils memorial to those killed at Kent State 05/20/2012
Kendall approves highway contracts 05/20/2012
Super salaries: School districts offering big bucks to attract top candidates 05/20/2012

Fallen Aurora officers honored

 05/20/2012
Sandwich seniors plan fun activities 05/20/2012

Part-time DuPage County forest board reduces pay 6 percent ... to $53,500

 05/20/2012

Senate Democrats’ spending plan offers deeper cuts than Quinn proposed

05/20/2012
Kane official says translator shortage extends jail time 05/20/2012
Kendall Fair group seeks new liquor license for receptions, other events 05/20/2012
Months past deadline, Kaneland works to get impact fee agreements 05/20/2012
At award breakfast, Fox Valley United Way marks its 90th year 05/20/2012
Aurora plans grant to townhome group for parking spaces 05/20/2012
Elections
Dem fundraiser in Chicago helps area congressional candidates 05/06/2012
Report triggers shakeup of DuPage election panel 04/28/2012

Campaign cash rolling in for Foster, Biggert in 11th District race

 04/23/2012
Aurora ward plan raises concerns 04/21/2012

Hispanic business group backing Weisner

 04/21/2012
The race in 11th District key to next Congress 04/21/2012

GOP Grundy County Board primary sees one incumbent ousted

 04/21/2012

Bates defeats Neal in Grundy prosecutor primary

 04/21/2012
Kendall voters reject tax hike  to fund KenCom operations 04/21/2012
Why did  you vote  — or not? 04/21/2012
Can’t count on voters 04/21/2012

National Dems: ‘Road to majority’ in Congress ‘goes through Illinois’

 04/21/2012

Walsh turns away challenge; 2 county board incumbents ousted

 04/21/2012
Healy, Khouri, Zediker get GOP nod in District 5 04/21/2012
Oberweis, McConnaughay take GOP nods for State Senate 04/21/2012
Innovation
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Opinions
Autism awareness subject of new program 05/07/2012
Do the right thing: speak out against injustice 05/04/2012

Important to modernize enterprise zones

 03/19/2012

Aurora police work to free innocent man

 03/09/2012
Sports
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Baseball: No. 1 Geneva enters postseason on a roll

 05/20/2012

Softball: Injury concerns Waubonsie as postseason opens

 05/20/2012

Oswego AD McInerney leaving for new post at Sandburg

 05/20/2012

Girls Track: Akinosun, Michalek win state titles

 05/20/2012

Girls Track: Pulled hamstring ends Bollinger’s day

 05/19/2012

Girls soccer: Rosary claims fourth straight regional title

 05/19/2012

Boys Tennis: Marmion wins West Aurora Sectional

 05/19/2012

Baseball: Aurora Christian routs Aurora Central

 05/19/2012

May 19: Area Roundup

 05/19/2012
Girls Track: Mackenzie Bollinger shines at state for Aurora Christian 05/19/2012
Girls Track: Oswego East’s Ariel Michalek on track 05/19/2012
Boys Track: Geneva’s Pete Archibald holds off rival in 800 05/19/2012
Girls Soccer: Neuqua downs Waubonsie for regional title 05/19/2012
Girls Soccer: Metea Valley wins regional title 05/19/2012
Boys Track: Aurora Christian wins Seneca Sectional 05/19/2012
May 18: Area roundup 05/18/2012
Lifestyles
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Naperville woman motivated to help families facing cancer

 05/18/2012

Fox Valley Cooks: Aurora dietician suggests superfoods for nutrient punch

 05/18/2012

Aurora filmmaker raising money to finish score of ‘Citizen in the Temple’

 05/18/2012

Troop Talk: Quilting group makes blankets for returning service members

 05/20/2012

Fox Valley Park District offers senior programs

 05/18/2012

Senior Living: Aurora’s oldest working director plans to stay in theater

 05/18/2012
Faith Calendar 05/18/2012

Sophia, Jacob most popular baby names of 2011

 05/20/2012
Fundraisers 05/18/2012

Weekend Highlights: Try one of these fun Fox Valley events

 05/18/2012
Kids’ summer camps open up new worlds of fun 05/18/2012

Merchandise heir Field speaks to Will County Community Foundation

 05/19/2012

Pets of the Week: Dogs and cats available at Fox Valley shelters

 05/18/2012

NAHS ‘Breaking the Chain’ story contest winners

 05/18/2012

Advances in neurofeedback technology offers hope to addicts

 05/18/2012

Drive-thru pork chops dinner in Sugar Grove

 05/18/2012
Crime
Motorcyclist injured in crash 05/19/2012
Auroran faces felony drug charge after Lake St. arrest 05/16/2012

Man convicted in 2005 beating death

05/16/2012
Plano teen charged with knocking over headstones 05/15/2012
Oswego house fire displaces residents 05/14/2012
Woman injured by hit-and-run driver 05/09/2012
Sandwich man charged with multiple hit and run crashes, plus DUI 05/09/2012

Teen dies from injuries in Montgomery truck-van crash

 05/10/2012

Auroran man, 19, is charged with injuring 3-year-old boy

 05/09/2012
Montgomery man gets 15 years for part in distributing cocaine 05/11/2012

Coach awaiting sex abuse retrial wants tracking device removed

 05/08/2012

Geneva man, 18, accused of selling marijuana to youngster

 05/07/2012

Drew Peterson returns to Will County court, gets new judge

 05/11/2012
Plano woman gets 7 years for selling ecstasy 05/02/2012

Washington man pleads guilty in $1 million pot bust

 05/02/2012
Entertainment
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Will Smith betting on ‘Black’ after four-year hiatus

 05/20/2012
Hagar: Not surprised at Van Halen tour woes 05/20/2012
Clint Eastwood’s family gets real on new E! series 05/20/2012

Donna Summer, queen of disco, dead at 63

 05/20/2012

Roy Lichtenstein: Top of the Pop

 05/20/2012

As ‘SNL’ season ends, signs of a coming shift

 05/20/2012

Family: Lucy Ladybugs

05/20/2012

Nightlife: Kathy Griffin

 05/20/2012

Culture: ‘Tuesdays with Morrie’

05/20/2012

DuPage Children’s Museum events for May 20, 2012

 05/20/2012

Entertainment Briefs for May 18, 2012

 05/20/2012
Kathy Griffin gets on  Rialto Square’s A-List 05/20/2012
Naper Settlement has Civil War Days fest 05/20/2012

5 things to do: ‘Ravenscroft’

 05/20/2012

Museums: Schoenherr Art Gallery

 05/20/2012

Real ‘Jersey Boys’ to embark on national tour

 05/20/2012