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							<title>Making summer fun to teach your kids life lessons</title>
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							<category>Your Relationships</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:33:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Ah, the hot days of summer when a neighborhood lemonade stand is the perfect place to buy - or sell - a cold, refreshing drink. ]]></description>
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							<title>Budget-friendly ways to refresh old outdoor spaces</title>
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							<category>Your Digs</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:03:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[ Indoors or outdoors, your home decor needs some TLC to look its best. Replacing worn or dated furniture or flooring inside your home is considered fairly easy. But when outdoor spaces start to appear shabby, do you decide to live with the tired look because you think freshening the space will be too time-consuming or costly?]]></description>
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							<title>The Bar show at the Comedy Shrine</title>
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							<category>The Laughs</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:21:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Saturday night at 10pm]]></description>
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							<title>Take a Walk with the Elgin Mayor</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:55:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, June 19. For the second year in a row Activate Elgin and the City of Elgin are partnering to get Elgin residents out and exercising with the Walk with the Mayor program. ]]></description>
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							<title>Naper Nights – American English</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:52:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Bring your blanket and chairs to enjoy this first weekend of our summer concert series. On Friday night come hear American English (7:45 p.m.) and rock out to your favorite Beatles’ tunes. ]]></description>
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							<title>Gardens of De-Light and Shade</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:40:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[On June 22nd the Batavia Plain Dirt Gardeners will hold their 2013 garden walk, “Gardens of De-Light and Shade”.  From 9 am to 4 pm seven beautifully mature shade and sun gardens will be open for viewing.]]></description>
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							<title>Twilight Mini Golf</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:24:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Play miniature golf - in the dark! Glow-in-the-dark golf balls will be provided. No pre-registration. $8 per round. Ages 13 and older. Last tee time will be 11:15 p.m.]]></description>
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							<title>Summer Solstice</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:11:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Friday, June 21 from 5 to 10 p.m. Celebrate the Summer Solstice with the entire family at Peck Farm Park.]]></description>
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							<title>Geneva&#039;s Swedish Day 2013</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:25:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[June 18-23, 2013 CELEBRATING 103 YEARS!!! Welcome to Swedish Day 2013! Swedish Day (Svenskarnas Dag, Inc.) is the Midwest&#039;s oldest Midsummer festival, dating back to 1911. ]]></description>
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							<title>DuPage County Cubs? Team would feel the love in western ’burbs, official says</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:11:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Convinced that the owners of the Cubs have soured on Chicago, DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin said Wednesday he’s making a 9th-inning pitch to lure the team to the western suburbs.]]></description>
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							<title>Golf: Rich Harvest Farms reaping rewards</title>
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							<category>The Links</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:57:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Grow the game.]]></description>
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							<title>Rib &amp; beer fests on tap this weekend in Elgin</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:53:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[It being Father’s Day weekend, plenty of beer and ribs will be consumed across the country. Elgin will be no exception, with two fests being held for fans of brews and pork.]]></description>
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							<title>The Must-Have App For Golf Lovers (Just In Time For Father&#039;s Day)</title>
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							<category>The Links</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:51:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[As this year’s PGA tour gets underway and the summer sun draws an army of amateur golfers to courses all over the world, you may see a few of them scanning their smartphones while playing through. They’re not checking their emails, texting or taking photos of their heavily landscaped surroundings. Actually, they’re gauging distance, planning their next shots and recording their improvement.]]></description>
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							<title>Beads Trunk Show at The Little Traveler</title>
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							<category>The Brush</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 03:25:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[It all started when Michael Jordan—yes the Michael Jordan. Saturday, 15 June, 2013 11:00 AM - 03:00 PM]]></description>
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							<title>Great Lobster Fly-In</title>
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							<category>The Foodie</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 03:22:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[ Saturday, June 15th. TriCity Family Services is proud to bring back their increasingly popular Great Lobster Fly-In again this year!  For all the lobster lovers in the TriCity area, this Father’s Day weekend tradition has been occurring for over 26 years!  Kick off this summer with a lobster party, with fresh live lobsters (and new this year, frozen Gulf shrimp) arriving.]]></description>
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							<title>Relive the 1840&#039;s in St. Charles</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 03:15:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[June 16, 2013]]></description>
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							<title>Batavia Green Walk &amp; River Street Opening Celebration</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 03:09:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[June 15, 2013 - June 15, 2013. Downtown Batavia.

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							<title>Downtown Naperville Art Walk!</title>
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							<category>The Brush</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 02:57:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[June 15 at Downtown Naperville]]></description>
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							<title>BLUES ON THE FOX</title>
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							<category>The Beat</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 02:44:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Friday, June 14. Gate opens at 6:00 p.m. Saturday, June 15. Gates open at 2:00 p.m. Join us at RiverEdge to experience six amazing blues music acts over one incredible weekend.]]></description>
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							<title>Tonight Bellydance Wednesdays at Martini Room</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 02:34:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Martini Room has been working with Christina King and her troupe since 2005. Bellydance Wednesdays brings sophisticated music and amazing dance show. Enjoy cozy, romantic atmosphere with artsy ambiance - only at Martini Room! ]]></description>
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							<title>Best bets: Buddy Guy headlines Blues on the Fox</title>
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							<category>The Beat</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 03:47:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Buddy Guy plays Blues on the Fox this weekend at the new RiverEdge Park in Aurora.]]></description>
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							<title>Fishing tournament funds a good cause</title>
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							<category>The Sporting Life</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 03:45:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Get ready to do some serious fishing ­— for a worthy cause. Bass Pro Shops in Portage will sponsor its inaugural bass-fishing tournament June 29 in Lake Michigan.]]></description>
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							<title>Summer means more bare shelves for local food pantry</title>
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							<category>News</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 03:43:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[When summer comes, some people are thinking about trips to the pool and upcoming vacations.

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							<title>Fox Valley teachers named Grammy quarter-finalists</title>
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							<category>The Beat</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 03:36:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[They are, quite possibly, the best at what they do. But the Fox Valley band directors named quarter-finalists in the first ever Grammy Music Education Award competition won’t admit it.]]></description>
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							<title>COD storm-chasers say safety top priority</title>
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							<category>News</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 03:10:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Following the course of dangerous storms like those that have destroyed parts of Oklahoma in recent weeks may seem unbelievably dangerous to most, but Professors Paul Sirvatka and Victor Gensini, who offer storm-chasing classes to students at the College of DuPage, beg to differ.]]></description>
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							<title>Top chefs offer up fresh takes on taco night</title>
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							<category>The Foodie</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 03:06:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[When salsa overtook ketchup as America’s favorite condiment in the 1990s, you had to know that “taco night” wasn’t far behind.]]></description>
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							<title>Dragon boats race down the Fox River at RiverFest</title>
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							<category>The Sporting Life</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 02:58:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[At 94 years old, Edward Gorecki of St. Charles for the second year in a row climbed aboard a dragon boat and beat the drum for his team, the Knights of Columbus, during RiverFest in St. Charles on Saturday.

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							<title>Hundreds swim, bike, run in Batavia triathlon</title>
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							<category>Your Body</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 02:55:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Sunday morning, Carrie Homewood and her three children – 3-year-old Sophia and 6-year-old twins Owen and Lila – stood alongside the string of yellow and orange pennants that marked the final yards of the ET Batavia Triathlon and Duathlon, giving them a clear view of the participants.]]></description>
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							<title>Fox Valley talk: Elgin native pursuing a life in Chicago’s theater scene</title>
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							<category>The Stage</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 02:53:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Elgin native Audrey Flegel has the busy life of an up and coming actress. And it’s pretty much been that way since high school.]]></description>
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							<title>Crowd stunned after valedictorian rips up speech, recites Lord’s prayer</title>
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							<category>Your Soul</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 02:36:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A South Carolina valedictorian garnered wild applause after he ripped up his pre-approved speech and delivered the Lord’s prayer at his high school graduation on Saturday.


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							<title>Naperville Bites and Sites Food Tours</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 03:03:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Saturday, June 8 Tour begins at 11:30 am. Enjoy a culinary and cultural experience through Downtown Naperville and its surrounding neighborhoods at this informative, tasty, and fun tour! ]]></description>
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							<title>Country Garden Cuisine hosts the &quot;Cure de Tour&quot;</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 02:59:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Sunday, June 9 at 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. A cross country bike-a-thon for dieavetic research. ]]></description>
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							<title>Free Cooking Class: Grilling for a Crowd in Naperville</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 02:39:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Class is located at the William Sonoma. Sunday, June 9. Be it a beef roast or a whole pork loin, large cuts of meat make an impressive main course for a crowd, especially when celebrating Father&#039;s Day. ]]></description>
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							<title>Mid-American racers have a passion for paddling</title>
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							<category>The Sporting Life</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 01:51:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The cloudy, cool weather didn’t deter the spirits of nearly 1,000 boating enthusiasts who embarked on the Fox Valley for the 52nd annual Mid-American Canoe and Boat race Sunday.]]></description>
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							<title>No injuries after ‘suspicious letter’ opened at Kane circuit clerk’s office</title>
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							<category>News</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 01:49:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Law enforcement officials on Monday continued their investigation of a suspicious letter that arrived earlier in the day and was opened by an employee of the Kane County Circuit Clerk’s Office.]]></description>
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							<title>St. Charles Annual River Fest</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 11:50:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[June 7-9 events start at 10 am
Celebrating over a quarter century in downtown St Charles, IL, RiverFest is THE kick-off to summer in the Fox Valley area. Continue to make family memories along the Fox River by attending this year’s RiverFest. Events and activities are available for all ages! ]]></description>
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							<title>“Best of the Fest” – Geneva Film Festival Short Film Showcase</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/ae/clubs/18140-%E2%80%9Cbest-of-the-fest%E2%80%9D-%E2%80%93-geneva-film-festival-short-film-showcase.html</link>
							
									
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 07:34:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[June 7, 8 &amp; 9, 2013. For the first time ever, the Geneva Film Festival is stepping outside its borders and heading to The Albright Theatre in Batavia, our neighboring city to the south. 

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							<title>Wine Wednesday - Gibby&#039;s WIne Bar &amp; Market</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/dining/wine-spirits/18139-wine-wednesday-gibby-s-wine-bar-market.html</link>
							
									
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							<category>Wine & Spirits</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 07:24:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Give yourself a mid-week break! Every Wednesday, from 5-8pm.]]></description>
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							<title>Don’t Miss the 2013 Aurora Paddlesports Festival in the Park</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 07:16:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The 5th Annual Illinois Paddlesports Festival will take place on the 2nd WEEKEND IN JUNE, June 8 &amp; 9, 2013 in Aurora’s beautiful Phillips Park on Mastodon Lake.  Free Admission! ]]></description>
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							<title>Green Festival in Aurora</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 07:08:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Healthy People, Healthy Planet, Healthy Future!]]></description>
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							<title>New law puts Yorkville Skylantern Festival in jeopardy</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/ae/clubs/18136-new-law-puts-yorkville-skylantern-festival-in-jeopardy.html</link>
							
									
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 03:21:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[An organization like Suicide Prevention Services is always looking for the light in the darkness.]]></description>
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							<title>Music and fun start Thursday in Gilberts Fest</title>
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							<category>The Beat</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 03:17:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[GILBERTS — Music ranging from a Beatles tribute band to country and blues will join children’s activities and food as the village of Gilberts holds its fourth-annual Gilberts Community Days festival Thursday through Sunday.]]></description>
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							<title>10 Anti-Aging Makeup Tricks</title>
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							<category>All About Me</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 05:12:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Makeup can be your best ally or your worst enemy when it comes to looking younger. To make sure you don&#039;t add years to your look, follow these age-defying makeup tricks from the experts. ]]></description>
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							<title>New Aurora spa offers a place to relax, be pampered</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/wellness/body/18133-new-aurora-spa-offers-a-place-to-relax-be-pampered.html</link>
							
									
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							<category>Your Body</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 04:29:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Cathy India is ready to pamper you. India recently opened up The Skin You’re In at 54 W. Downer Place, Suite 104. ]]></description>
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							<title>The future of Fermilab</title>
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							<category>News</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 04:26:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[In the world of science, answers sometimes mean more questions.]]></description>
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							<title>Local band opens for rock legends</title>
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							<category>The Beat</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 04:23:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The Arcada Theatre is where many locals experienced their first rock ’n’ roll concert.]]></description>
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							<title>Scams claim to offer assistance to Veterans</title>
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							<category>News</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 04:07:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The Better Business Bureau is warning residents about scams that claim to raise money to aid veterans.]]></description>
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							<title>Aurora remembers ‘forgotten war’</title>
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							<category>News</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 04:06:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The crowds along the annual Memorial Day parade route had a reminder of war as three U.S. veterans rode in a vintage Korean War Willys M38 military jeep on Monday.]]></description>
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							<title>Road Construction May put a Bump in Summer Travel</title>
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							<category>News</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 03:25:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Planning on driving home from a long weekend in Lake Geneva? Heading west to Elgin? Or landing at O’Hare Airport late at night? Get ready for some heartburn.]]></description>
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							<title>Think you&#039;ve had a bad day?</title>
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							<category>Basil&#039;s Blog</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 09:48:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[I&#039;d suggest watching this, and then reassessing.  Incredible. (H/T Callie Stukel)]]></description>
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							<title>You had me at Batmobile...</title>
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							<category>Groovy Stuff</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 06:14:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Aston Martin’s unveils ‘Batmobile’ CC100 Concept Car ]]></description>
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							<title>Summer Tips for Those at Risk for Anaphylaxis</title>
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							<category>Your Body</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2013 16:01:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Warm weather is here, bringing barbecues, picnics and more time spent outdoors. ]]></description>
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							<title>Birdfeeder basics: Bring on backyard birds with the right feeders</title>
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							<category>Your Digs</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2013 15:59:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[When you dine, do you prefer clean and attractive tableware? ]]></description>
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							<title>Get ready to enjoy your home&#039;s exterior beauty</title>
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							<category>Your Digs</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2013 15:58:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[It&#039;s time to make your home&#039;s exterior shine with some added summer curb appeal. ]]></description>
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							<title>Hearing aid technology takes a giant leap forward</title>
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							<category>Your Body</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2013 15:56:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[It&#039;s no secret that today&#039;s hearing aids are light years ahead of the hearing aids made just a decade ago. ]]></description>
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							<title>Dining outdoors? Tips for keeping food safe and delicious</title>
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							<category>The Foodie</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2013 15:53:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Al fresco dining is one of the great pleasures of warm weather. ]]></description>
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							<title>Festival at Roundhouse to celebrate summer</title>
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							<category>Aurora</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 10:35:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[This year, summer begins in the parking lot at Two Brothers Roundhouse in Aurora. ]]></description>
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							<title>Open hearts give Haitian patient a 2nd chance</title>
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							<category>Your Soul</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 03:53:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A chance meeting of a heart doctor and a Naperville man on a missions trip. Two women willing to open their homes to care for a stranger. ]]></description>
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							<title>Bears great Brian Urlacher announces retirement</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 03:52:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The Urlacher era in Chicago is now officially over.]]></description>
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							<title>Mongolian restaurant nears opening in downtown Yorkville</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/dining/dining-news/18116-mongolian-restaurant-nears-opening-in-downtown-yorkville.html</link>
							
									
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							<category>Dining News</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 03:49:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Downtown’s newest restaurant is only weeks from opening.]]></description>
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							<title>Group protests IRS treatment of conservative organizations</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/news/18115-group-protests-irs-treatment-of-conservative-organizations.html</link>
							
									
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 03:42:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A crowd of more than 200 people, including about 25 from Naperville, showed up at the Internal Revenue Service office in Downers Grove to protest what they called the unfair treatment of conservative groups.]]></description>
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							<title>Downtown tour highlights what’s new in old Elgin</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/news/18114-downtown-tour-highlights-what%E2%80%99s-new-in-old-elgin.html</link>
							
									
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 03:38:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[ELGIN — Fox River Valley communities from Elgin to Aurora have a shared history, according to Michael Mertes, economic development coordinator for St. Charles.]]></description>
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							<title>Still time to take part in Saturday’s 36th Fox Trot</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/wellness/body/18113-still-time-to-take-part-in-saturday%E2%80%99s-36th-fox-trot.html</link>
							
									
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 03:36:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[If you’re looking to burn some calories this weekend that you might be putting back on at holiday weekend barbecues, there is still time to take part in the city’s 36th annual Fox Trot on Saturday.]]></description>
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							<title>Superman fans show up early to snag Plano premiere tickets</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/recreation/comfy-chair/18112-superman-fans-show-up-early-to-snag-plano-premiere-tickets.html</link>
							
									
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							<category>The Comfy Chair</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 03:31:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[PLANO — Kimber Dolan’s tired eyes begin to sparkle and a smile creases her face.

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							<title>Aurora moves downtown July 4 fireworks plan forward</title>
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							<category>News</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 03:24:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[AURORA — The city is preparing to move fireworks back downtown after several years of a West Side July 4 celebration.]]></description>
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							<title>Laughing to avoid crying re: gov&#039;t scandals</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/blogs/basil/18110-laughing-to-avoid-crying-re-gov-t-scandals.html</link>
							
									
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							<category>Basil&#039;s Blog</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 05:22:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[I&#039;m not a big fan of Stewart, but this is really hilarious.  Best line: &quot;I didn&#039;t realize that apologies were sufficient in IRS-related matters!&quot;]]></description>
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							<title>Military family reunited at Rays game</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/blogs/dear_delilah/18109-military-family-reunited-at-rays-game.html</link>
							
									
								
							<category>Dear Delilah</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 05:26:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A heart-warming video - you must take a minute....]]></description>
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							<title>Event to spotlight Prairie Path links</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/recreation/sporting-life/18108-event-to-spotlight-prairie-path-links.html</link>
							
									
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							<category>The Sporting Life</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 03:38:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[An event set for Saturday morning will focus on the recently completed connection of local trails to the Illinois Prairie Path. ]]></description>
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							<title>Wounded warrior’s bravery finally honored</title>
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							<category>News</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 03:36:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[For a month, then-U.S. Army Spc. Michael Griffin of Carpentersville lay unconscious in a military hospital, recuperating from wounds suffered in a Nov. 15, 2004, close-range gunfight with an insurgent in Ba’Quabah, Iraq. ]]></description>
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							<title>Dennis Quaid, Zac Efron are putting DeKalb County on the Hollywood map</title>
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							<category>The Comfy Chair</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 03:34:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[It’s time for your closeup, DeKalb County.

Many towns in our area have hosted movie crews through the years. ]]></description>
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							<title>RiverEdge Park one month from opening day</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/ae/music/18105-riveredge-park-one-month-from-opening-day.html</link>
							
									
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							<category>The Beat</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 03:32:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[It’s not Ravinia, and it’s not Chicago’s Pritzker Pavilion, either.]]></description>
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							<title>Facing foreclosure, man finds winning Lotto ticket in cookie jar</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/news/18104-facing-foreclosure-man-finds-winning-lotto-ticket-in-cookie-jar.html</link>
							
									
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							<category>News</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 07:44:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Maybe you&#039;ve heard this story before. Or dreamt it.

Man cleans out old lottery tickets from cookie jar, and instead of throwing them away takes them to the 7-Eleven to check them out. And finds one of them is worth millions.]]></description>
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							<title>Makeup for Men Is on the Rise - Signs of the Apocalypse</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/blogs/basil/18103-makeup-for-men-is-on-the-rise-signs-of-the-apocalypse.html</link>
							
									
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							<category>Basil&#039;s Blog</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 07:46:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Not sure which of the Four Horsemen this involves, but I&#039;m not sure I care.  I just KNEW those boy-bands would corrupt us...]]></description>
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							<title>Gardenology in Geneva…A Garden Path To Nature</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/ae/clubs/18102-gardenology-in-geneva%E2%80%A6a-garden-path-to-nature.html</link>
							
									
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 11:08:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Saturday, May 18, 2013 from 10 am – 4 pm, Third &amp; State Streets in Downtown Geneva. Gardenology is all about all things gardening. Gardenology Festival will be held rain or shine on May 18, 2013 between 10am and 4pm. The event will take place in downtown Geneva, Illinois - from the Kane County Court House down to the Metra Train Station.  ]]></description>
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							<title>A day late, but it still has meaning. Take a couple minutes and watch this adorable video.</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/blogs/dear_delilah/18101-a-day-late-but-it-still-has-meaning-take-a-couple-minutes-and-wa.html</link>
							
									
								
							<category>Dear Delilah</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 09:31:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[...and give your mom a special &#039;day after Mother&#039;s Day&#039; hug.]]></description>
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							<title>Geneva Photo Contest</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 04:39:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[May is Historic Preservation Month, and Geneva&#039;s Historic Preservation Commission is sponsoring a photo contest. ]]></description>
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							<title>Firefighters Remember the Fallen</title>
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							<category>News</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 04:35:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[An unfortunate reality for those in the fire response service is that each year about 100 leave home for the day, never to return.]]></description>
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							<title>An Inside Look at Hospital Merger</title>
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							<category>Your Body</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 03:58:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[ELGIN — As Sherman Health System prepares to go before a state regulatory board on Tuesday seeking permission to sell itself to giant Advocate Health Care, the rival chain that soon will be building a new hospital in Huntley is fighting to quash that merger.]]></description>
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							<title>When I get to heaven, I&#039;m going to ask God to let me come back as a falcon</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/blogs/basil/18097-when-i-get-to-heaven-i-m-going-to-ask-god-to-let-me-come-back-as.html</link>
							
									
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							<category>Basil&#039;s Blog</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 07:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[At least for a few days.  This is just awesome.  The dive starts at about 2:40, but watch the whole thing.]]></description>
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							<title>I want to paint my groovy dog!!!</title>
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							<category>Groovy Stuff</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 15:05:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Seriously - I&#039;m sure you&#039;ve seen the pink poodle walking around town and thought &quot;WHO does that to their dog? Toxic hair color??&quot;]]></description>
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							<title>I just can&#039;t help it - dogs rock!</title>
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							<category>Basil&#039;s Blog</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 10:50:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Here are 23 dog photos that show why it&#039;s great to be a dog.]]></description>
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							<title>O’Hare to use sheep, goats to keep grass, weeds at bay</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/news/18094-o%E2%80%99hare-to-use-sheep%2C-goats-to-keep-grass%2C-weeds-at-bay.html</link>
							
									
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							<category>News</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 02:49:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A herd of goats and sheep is ready for a beatdown of inaccessible O&#039;Hare grass. The city of Chicago announced Wednesday it&#039;s turning to four-legged assistants to keep turf trim at O&#039;Hare International Airport.]]></description>
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							<title>Alliance of Naper business owners focuses on the ‘shop local’ mantra</title>
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							<category>Shop &#039;til You Drop</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 03:37:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Being one’s own boss is all well and good, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy.

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							<title>Elgin Area Firefighters Memorial Saturday</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 03:33:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[ELGIN — The annual Elgin Area Firefighters Memorial ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the George Van De Voorde Firefighter Memorial Park, at 533 St. Charles St.

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							<title>Airman who died in Afghanistan comes home to Oswego</title>
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							<category>News</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 03:12:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The sky was crystal blue, with temperatures hovering around a perfect 70 degrees. And the only sound that could be heard on this late Tuesday morning was the near-hypnotic flapping of U.S. flags — some big, some small, one gargantuan — as they gently moved in the spring breeze.

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							<title>Dessert For Two</title>
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							<category>Restaurant Review</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 02:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Dining al fresco at Villa Verone on Hamilton Street in Geneva.  Mini cannoli served with two forks...a perfect dessert for two.
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							<title>Battling the beast</title>
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							<category>Your Soul</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 02:25:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[“The door flies open. / The gates give way. / In marches the beast. / He wants to play.”
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							<title>Santa’s Village bringing even more ‘Azoosement’ this season</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/ae/clubs/18088-santa%E2%80%99s-village-bringing-even-more-%E2%80%98azoosement%E2%80%99-this-season.html</link>
							
									
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 02:20:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[EAST DUNDEE — Two new attractions will make their debut at Santa’s Village Azoosement Park this summer, providing added entertainment for kids and adults.]]></description>
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							<title>Batavia Loyalty parade a salute to patriotis</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 02:15:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Batavians pulled out all the stops to reaffirm their loyalty to the United States and honor veterans during the 39th annual Batavia Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1197 Loyalty Day parade.]]></description>
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							<title>Mother&#039;s Day in Downtown Naperville!</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 06:13:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Downtown Naperville is rolling out the red carpet to celebrate Mom on Mother&#039;s Day! Gift ideas galore, enter to win fabulous prizes for Mom, free roses with downtown purchase on May 10 &amp; May 11 and treat your Mom to a delicious meal at one of our fabulous downtown restaurants - Call &amp; make your reservations today!

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							<title>Getting tipsy with yo’ Momma! Mother’s Day Themed Cocktails</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 05:09:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Flowers are nice, candies are always welcomed but cocktails on a Sunday seem to always hit the spot!]]></description>
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							<title>It’s official… mom’s LOVE to have brunch. Well, ok, who doesn’t?!</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 04:50:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Instead of trying to mimic the domestic skills your mom has in the kitchen; let someone else do the dirty work for you. ]]></description>
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							<title>Farmers Market Sneak Peek</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 03:28:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[May 18. The City is teaming up with the Fox Valley Garden Club to offer a sneak peek of the 2013 Aurora’s Farmers Market during the Garden Club’s plant sale on May 18 from 8 a.m. to 12 noon at the Aurora Transportation Center, 233 N. Broadway.
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							<title>Dear Delilah, Mother&#039;s Day is in just one week....</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/blogs/dear_delilah/18082-dear-delilah-mother-s-day-is-in-just-one-week.html</link>
							
									
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							<category>Dear Delilah</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 07:27:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[I never plan ahead and end up getting something meaningless at the very last minute.]]></description>
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							<title>A &#039;printer&#039; that creates 3D objects.... TOTALLY GROOVY possibilities</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 02:37:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[These types of printers have existed - but 3D Systems has created a 3D printer that is accessible for the consumer.]]></description>
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							<title>Lots of Fish, Eagles and Hawks! Elgin&#039;s Green Expo</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/ae/clubs/18080-lots-of-fish-eagles-and-hawks-elgin-s-green-expo.html</link>
							
									
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 10:38:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Up close and personal interaction with the Fox River, in the heart of downtown, will be one of the highlights of the Elgin&#039;s Green Expo, set for May 10-11 at the Centre of Elgin, 100 Symphony Way.]]></description>
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							<title>Visitors can get big breakfast, tour at Hampshire area farm</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 03:05:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[If you have never been on a farm before, here’s your chance to experience the real deal.]]></description>
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							<title>Fox Valley Cooks: Aurora dad’s interest in cooking came in the mail</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/dining/foodie/18078-fox-valley-cooks%3A-aurora-dad%E2%80%99s-interest-in-cooking-came-in-the-m.html</link>
							
									
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 02:56:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[It was a random magazine that got Ed Kuhs started cooking. The Aurora resident had ordered some supplies through the mail and was given a free subscription to a cooking magazine. ]]></description>
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							<title>Holocaust survivor shares story with Elgin middle school students</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 02:43:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Agnes Schwartz’s family was ready to emigrate from Budapest, Hungary, to join family already in the United States.]]></description>
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							<title>South Elgin soldier gets big welcome home</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 02:37:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Sgt. 1st Class Tim Gleason of South Elgin will always remember his 38th birthday.]]></description>
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							<title>Are you ready for summer? Add these spring fruits and veggies into your diet!</title>
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							<category>Sadie Saffron</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 10:48:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Warmer weather is upon us and it’s time for some spring cleaning... to your diet that is. ]]></description>
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							<title>Philadelphia Sushi Stacks</title>
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							<category>Sadie Saffron</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:52:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Have you ever attempted to make your own sushi rolls? And have you failed miserably?]]></description>
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							<title>Spiritual journey</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 04:03:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[One of Elgin’s nicknames through the decades has been “the City of Churches.” And nowhere has this been more indisputable than the district called “Holy Hill,” just east of the downtown shopping district.]]></description>
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							<title>Smoky week ahead: Pipe, cigar events at Pheasant Run</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 03:59:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[ST. CHARLES — Come Wednesday, the rest of the week will be pretty smoky outside the Mega Center at Pheasant Run.

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							<title>Heavyweight reptile display</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 03:57:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Carl Gustafson and Joe Cottral don’t often get applause for doing their jobs.]]></description>
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							<title>Elgin High Clumsy Chefs group hits Top 10 in US</title>
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							<category>Dining News</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 03:52:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The Elgin High School Clumsy Chefs placed 10th at the National ProStart Invitational Competition earlier this month in Baltimore.]]></description>
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							<title>DuPage aims to improve West Nile fight</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 03:43:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Following five deaths from West Nile virus in 2012, and 56 reported cases, the DuPage County Health Department is sharpening its message to combat the mosquito-born illness.]]></description>
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							<title>Sweet home Aurora: Top blues stars skip Chicago fest, head west</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 03:39:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Buddy Guy. Dr. John. Robert Randolph and the Family Band.]]></description>
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							<title>Montgomery Festival adds Battle of the Bands</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 03:35:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Just as the village of Montgomery has grown over the past few decades, the length of its signature festival has expanded.

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							<title>Aurora man wants to make rooftop gardens growing trend</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 03:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[At 25, Jared Mead doesn’t mind crawling through a second-story window out onto a rooftop to grab some peppers or lettuce. In fact, Mead is excited about the possibilities that his six rooftop garden boxes will bring to his cafe below.]]></description>
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							<title>This is just wrong! Women&#039;s lingerie...for men</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Ok, maybe once in a while on the weekends....]]></description>
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							<title>Batavia City-Wide Garage Sale Begins This Weekend</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 05:12:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4 from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM across the community.  ]]></description>
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							<title>Jessica Alba Comes to Naperville for Reading &amp; Booksigning</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 04:29:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[May 8. The Honest Life recounts Jessica Alba’s personal journey of discovery and reveals her tips for making healthy living fun, real, and stylish, while offering a candid look inside her home and daily life. Come meet the popular actress and new author at Anderson&#039;s Bookshop in Downtown Naperville.
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							<title>Geneva&#039;s Screen Free Week!</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 04:08:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[April 29 – May 3. Can you go screen free? Encourage your family to turn of their TV, video games and other gadgets during Screen Free Week. Starting Monday, April 29, the Geneva Park District will host a variety of activities to keep families active and enjoying time together.]]></description>
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							<title>Elgin Downtown Brainstorm Workshop</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 04:02:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, April 30 from 6-8:30 pm, DNA invites you to Downtown Brainstorm - an interactive planning workshop about downtown Elgin - at The Centre of Elgin&#039;s Heritage Ballroom, 100 Symphony Way. ]]></description>
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							<title>Is she a &quot;priest&quot; or isn&#039;t she?</title>
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							<category>Your Soul</category>
							<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 10:33:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[&quot;Kentucky woman ordained as priest by dissident Roman Catholics&quot; screamed the headline.  Can someone - man OR woman - be &quot;ordained&quot; a Roman Catholic priest if the Roman Catholic Church forbids it?]]></description>
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							<title>Citizen Way celebrates album release at Judson</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 04:18:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[ For a band that played its first concert nine years ago in chapel at Judson University, Wednesday was “a really special day,” according to Ben Calhoun, lead singer of Citizen Way.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 01:49:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[An extraordinary expose of corruption in Chicago.]]></description>
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							<title>Kiss my FAA</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:12:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The administration takes the flying public for a ride.]]></description>
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							<title>Dear Delilah, my daughter....is a liar.</title>
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							<category>Dear Delilah</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 05:11:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[She is a lovely girl. She is a good athlete, a stand-out really... but her grades will keep her from getting into a big school,]]></description>
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							<title>Windy City Amusements Spring Carnival</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 03:05:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Thursday April 25  - April 28 In the Charlestown Mall


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							<title>French Market in Geneva</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Sunday, 28 April, 2013 9 AM - 2 PM The Geneva French Market takes place every Sunday rain or shine now through November 10.]]></description>
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							<title>Gala benefits Easter Seals for DuPage and Fox Valley region</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 02:50:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region held its annual benefit gala on April 13 with more than 500 people in attendance at the Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago. The event was a great success, with all proceeds from the gala supporting life-changing services that help children with disabilities, according to the Easter Seals.]]></description>
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							<title>In wake of new federal guidelines, schools try to get creative to get kids to eat their vegetables</title>
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							<category>Your Relationships</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 02:47:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Spinach. More bitter than carrots, with less crunch than romaine lettuce, the vegetable’s only ally is an 84-year-old pipe-smoking Sailor Man who has long lost his cultural cache with kids. ]]></description>
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							<title>Teepee offers ‘prelude’ to Elgin Green Expo at Centre</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 02:42:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[ELGIN — Adam Zuniga pointed out the colorful paintings on the inside and outside of the teepee that he and several others from the American Indian Center of Chicago had set up Wednesday morning in the rotunda of The Centre of Elgin.]]></description>
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							<title>Classes provide hope to those with Parkinson’s Disease</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 02:38:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[When Aurora resident Lynn McHale was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, she immediately checked local hospitals for support groups. To her delight what she found at Rush-Copley Medical Center wasn’t just emotional support, but also a program that bolsters her body against the physical advances of the disease.]]></description>
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							<title>An eruption with finesse</title>
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							<category>Wine & Spirits</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 02:22:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[This was a relatively obscure grape-growing region in California until a resurgence of interest in this area coupled with increased vineyard plantings and the development of Lake County in the 1960s. ]]></description>
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							<title>Aurora called ‘A Model’ in Educational Collaboration</title>
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							<category>Your Relationships</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 02:15:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[If Aurora’s leaders, educators and businesses were looking for encouragement that they’re on the path to something good, they got it Wednesday, when a state educational group held its quarterly meeting in Aurora. ]]></description>
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							<title>Prohibition Party at Martini Room</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 02:03:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The good old days are back again when Martini Room, 161 E. Chicago.]]></description>
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							<title>Love Elgin Day</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 01:55:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Saturday, April 27 What is Love Elgin Day? Free groceries, free clothing and shoes, free medical advice, free legal counsel, free haircuts, free manicures, free massage therapy, free addiction recovery help, free bicycle repair, free lunch and more. ]]></description>
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							<title>Groundbreaking For New Library Set For Next Week</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 01:34:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The Aurora Public Library will host its Groundbreaking Ceremony for the new library on Wednesday, May 1 at 2:00 p.m. at the construction site of the new library on the southwest corner of River St. and Benton St. in downtown Aurora.]]></description>
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							<title>New Downtown West Chicago Business Owner Says It&#039;s the Little Details That Make All the Difference in Life</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 03:26:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[West Chicago, Illinois: April 23, 2013 – A new shop opening in downtown West Chicago is the fulfillment of a lifelong dream that began for Julie Rubio when she was a young child in her native Mexico. Rubio vividly remembers enjoying the typical games of childhood with a favorite cousin, especially playing with dolls and decorating little model homes for them. ]]></description>
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							<title>Semi-sweet Chocolate, Basil and Brie... 3 of my favorite things....and together??? Serious yum.</title>
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							<category>Sadie Saffron</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 03:37:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[It may seem strange...]]></description>
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							<title>If you&#039;re obsessed with Instagram or just documenting everything....</title>
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							<category>Groovy Stuff</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 03:18:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[this is going to be the groovy gadget for you.]]></description>
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							<title>Six months after opening, Elgin Artspace Lofts are nearly filled</title>
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							<category>Your Digs</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 01:40:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[ELGIN — If you’re an artist — or just someone who likes to be among artists — and are looking for a place to live in Elgin, you might be in luck.]]></description>
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							<title>Fox Valley young musicians really are LiveWires</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 01:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[When the driving opening chords blast through the speakers, there is no doubt that LiveWire is about to play “Bad to the Bone.”]]></description>
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							<title>Oswego Teacher looks to Debunk Cubs Curse</title>
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							<category>The Sporting Life</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 01:22:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Goat heads and book sales don’t generally go hand in hand, unless you’re Chris Neitzel.]]></description>
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							<title>On community and the Jaycees</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:26:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title>CITY Offers FREE DISPOSAL Of Flood Damaged Items</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 06:31:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The City of Aurora will pick up carpet, drywall, and furniture damaged by the storm free of charge next week: Monday, April 22-Friday, April 26.
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							<title>Naperville business raises funds for Boston charity to show support after bombings</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 04:27:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Shoppers in downtown Naperville probably wondered Saturday morning why a line of people was forming before 10 a.m. outside stores along Jefferson Avenue. It didn’t take them long to find out.]]></description>
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							<title>Fox Valley native tells of experience in Watertown bomb hunt lockdown</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 04:24:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[“It’s eerily quiet, except that we can hear lots of helicopters overhead,” Elgin High School grad Karen Repetny said as she watched the tense search for Boston’s bombing fugitive from a mile or so away Friday.

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							<title>Jihad Comes to the Fox Valley</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 01:37:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[An 18-year-old Aurora man was arrested Friday night at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago as he allegedly attempted to travel to Syria in order to join a jihadist militant group operating inside that country, federal authorities announced Saturday.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 01:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[City and village officials in the communities hit hardest by flooding in DuPage, Kane and Kendall counties are letting residents know how to go about cleaning up the debris from flooding basements and yards.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 03:45:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The Fox Valley Marines will present the third annual Hoops for the Troops event, starting at 10 a.m. April 20 and 21 at the Vaughn Athletic Center, 2121 W. Indian Trail, Aurora. ]]></description>
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							<title>The Cook Off 30 Men Vs. 30 Women Who Cook</title>
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							<category>Dining News</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 03:34:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Friday April 19 at 5:30 PM
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							<title>Earth Day - Healthy Community | Healthy Earth</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 03:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Celebrate Earth Day the green way with the Natural Resources Committee of Geneva and the Geneva Park District at Peck Farm Park, Saturday, April 20 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. ]]></description>
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							<title>Flooding closes roads and schools, Metra reports delays</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 02:55:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[More than 4 inches of rain has fallen over the past 24 hours across DuPage, Will, Kane and Kendall counties and another 2-5 inches is expected to fall throughout the day Thursday.]]></description>
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							<title>Elgin shop set to groove on Record Store Day</title>
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							<category>Shop &#039;til You Drop</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 02:45:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[ELGIN — On Saturday, there will be a line out the door at Rediscover Records, located inside Two Doors Down Antiques at 207 E. Chicago St., according to record store owner Rich Wagner.]]></description>
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							<title>Local security in spotlight  after Boston bombings</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 02:34:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The horrific explosions that rocked the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing three people and injuring more than 100 others, have once again raised questions about security at events located closer to home.]]></description>
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							<title>Dear Readers, this video is important for every woman and girl to watch...</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/blogs/dear_delilah/18024-dear-readers-this-video-is-important-for-every-woman-and-girl-to.html</link>
							
									
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							<category>Dear Delilah</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:07:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Of course, the men as well...but this tends to be an issue I deal with on a regular basis as it relates to my friends and their daughters....]]></description>
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							<title>Sell your home faster with these Cost-effective Staging Tips</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/lifestyle/home/18023-sell-your-home-faster-with-these-cost-effective-staging-tips.html</link>
							
									
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							<category>Your Digs</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:07:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Appearances count, especially when you&#039;re trying to sell a home. Even though the housing industry experts predict this spring will be a seller&#039;s market, it&#039;s important to grab every advantage when you&#039;re trying to sell your home. Staging - decorating a house to appeal to the broadest possible range of buyers - can make the difference between a quick sale or a long, painful linger on the market.
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							<title>Couples who Design Together, Stay Together</title>
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							<category>Your Relationships</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:01:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Opposites attract, and for couples who live together, compromising on personal style and design choices can be a difficult bridge to cross. Someone who wants a modern, contemporary vibe might not like the decor choice of someone who prefers a more traditional or rustic feel. What most people don&#039;t realize, however, is that blending two opposing tastes can actually be more visually appealing than sticking with just one design style. And, more importantly, it can be done quickly and affordably.]]></description>
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							<title>Fast and fabulous fixes to banish a boring bath</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/lifestyle/home/18021-fast-and-fabulous-fixes-to-banish-a-boring-bath.html</link>
							
									
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							<category>Your Digs</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 03:54:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The best bathrooms are more than just functional areas - they&#039;re sanctuaries where you can escape, reset and recharge. And as one of the smallest and most-used rooms in the home, that&#039;s likely why they&#039;ve become the most popular remodeling project (78 percent), according to the National Association of Home Builders.]]></description>
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							<title>Heroes Mud Run - Who is your Hero?</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/recreation/sporting-life/18020-heroes-mud-run-who-is-your-hero.html</link>
							
									
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							<category>The Sporting Life</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 03:38:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Marmion Academy &amp; Abbey Farms
Saturday, May 25, 2013 @ 9:00 AM]]></description>
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							<title>Expecting dinner guests? Tips for managing different diets</title>
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							<category>The Foodie</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 02:38:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[(BPT) - With food allergies and gluten intolerance on the rise, it takes more than seating flexibility and a vegetarian option to host a successful dinner party these days. Hosts today need to be able to accommodate a variety of dietary needs, from providing kosher foods to gluten and nut-free items.
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							<title>Want to make sure everyone understand the grooviness of The Cloud</title>
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							<category>Groovy Stuff</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:16:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[I have some friends that can&#039;t get their arms around &#039;the cloud&#039;....thought this would help.]]></description>
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							<title>Ease travel worries with three simple tips</title>
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							<category>Near & Dear</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:06:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Traveling has its fair share of challenges, from never-ending lines to unexpected layovers and uncomfortable flights.]]></description>
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							<title>Amazing accents under $100</title>
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							<category>Your Digs</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:59:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Small ideas to add big style and functionality to your bath]]></description>
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							<title>Sure-Grow Guidance for First-Time Gardeners</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/lifestyle/gardening/18015-sure-grow-guidance-for-first-time-gardners.html</link>
							
									
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							<category>The Green Thumb</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:47:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Each year, thousands of first-timers will join the millions of seasoned gardeners who already know the satisfaction of picking a perfect tomato at its peak, serving up salads from greens just grown right outside the back door, or harvesting home-grown peppers and specialty herbs never even seen at the grocery store.]]></description>
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							<title>Lynn, Frampton, King, Travis to headline RiverEdge season</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/ae/clubs/18014-lynn-frampton-king-travis-to-headline-riveredge-season.html</link>
							
									
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 05:33:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[AURORA — Country, blues and rock legends will kick off the first season of Aurora’s new outdoor music venue. ]]></description>
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							<title>&quot;The Heart &amp; Soul of Chicago&quot; Tour</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/ae/music/18013-the-heart-soul-of-chicago-tour.html</link>
							
									
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							<category>The Beat</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 03:10:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Fri, May 31   8 PM.  The Arcada Theater. This show captures the amazing and extensive catalogs of groups rooted in the city of Chicago.  Performing the music of Chicago, The Buckinghams, California Transit Authority (CTA) and more are CTA, 25 or 6 to 4 – The Chicago Experience, special guests Bill Champlin (former vocalist and songwriter of Chicago), Dennis Tufano (the original vocalist of the Buckinghams) and Danny Seraphine (co-founder and original drummer of Chicago).

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							<title>Grapes and Gals at Gibby&#039;s Wine Bar</title>
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							<category>Wine & Spirits</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 02:17:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Grapes &amp; Gals, a food and wine pairing event, is set from 6 to 8 p.m. April 16 at Gibby&#039;s Wine Bar and Market in Geneva. Three courses will be served, each with a wine selected to enhance the culinary experience. Discussion of each wine will be presented. ]]></description>
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							<title>NEW TO AURORA River Edge Concert Pavilion. RIVER THAT IS A PARK . . . A PARK THAT IS A RIVER</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 02:06:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[This Dunham Fund $2 million grant will name the Dunham Pavilion, the concert and entertainment venue that will be an integral part of the first Music Garden phase of the new five-phase RiverEdge Park and Nature Conservancy project conceived by the City of Aurora Downtown Redevelopment Commission to enhance the quality of downtown community and commercial life and to revitalize the environment along the banks of the Fox River.]]></description>
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							<title>Elgin Symphony Orchestra FAMILY CONCERT Traveling Music</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 01:52:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Sunday, April 21, 2013
This is a one-hour concert treat for the entire family!
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 02:57:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[&quot;The Man of a Thousand Voices&quot; brings his one-man play from Las Vegas to St. Charles for an unforgettable night!]]></description>
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							<title>National Grilled Cheese Day - Little Traveler Style</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 02:40:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[April 12 is National Grilled Cheese Day! And The Little Traveler&#039;s Chef Dave is cooking up something delicious in the store&#039;s Atrium Cafe. We promise you&#039;ve never had grilled cheese quite like this before.

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							<title>Rain or Shine Scarlett Fever House Party on State Street!</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 02:16:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Rain or Shine the music will flow from Scarlett Fever at the House Party on State Street. EvenFlow Music &amp; Spirits at 302 West State Street in Geneva, IL. Saturday, April 13, The show starts at 9:00 pm. Limited seating available.
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							<title>Spring Grand Opening at Chooch&#039;s Pizzeria - Half Price pizza Today</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 02:10:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Chooch&#039;s Pizzeria, 64 S. Grove, continues its Spring Grand Opening all this week! Dine in and enjoy half-price pizzas today.]]></description>
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							<title>The Sensation Stomp  Performance at the Paramount this Weekend</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 01:43:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Due to popular demand, Aurora’s Paramount Theatre has added a third performance of STOMP on Sunday, April 14 at noon. Only a handful of seats remain for the two original performances, Saturday, April 13 at 8 p.m. and Sunday April 14 at 4 p.m., and tickets to the newly added performance are already selling at a rapid clip]]></description>
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							<title>Top-Rated Radio Show Makes Special Visit to Aurora</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 01:05:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[One of the Chicago area’s most popular radio shows, The Eric and Kathy Morning Show on 101.9fm - The Mix, will make a highly-anticipated appearance in Aurora this morning!]]></description>
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							<title>Groovy Stuff! Hot Pants...they&#039;re called hot pants because they make you hot</title>
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							<category>Groovy Stuff</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:14:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[In more ways than one!]]></description>
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							<title>Win a Luxury weekend at The Herrington Inn &amp; Spa</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 02:25:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[In celebration of The Herrington Inn &amp; Spa’s 20th anniversary, the will be giving away a luxury weekend to one lucky winner and their guest. The luxury package includes two nights in the The Herrington Suite, massages in the Spa for two, dinner in Atwater’s restaurant, and more!
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							<title>Forever Plaid The Heavenly Hit Musical</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 02:07:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[When an eager doo-whopping boy band inconveniently dies on their way to their first big gig, the heaven-sent boys hilariously return to earth to take the stage one last time and fulfill their big dreams.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 01:35:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Travel with us to the other America-below the equator. Experience the traditional foods of Chile. During our winter break, we traveled on a wine and culinary tour and I can&#039;t wait to share a taste of the Andes Mountains and the Pacific coast with you. Appetizer empanadas through dessert (postas) will be served.   
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 01:40:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Simply the most whimsical, Who-sical, musical ever!]]></description>
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							<title>Diverse crowd celebrates spring at Naperville’s Festival of Colors</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 01:28:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The rules were simple: be humble, be gentle and have fun. But if you weren’t careful, you could walk right in the middle of a color war — colored powder that is.

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							<title>Holocaust survivor to speak in Elgin</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 01:15:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The stories told by Holocaust survivors are apt to stick with you for a long, long time. But Renee Haberer-Krauss&#039; story is one of a kind, even for someone like Gale Jacoby, a daughter of Holocaust survivors.]]></description>
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							<title>Cubs usher in new era for Kane Co. Cougars</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 01:08:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[It was a unique opening day Thursday for the Kane County Cougars at Fifth Third Bank Ballpark in Geneva. ]]></description>
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							<title>Two sections of Prairie Path to close in April</title>
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							<category>The Sporting Life</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 01:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Two trail sections of the Illinois Prairie Path near Ferry, Diehl and Eola roads will be closed beginning Monday, to accommodate utility work.

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							<title>Need a Good Laugh this Weekend NEW TO THE COMEDY SHRINE</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 02:20:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Varietease Burlesque Variety Show
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							<title>DNA #TasteNTweet at Danny’s Pizza on Douglas</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 02:14:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[On Monday, April 8 from 4:30-5:45pm, the Downtown Neighborhood Association (DNA) of Elgin in partnership with the Elgin Area Convention &amp; Visitors Bureau (EACVB) invites you to our first #TasteNTweet of the year at Danny’s Pizza on Douglas, 231 Douglas Avenue in downtown Elgin.]]></description>
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							<title>Simple Balance Holistic Fair</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 01:51:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Holistic Fair: Tools, Talks and Techniques for Authentic Empowerment]]></description>
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							<title>Rolling Down the River Business-to-Business Expo</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 01:41:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Time is running out to participate with this year&#039;s expo!  Eight chambers of commerce have once again come together to showcase some of the area&#039;s local businesses. Don&#039;t miss an opportunity to engage other local businesses/public to ultimately broaden your customer base. ]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:33:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[I can&#039;t help but have a lot of questions about what will happen in downtown Elgin.]]></description>
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							<title>Even Flow Presents Planet Groove</title>
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							<category>The Beat</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 02:47:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Saturday, Apr 6th, 2013 from 08:00 PM to 10:30 PM]]></description>
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							<title>Outdoor living space......part 2</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 02:29:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Where to start with your outdoor design? As in many past exterior design posts, the answer remains, look up at  your home. The clues are there, in it&#039;s architectural style, colors, and the existing construction elements you can repeat on the ground. ]]></description>
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							<title>Fermilab faces $36 million budget cut</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 02:18:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia is facing $36 million in federal budget cuts, officials said.
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							<title>At Naperville bar, Cubs, Sox fans choose sides on opening day</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 01:56:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Cubs and Sox fans are divided on a lot of things, including where to sit to watch the opening day games Monday at Crosstown Pub and Grill in Naperville.]]></description>
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							<title>Calling All Robots A Pop-Up Art Exhibit</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 01:31:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Friday April 05, 2013 
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							<title>Tony Blair inspires during Judson University visit</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 07:52:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Judson University will host its third World Leaders Forum on Friday, April 12, 2013, featuring former Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Tony Blair as the keynote speaker. ]]></description>
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							<title>It&#039;s hard to say that anything related to taxes is groovy....</title>
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							<category>Groovy Stuff</category>
							<pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 17:54:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[but these apps sport some serious cool. Check it...]]></description>
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							<title>Dear Delilah, my kids have grown up so fast....</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/blogs/dear_delilah/17981-dear-delilah-my-kids-have-grown-up-so-fast.html</link>
							
									
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							<category>Dear Delilah</category>
							<pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[it has been a blur and now I&#039;m preparing to see them start their own lives. I feel like I am not ready?
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							<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 03:36:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Echoes of Pompeii (EOP) is composed of 8 members; Jason Andrews (vocals, guitar), Jeremy Andrews (bass, vocals), Andy Hescher (lead guitar, vocals), Rob Martinez (keyboards, vocals) and Mike Perriera (drums), Bob Frankich (saxophone), and 2 dynamic backup singers Betsy Plant and Melissa Ferrara.]]></description>
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							<title>Paramount Viva Las Vegas Casino Night</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 02:34:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[During the 2012-13 Season, the Paramount Theatre donated over 4,500 tickets.  3,500 tickets alone were donated through the Dreams Do Come True program which allowed grammar school and high school students, kids and adults with special needs and students who could not afford a ticket the ability to experience one of our Broadway productions.  ]]></description>
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							<title>Dundee Township museum keeping local history alive</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 02:20:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[WEST DUNDEE — For nearly 40 years, a building located on Highland Avenue here has been highlighting the historical importance of the Dundee Township area. But many people aren’t aware the Dundee Township Historical Museum exists.]]></description>
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							<title>Salsa Nights in Aurora</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:14:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Free Dance Lessons at The Foundry April 5, 2013 ]]></description>
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							<title>Need Plans tonight? Check out Martini Room with MUSICAL MUSINGS</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 23:06:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[DAVE NEWTON Tonight at 8PM]]></description>
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							<title>Habitat for Humanity and the Hemmens Center Presents James Otto</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 03:43:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[James Otto may be 100 percent country, but he’s also got a heart full of soul. On his third album, Shake What God Gave Ya, Nashville’s breakout star puts his God-given lung power to work on a set of songs that make even more determined use of the old-school R&amp;B grit in his powerhouse voice. “I look at my sound as somewhere between Nashville and Memphis,” says Otto, setting the new record’s compass point firmly on the map. 
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 03:11:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Boston Symphony Orchestra assistant conductor Jose Luis Gomez leads the ESO in one of the iconic works of classical music.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 01:25:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[2:30pm Concert featuring renowned euphonium player Demondrae Thurman (www.demondrae.com) . Demondrae will perform Mahler&#039;s heartbreaking &quot;Songs of a Wayfarer&quot; at the 2:30pm concert.
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 01:19:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[If we could have John Lennon back for one more evening and live two hours with him, what would he say? What would he sing. This acclaimed production &#039;imagines&#039; answers to these questions through an astounding performance by Tim Piper as Lennon.

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							<title>Wine Tasting with the  Dupage Symphony Orchestra</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:54:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The DuPage Symphony Orchestra Board and musicians invites DS0 Subscribers, Supporters and Sponsors to join us at our 2013 Fundraiser:
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							<title>What parents need to know about concussions</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 04:19:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Parents of young athletes know that along with the many benefits of participating in sports, there comes a certain amount of injury risk. And while most would agree that the benefits of being active and involved in athletics outweigh those risks, it&#039;s important to make sure your child gets proper treatment if an injury occurs. As more evidence surfaces about long-term health challenges related to concussions, it&#039;s especially crucial that parents bring themselves up to speed on the proper procedures for caring for an athlete who experiences a concussion.]]></description>
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							<title>From golf to fishing: America&#039;s ultimate destinations for active travel</title>
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							<category>Escapes</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 04:17:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The word &quot;vacation&quot; means different things to different people. For some, it&#039;s lounging poolside and sleeping until noon. Others, however, savor the opportunity to get outside, try some new activities and indulge in their favorite pastimes for days on end. If you&#039;re one of the latter group, there are few better places to travel than right here in the United States.]]></description>
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							<title>Tips for creating a greener outdoor living space</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 04:15:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Outdoor living spaces remain a popular home improvement, but while you're planning your patio or prepping your planting beds do you consider the impact these]]></description>
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							<title>How to host a healthier happy hour</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 04:14:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Going out with co-workers or friends after work is a great way to relax, but when you host a happy hour at home, you have full control over the guest list, atmosphere, music and, most importantly, the menu. Use these simple tips to entertain your friends, and your home may just become the new happy hour hot spot.]]></description>
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							<title>How to freshen up your spring cuisine</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 04:09:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[For food fanatics, spring is the perfect time of year to add fresh produce back into your recipes and meals.]]></description>
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							<title>Tips for making your spring cleaning a breeze</title>
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							<category>Your Digs</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 04:06:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A long winter season can leave you and your family longing for outdoor activities. Before you head for some fresh air fun, you need to get your home in order for the spring and summer months ahead.]]></description>
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							<title>St. Charles aldermen ready to change rules for taverns</title>
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							<category>Wine & Spirits</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 04:06:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[City laws must be changed to give officials more ways to tighten the grip on problematic downtown taverns, St. Charles aldermen agreed Monday night. The question is how long must aldermen wait to bulk up the city code.]]></description>
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							<title>Knowing your health heritage: the familial link of diseases</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/wellness/relationships/17963-knowing-your-health-heritage-the-familial-link-of-diseases.html</link>
							
									
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							<category>Your Relationships</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 04:01:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Family members can have many things in common, including physical characteristics and personality traits. While some traits are obvious, like having red hair or blue eyes, some shared traits are not as obvious, such as the risk for developing a common medical condition, like high cholesterol, or a rare disease.]]></description>
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							<title>Teens with Down Syndrome get special glimpse of life in the theater</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/ae/theater/17962-teens-with-down-syndrome-get-special-glimpse-of-life-in-the-thea.html</link>
							
									
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							<category>The Stage</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 03:37:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Twenty teenagers with a passion for the performing arts — and sometimes few opportunities to participate in them — got a peek behind the curtain at Friday’s performance of “Fiddler on the Roof” at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora.]]></description>
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							<title>So God made a dog</title>
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							<category>Basil&#039;s Blog</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 02:08:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[If you watch nothing else today, watch this.]]></description>
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							<title>Early voting! Did you even know that?</title>
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							<category>Elgin</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:45:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Early voting has started in Kane County. The question now is, who will show up at the polls?]]></description>
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							<title>Welcome to Elgin!</title>
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							<category>Elgin</category>
							<pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 15:41:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Here is where I give you the grand (virtual) tour of Elgin. Now with open bar. (Not really.)]]></description>
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							<title>Ohio prosecutor seeks death penalty for Punxsutawney Phil after bad forecast</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 01:16:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[As severe cold grips the eastern U.S. on March 21, Punxsutawney Phil’s forecast for an early spring is best described as an epic failure.  The prosecuting attorney of Butler County, Ohio, Michael Gmoser, wants the groundhog to pay for his flawed prediction, with his life.]]></description>
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							<title>Health Watch: Champagne Boosts Brainpower</title>
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							<category>Wine & Spirits</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 03:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Researchers serve bubbly to lab rats and see improved memory; two studies look for links between alcohol and cancer]]></description>
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							<title>North Central students develop mobile app for foodies</title>
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							<category>The Foodie</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 02:04:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Two North Central College students have developed a mobile app for friends to share pictures of food they like.]]></description>
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							<title>Groundhog lied: Winter will be sticking around at least until early April</title>
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							<category>News</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 01:52:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The groundhog apparently fudged his long-range forecast back in February for an early spring.]]></description>
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							<title>Dear Delilah, My kids want a puppy....</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/blogs/dear_delilah/17954-dear-delilah-my-kids-want-a-puppy.html</link>
							
									
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							<category>Dear Delilah</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 04:13:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[and I don't know how to get out of it. All of their friends have dogs and they just love them. I will admit, I]]></description>
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							<title>Fox Valley Habitat seeks vet family for future home</title>
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							<category>News</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 02:24:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity is reaching out to area veterans.]]></description>
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							<title>Historical Society celebrates the Irish</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 03:20:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Irish eyes were smiling as the musical notes of a bagpiper billowed through the night air in the city’s downtown and beckoned people to pause and remember the past.]]></description>
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							<title>Patrick’s morphing into Papi’s Place</title>
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							<category>Dining News</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 03:17:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[In Aurora, “world-famous” corned beef and cabbage will soon be served at Papi’s Place.]]></description>
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							<title>St. Charles salutes Irish heritage of city’s parade</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 03:15:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The St. Patrick’s Parade stepped off at 2 p.m. Saturday on Main Street in downtown St. Charles. Grand Marshal was Rosie Martinez, who helped found the St. Patrick’s Day parade in the city. ]]></description>
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							<title>Parade helps Naperville celebrate all things Irish</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 03:09:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Some argue it’s a sign of spring, while others look forward to the family reunions that often accompany the day. But whatever the reason, a St. Patrick’s Day parade always seems to go down easy in Naperville.]]></description>
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							<title>East Dundee bars to again serve up corned beef by the ton for St. Pat’s</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:02:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[It’s a 10-year-old tradition literally smoked up by Steve Hopp, who used to own a butcher shop in town.]]></description>
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							<title>Fox Valley virtual charter would be the first of its kind in state</title>
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							<category>Your Relationships</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[As 18 school districts in the Fox Valley region prepare to make a decision about a proposed virtual charter that would serve their students, school officials are trying to figure out just how such a multi-district online charter — which would be the first of its kind in Illinois — would work. ]]></description>
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							<title>Ballydoyle wants to open restaurant in Naperville</title>
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							<category>Dining News</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 08:59:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A Ballydoyle restaurant may go into the old Rosebud site at the corner of Chicago Avenue and Main Street in downtown Naperville.]]></description>
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							<title>St. Patrick’s Parade set for Saturday in Naperville</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 08:55:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The event will include the usual floats representing a large number of school and community groups, as well as dancers, the parade queen and her court, and more. 

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							<title>If websites were real people!  Hi-Larious!</title>
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							<category>Basil&#039;s Blog</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 01:59:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title>Boys Basketball: West Aurora falls to Proviso East in supersectional</title>
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							<category>The Sporting Life</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 05:03:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Medical professionals advise using pressure to stop the bleeding, but that wasn’t an answer Tuesday for the West Aurora basketball team against Proviso East. In fact, it was the problem.]]></description>
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							<title>Fox Valley districts set hearings on proposed ‘virtual’ education effort</title>
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							<category>Your Relationships</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 04:52:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Residents of 17 Fox Valley school districts will get their chance to ask questions about a proposed charter school that would serve students online, rather than in a classroom.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 04:42:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[While local government workers paid 40 percent more toward their pensions in 2011 than they did just 10 years earlier, taxpayer contributions rose 172 percent over the same time frame.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 04:28:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[There are other such devices, but this one is expected to be $20. Seriously - giftable.]]></description>
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							<category>Dear Delilah</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 02:57:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[...and it isn't pretty. I love her, no doubt. But I find the hair on my neck standing up and my shoulders creeping toward my]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:33:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 07:19:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Argentine Jorge Bergoglio has been elected pope, the first ever from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. He chose the name Pope Francis.]]></description>
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							<title>Fans travel far to meet Twilight author at Anderson’s</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 04:23:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Anderson’s Bookshop offered some real star power Monday afternoon bringing in Stephenie Meyer, author of “The Host.” She brought along actors Max Irons and Jake Abel, who both star in the film version of her book.]]></description>
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							<title>Lauzen blasts Kane County hiring freeze</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 04:20:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Kane County Board Chairman Chris Lauzen spoke out against the county&#039;s hiring-freeze policy for the first time Wednesday, calling for its complete overhaul as county board members committed to a thorough review and revision of the ordinance.]]></description>
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							<title>Boys basketball: West Aurora downs Oswego in sectional thriller</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 04:17:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Pick and roll — the most basic of plays that every player learns upon starting organized basketball — proved to be key Wednesday for West Aurora in its 61-60 upset of top seed Oswego at the Class 4A Bolingbrook Sectional.]]></description>
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							<title>Camp counselors can have lifelong impact on children, expert says</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 04:14:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[About 800 summer camp counselors were given new titles at the recent American Camp Association’s 20th Annual Mid-States Summer Camp Conference here.]]></description>
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							<title>Fundraiser to help 6th-grade teacher diagnosed with leukemia</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 04:12:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[It was supposed to be just another January weekend. Todd and Liz Ramsbottom had celebrated the birthdays of their two sons, Ryan and Jake. Monday would roll around and Todd would return to his usual routine, teaching sixth grade at Lincoln Junior High in Naperville.]]></description>
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							<title>‘Fiddler’ a classic for America, Aurora</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 04:08:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A man — a hard worker, a minority persecuted in his land, but deeply entrenched in his traditional ways and his faith — has five daughters.]]></description>
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							<title>Dear Delilah....my boyfriend shoved me.</title>
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							<category>Dear Delilah</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:03:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[I deserved it - I can be a real witch sometimes.]]></description>
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							<title>For you high-heel wearers, watch this!</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:58:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title>Now this is a watch I would wear, use and love...</title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2013 04:56:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[It's called an e-paper watch.... it connects you to your digital world by syncing with your iPhone or Android phone.
You'll be able to use it]]></description>
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							<title>There is ONE app for that!</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 07:11:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Keep track of all my bills and accounts in one place - that I can access easily and on the fly...that is what I want!]]></description>
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							<title>Cycling to help stop diabetes</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 03:41:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The American Diabetes Association is challenging bicycle riders to be part of the movement to Stop Diabetes(R) by participating in the annual Tour de Cure(R), a cycling event to raise funds to help fight diabetes. Tour de Cure is a fun way to get out with your family, friends or co-workers and has routes designed for all riders - from 5-mile family rides to 100-mile century rides. It is a ride, not a race, so participants are encouraged to go at their own pace.]]></description>
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							<title>Really?  $100,000 per year? And this is &quot;austerity?</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:19:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Taxpayers outside of Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 don&#039;t pay the salaries for educators working there, but they do have to help cover retirement costs for those educators.]]></description>
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							<title>Steppenwolf planning a season of premieres</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:17:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Steppenwolf Theatre Company on Wednesday announced its 2013-14 season consisting of premiere productions, including two world premieres and a U.S. premiere that also features the return of ensemble member and Academy Award nominee Joan Allen to Steppenwolf&#039;s main stage.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:07:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The start, the finish and all the miles in between in the Inaugural Naperville Marathon and Half Marathon have been mapped out and approved, organizers said Wednesday, as they released course maps for the first time.]]></description>
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							<title>Jewel Middle School gifted students win state title in app contest</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 04:35:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Can’t tell the difference between Bromine and Beryllium or Cadmium and Chromium? There are some 11- and 12-year-olds at West Aurora’s Jewel Middle School who can help with that.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 04:31:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The West Aurora School Board is considering $1.2 million in potential savings and budget cuts in areas such as transportation, staffing, drivers education and building maintenance.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 04:29:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Most folks know that Naperville was settled by Joseph Naper, who was Scottish.]]></description>
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							<title>Fox Valley Cooks: Food allergies make meal time challenging</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 04:23:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Montgomery resident Liz Clinton makes almost every meal from scratch. She had never planned on being such an ambitious cook, but when both her children were diagnosed with food allergies, she had to learn to avoid all processed foods.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 04:18:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Spots in Naperville&#039;s inaugural marathon and half marathon sold out in about 14 hours, organizers said Tuesday.]]></description>
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							<title>Nonprofit Geneva theater to close</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 04:14:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The Geneva Underground Playhouse has closed because it could not raise enough money to continue, operators of the nonprofit theater announced.]]></description>
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							<title>Elgin gives preliminary OK to video gambling</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 04:07:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Elgin is in the final stretch of allowing video gambling to come to town, even though that might amount to a revenue loss for the city.]]></description>
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							<title>Mary Magdalene tibia bone  on display at Yorkville church</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 02:25:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A “first class relic” of St. Mary Magdalene will be on display in the Fox Valley next week.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 03:28:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[I've watched new movies and cop shows that have images projected in the air. It seems phoney to watch them waving their hands back and]]></description>
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							<title>Higher standards mean fewer meet expectations on state tests</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 02:02:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Your children are not less smart, nor have your schools gotten worse. But the yardstick by which both are measured is changing.]]></description>
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							<title>“Not tonight dear?  Think again!”</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 01:52:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Curing a headache the old fashioned way.]]></description>
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							<title>The Oddest Animals the World Has to Offer</title>
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							<category>Sadie Saffron</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 07:04:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[That may be the title to this slideshow...but they&#039;re spectacular!
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							<title>21! When will it end!</title>
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							<category>The Sporting Life</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 03:35:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Breaking sports news video. MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL highlights and more.]]></description>
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							<title>Rick Springfield to play at Ribfest</title>
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							<category>The Beat</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 03:34:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Veteran pop singer Rick Springfield will play at this year’s Ribfest in Naperville.]]></description>
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							<title>Traverso’s Restaurant back open after Friday fire</title>
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							<category>Dining News</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 03:32:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Traverso’s Restaurant opened at 4 p.m. as usual on Saturday after a kitchen fire caused about $15,000 in damages to the eatery at 2523 Plainfield-Naperville Road in Naperville Friday night.]]></description>
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							<title>Boys basketball: Balanced Larkin captures regional title</title>
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							<category>The Sporting Life</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 03:31:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[St. Charles North coach Tom Poulin put it best when he said Larkin came at his team in waves Friday night.]]></description>
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							<title>Big 10 Women’s Tournament means tourists for Elgin</title>
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							<category>The Sporting Life</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 03:30:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The Big 10 Women’s Basketball Tournament scheduled for March 7-10 at the Sears Centre will bring bucks along with Buckeyes, Nittany Lions, Boilermakers, Cornhuskers, Wildcats, Illini and other fans to Hoffman Estates and surrounding towns, including Elgin — and a field trip for Elgin School District U46 students.]]></description>
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							<title>An hors d&#039;oeuvre  for lunch?</title>
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							<category>Sadie Saffron</category>
							<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 08:39:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[YES! My favorite party appetizer, made healthy for a satisfying lunch.]]></description>
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							<title>Protect your information during the tax-season identity theft boom</title>
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							<category>News</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 03:54:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Tax season can be stressful, and each year people scramble to send in their tax returns, right down to the deadline. But for those who do a little preparation and avoid procrastinating, it can be significantly less tense. However, whether you&#039;re a last-minute rusher or an ahead-of-the-game planner, you need to take steps to protect your identity during tax time, or you could be facing the greatest stress of all.]]></description>
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							<title>As housing market warms, keep these buying tips in mind</title>
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							<category>Your Digs</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 03:49:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Ready to buy your first home, or move up to a larger home for your expanding family?]]></description>
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							<title>Popular remodeling trends for spring home improvement</title>
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							<category>Your Digs</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 03:47:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[It&#039;s time to think spring which means fresh home updates. Spring home improvement projects will help you update your home, add comfort and save more of your hard-earned paycheck.]]></description>
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							<title>Serving God and your country: Be the one service members seek to provide constant spiritual guidance both at home and overseas</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 03:45:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Whatever their backgrounds, beliefs and duties, Sailors have religious needs that must be met while they are answering the call to serve their country.- They need guidance, moral support and worship opportunities - services especially critical to help guide them through the challenges of the job and family life.]]></description>
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							<title>Get your car road trip ready for spring</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 03:33:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[You may be dreaming about escaping on a vacation, but the sky-high costs of flights and cruises can quickly turn into a nightmare. If you&#039;re looking to take a break without breaking the bank, a good, old-fashioned road trip could be the way to escape. Aside from packing snacks and preparing the perfect playlist, there are a few things you should consider before venturing out on the open road. A few updates and precautions can help you avoid the wear and potential safety hazards a long trip can have on your vehicle.]]></description>
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							<title>‘Sequester’ disaster</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 02:03:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[With $85 billion in across-the-board federal cuts slated to take effect Friday, Fox Valley and Naperville schools and organizations are preparing to slash already dwindling budgets and cut services.]]></description>
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							<title>The emperor gets a job</title>
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							<category>Basil&#039;s Blog</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 02:10:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Don&#039;s ask me why I find this amusing...seriously, don&#039;t ask.]]></description>
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							<title>Teen band competing for trip to SXSW music festival</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 01:59:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[ST. CHARLES – St. Charles teen band The Giving Moon is competing for the chance to go to the SXSW music festival in Austin, Texas, later this month.]]></description>
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							<title>SciTech adding science-based kindergarten</title>
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							<category>Your Relationships</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 01:53:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[AURORA — When SciTech Hands on Museum began a preschool program last year in their historic downtown Aurora building, they knew it was something special. The preschool program is the only one in the city, state and possibly the country that focuses on STEM-based curriculum.]]></description>
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							<title>‘Jack the Giant Slayer’ a family adventure</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 01:49:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Rating: Three Stars

If not for its PG-13 rating, “Jack the Giant Slayer” would be an old-fashioned, family-oriented fantasy adventure, the type that local television stations used to run on Sunday afternoons.]]></description>
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							<title>Dear Delilah, I have no luck with men!</title>
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							<category>Dear Delilah</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 03:22:00 -0600</pubDate>
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...I'm reasonably attractive, have a great job, but I can't seem to meet the right guys. I would like to be married and have a]]></description>
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							<title>7 Tasty Dishes To Get You Started On The Mediterranean Diet</title>
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							<category>The Foodie</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:34:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A new study published this week by the New England Journal of Medicine showed that people at risk for heart disease can significantly lower the likelihood of a heart attack or stroke if they stick to a Mediterranean diet.]]></description>
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							<title>Galena ready for Wine Lover’s Weekend</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:24:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Wine Lover’s Weekend has blossomed into one of the state’s premiere wine events.]]></description>
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							<title>Backstage with Ron Onesti: A stroll down memory MacLaine</title>
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							<category>The Stage</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:23:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Like so many others, I went from “Sesame Street” to “The Electric Company,” then from “Soundstage” to “NOVA,” then from those Doo Wop shows to “Chicago Tonight.”  PBS has always been a big part of my educational and entertainment growth process.]]></description>
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							<title>‘American Idol’ runner-up coming to St. Charles</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:21:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[“American Idol” runner-up Crystal Bowersox remains very much in the spotlight these days.]]></description>
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							<title>Cupid, call your office</title>
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							<category>Basil&#039;s Blog</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:58:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A different type of Grand Unified Theory.]]></description>
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							<title>Local Purim celebration recalls Jewish history</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:19:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[In keeping with Jewish tradition, Rabbi Mendel Shemtov read aloud the Book of Esther at Chabad of Elgin and Hoffman Estates on Sunday, where more than 40 adults and children gathered to celebrate Purim at Chabad Jewish Center.]]></description>
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							<title>It’s back to Broadway for Aurora Farmers Market</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:18:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Fresh produce, live music, and baked goods will be back in the parking lot at the Aurora Transportation Center as Aurora’s Farmers Market kicks off the season at its old home this year.]]></description>
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							<title>Passion</title>
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							<category>Your Body</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:15:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[For as long as I can remember this has been my life quote, a saying in the back of my head that has guided me through most decisions, through most crossroads, and down life&#039;s paths.]]></description>
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							<title>Carr retires after three decades of helping Kane vets</title>
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							<category>News</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:54:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[For 35 years, John Carr has led the charge in Kane County, securing help for local residents who have served in the U.S. military, and their families.]]></description>
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							<title>I am a weather geek - what can I say?</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:13:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Seriously.... I love this stuff.]]></description>
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							<title>Cynics:  Don&#039;t watch this video</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 06:16:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 01:58:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Apropos of nothing, THIS is a geek&#039;s dream!]]></description>
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							<title>Snow socks Fox Valley, weather advisory extended</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 02:26:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The storm system that dumped 15 inches of snow in parts of Oklahoma and buffeted the Texas panhandle with 80-mph wind gusts on Monday made its way to the Fox Valley on Tuesday, prompting the cancellation of after-school activities and early dismissal for some college classes.]]></description>
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							<title>Fox Valley Cooks: Secret to moist banana cake found in freezer</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 02:17:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[When lifelong Aurora resident Stephanie Oros Bolen was in fifth grade, her mother decided to start working, which meant more responsibility for her, the oldest of four children. ]]></description>
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							<title>Kane officials cheer LPGA tourney for Rich Harvest Farms</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 02:13:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove will play host to a 2016 LPGA event — and Kane County officials see it as a win for the whole county.]]></description>
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							<title>Micro-distilleries get OK in Kendall</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 02:07:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Micro-distilleries have gotten the OK to set up shop in Kendall County.]]></description>
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							<title>Dear Delilah, my wife had an affair with my best friend...</title>
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							<category>Dear Delilah</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:21:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[...and although it happened 15 years ago, I just discovered it and I feel like my heart has been ripped out of my chest.
My wife]]></description>
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							<title>Geneva girl spreads message about often-misdiagnosed malady</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 04:50:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[On a bright fall morning in 2004, Shelley Kupetis was running errands with her 4-year-old daughter, Julia Benway.]]></description>
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							<title>Family Palooza coming to Pheasant Run in March</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 04:44:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Chicago Fun Family Palooza is set for 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. March 9 and 10 at the Mega Center at Pheasant Run Resort, 4051 E. Main St.]]></description>
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							<title>Children&#039;s choir to host annual Swedish Meatball Dinner, event</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 04:40:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[&quot;If you liked our Pancakes … you&#039;ll Love our Meatballs&quot; is the theme of the fourth annual Swedish Meatball Dinner presented by the Swedish American Children&#039;s Choir, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Saturday, March 9, at Bethany Lutheran Church, 8 S Lincoln St. in Batavia.]]></description>
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							<title>‘Downtown Madness’ expands with 32 Elgin ‘teams’</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 04:34:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The Downtown Neighborhood Association of Elgin’s third annual edition of Downtown Madness — the DNA’s award-winning, month-long, social media driven restaurant and bar promotion — returns next month.]]></description>
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							<title>Museum preserves the heritage, history of Elgin Fire Dept.</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 04:31:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[When Jim Carrigan taps his finger against the frame of a certain window in the Elgin Fire Barn No. 5 Museum, two dried-up grains of oats fall out of the crack behind the frame and land on the windowsill.]]></description>
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							<title>STEP INTO SPRING WITH ELECTRIC HUES</title>
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							<category>All About Me</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 03:38:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Spring is just around the corner, and while we love a good winter white, we can&#039;t wait to indulge in the best part of warm weather style - bright, saturated colors.
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							<title>Pushing the early learning curve</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 03:20:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[In the hallway of Illinois Park Center for Early Learning in Elgin, one kindergartner sitting at a tiny desk swung his legs shyly as a substitute teacher asked him if he was ready to take his letter test over again.]]></description>
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							<title>Two new businesses opening in Huntley</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 03:09:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[HUNTLEY — Two new eateries are opening in Huntley.]]></description>
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							<title>D204 excursions help kids with special needs learn more about community life</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 02:58:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Most of the time when Christian Murray goes places with his mom, they’re running errands. The Peterson Elementary School fifth-grader sees and hears the rhythms of daily living, but it’s largely in a non-participating capacity.]]></description>
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							<title>Mothers Club of Geneva focuses on philanthropy</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 02:48:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[GENEVA – Members of the Mothers Club of Geneva acknowledge the name of their organization might give people the wrong impression about what they do.]]></description>
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							<title>Naperville author shares experience as civil rights Freedom Rider</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 02:40:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The celebration of Black History Month during February will conclude this week with a powerful exclamation point. Naperville resident Tom Armstrong will share observations and experiences about his own racial battles fought in the South during the time when our country faced some of its most intense civil rights activities.]]></description>
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							<title>This Tasty Diet Can Prevent Heart Attacks And Strokes, Study Says</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 02:22:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A large study conducted with funding from the Spanish government appears to have settled an old debate: What should people eat to avoid having a heart attack or stroke? It turns out it may not be how much fat you eat but what kind.]]></description>
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							<title>Save the Children - Taxpayers Demand Independent Investigation Into Fiscal Crisis</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 01:54:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Allegations of Wrongdoing and Soap Opera Also Known As East Aurora School District 131]]></description>
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							<title>Art becoming vital part of communities</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 01:51:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[BATAVIA – Oil painter Greta Bell likes welcoming visitors as she works inside her studio at Water Street Studios in downtown Batavia.]]></description>
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							<title>West Aurora readying for teacher layoffs</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 01:49:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[AURORA — With uncertain financial projections coming from the state and federal governments, the West Aurora School District is preparing for a round of teacher layoffs that could be announced as soon as next month.]]></description>
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							<title>Package sets off bomb-squad response</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 01:46:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[BATAVIA — Handling packages is the usual routine at the Batavia Post Office. But one package set off alarms for postal workers early Thursday morning.]]></description>
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							<title>West Aurora questions plan for online charter school</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 01:44:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[An online charter school based in St. Charles has approached several area school district’s about the program it plans to launch in the fall.]]></description>
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							<title>D203 Board weighs in on new student performance standards</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 01:48:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The Naperville School District 203 Board Tuesday night got a chance to sound off on the new format for test results in the state.

The state of Illinois is in the process of adopting more stringent assessment standards for the Illinois State Achievement Tests.]]></description>
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							<title>Platform tennis facility may be built in Naperville</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 01:45:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Platform tennis is very popular on the East Coast. Now Naperville may be getting in on the act.]]></description>
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							<title>Rock for life</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 01:38:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Alternative rock band Gypsy Fly will put on a benefit show Friday at the Wild Monk in St. Charles to help raise funds for a fan who has cancer and no health insurance.]]></description>
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							<title>Comic David Brenner coming to Zanies</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 01:36:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Comedian David Brenner became a household name in the ’70s after appearing on “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.”

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							<title>ECC OKs purchase of former golf course land from Elgin</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 01:33:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[It’s something that has been “on the college’s mind for a while,” according to Sharon Konny, vice president of business and finance at Elgin Community College.

And finally on Wednesday, the ECC board approved the $8 million purchase from the city of Elgin of more than 41 acres adjacent to its campus at 1700 Spartan Drive.]]></description>
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							<title>Country star Dwight Yoakam coming to Paramount Theater</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 01:30:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Country star Dwight Yoakam will take the stage April 10 at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora for his only Illinois appearance, Paramount Executive Director Tim Rater said Wednesday.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 01:22:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The annual Fox Valley Children’s Chorus Spaghetti Dinner will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, at Immanuel Lutheran Church,  950 Hart Road, Batavia.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 01:20:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The “Moon River Mingle” – a wine and craft beer tasting and silent auction to benefit Elderday Center – will take place from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, March 2, at 409 N. River St., Batavia.]]></description>
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							<title>To juice cleanse - or not to juice cleanse??</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 07:16:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Is that the question?]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 02:11:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[BATAVIA – The “Moon River Mingle” – a wine and craft beer tasting and silent auction to benefit Elderday Center – will take place from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, March 2, at 409 N. River St., Batavia.

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							<title>Montgomery looks to warmer days as community festival calendar takes shape</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 02:09:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[MONTGOMERY — As yet another winter drags on, the village is looking ahead to celebrations for spring and beyond.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 02:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[AURORA — Several hundred Hispanic Catholics withstood the chill rain and wind to walk and pray in defense of heterosexual marriage Monday evening.

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							<title>Vet to West students: Heroism was act of love</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 02:03:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[AURORA — War was hell for Pfc. Sammy Lee Davis.]]></description>
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							<title>Dunham Fund providing computers for East’s Magnet Academy students</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 01:59:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[AURORA — Thanks to a $660,000 grant, the East Aurora School District will be able to purchase a computer for every student in the district’s Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy next year.]]></description>
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							<title>A guilty pleasure...maybe not SO guilty??</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 08:23:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[I know that you won't admit it....but I have a bag on my head and I can say it loud...I love the slice-'em bake-'em cookies]]></description>
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							<title>Triple threats: Goress, Jimenez, Fisher win state wrestling championships</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 02:12:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Dan Goress might wrestle in college after graduating from Kaneland this spring. He might also enter the workforce. Or perhaps he&#039;ll join the military.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 02:09:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A large number of homes continued to move through the foreclosure process in the Tri-Cities and nearby communities.

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							<title>Orchids&#039; beauty draws crowds at Batavia Orchid Society show</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 02:07:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The hundreds of orchids at the Batavia Orchid Society&#039;s annual show displayed a variety of colors and shapes that defied the imagination.]]></description>
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							<title>‘James and the Giant Peach’ to open at Steel Beam</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 01:52:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The play “James and the Giant Peach” will be presented by Steel Beam Children’s Theatre, 111 W. Main St. in downtown St. Charles on weekends beginning Sunday, Feb. 17.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 01:48:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Whole Foods&#039; healthy eating specialist Tatyiana Baukovic, left, discusses food choices with Fittest Loser contestants Greg Moehrlin, Marianne Costales-Roman, Joe Gundling and Megan McCarthy-Cook.]]></description>
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							<title>Vinyl makes a comeback in digital age in Fox Valley</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 01:33:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Phonograph records on vinyl. LPs. 45s. Hi fi. Stereos.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 01:29:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Greg Stewart was sick and tired of having his Elgin family’s cars burglarized. So he took matters into his own hands.]]></description>
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							<title>Bartlett High rallies community around stadium project</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 01:27:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The video follows students through the hallways of Bartlett High School, past the wrestling team (handily defeating the school mascot) and marching band, through pom-pons and glitter.

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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 01:25:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 01:21:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[First in a two-part series on Elgin’s Hemmens Cultural Center, from its present state to what its future might be.
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							<title>Dear Delilah, My daughter wants a tattoo!</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 05:37:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2013 02:39:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Just say &quot;Neigh&quot; to Findus!]]></description>
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							<title>Downton Abbey Finale:  Dig Lady Grantham!</title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2013 01:20:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The season finale of Downton Abbey is tonight.  This is a great way to prepare yourself.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2013 09:59:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[While my best friend is a Golden, it&#039;s close enough.]]></description>
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							<title>Darkrooms have a place in digital world, photography instructors say</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 01:37:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Every semester, Elgin Community College assistant professor Travis Linville asks his photography students how many have used film.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 01:34:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Twenty-five years ago, Paul Simon’s “Graceland” album introduced much of the world to the unique musical talents of South Africa’s Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Although many people outside of South Africa didn’t know of the group before Simon’s combination of American rock music and African vocal harmonies, Ladysmith Black Mambazo has been a successful group for more than 50 years, and this weekend they bring their music to the Blizzard Theater at the Elgin Community College Arts Center.

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							<title>Good Cause: Mom launches I Support Community</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 01:33:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[When Marion Ruthig set out to start the nonprofit I Support Community, she did it because nonprofit work always stuck in the back of her mind. And when she learned about Hesed House, the shelter service in Aurora, it made her wonder why there wasn’t a website where nonprofits could tell their stories.]]></description>
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							<title>Studio 60 in Oswego brings out artist in patrons</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 01:31:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[If you think you have no artistic talent, then Gayle Faber wants to party with you. Faber wants to hand you a glass of wine and a paint brush. She wants to prove you wrong.]]></description>
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							<title>Fox Valley Cooks: Amy Webb, Batavia</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 01:26:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Amy Webb’s friends often call her Amy Crocker since they think her superior baking skills put her in the same league as the recipe icon, Betty Crocker.]]></description>
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							<title>Tales from the Motherhood: Busy schedule leads to inattention to detail</title>
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							<category>Your Relationships</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:57:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Contrary to my claim in last week’s column, it seems my cable provider actually does have PBS in its lineup.]]></description>
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							<title>NIU Steelband returns to Norris for third concert</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:54:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The NIU Steelband will return to the Norris Cultural Arts Center on March 2. ]]></description>
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							<title>Cardiologist explains disease’s symptoms</title>
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							<category>Your Body</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 02:20:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Heart disease has been identified as the No. 1 cause of death in the United States, and Dr. Michelle Montpetit, a cardiologist at Delnor Hospital in Geneva, educates patients about avoiding heart disease and when to call 911.]]></description>
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							<title>Backstage with Ron Onesti: Show me the (Eddie) Money!</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/ae/music/17812-backstage-with-ron-onesti-show-me-the-eddie-money.html</link>
							
									
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 02:18:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[One of the most popular television commercials out today features rock icon Eddie Money as a travel agency owner singing “Two Tickets To Paradise” to a family looking for tickets to a vacation.]]></description>
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							<title>Heart health boosts quality of life</title>
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							<category>Your Body</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 02:13:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Stephen Staniszewski was buzzing through life as an information technologist, working 80 to 90 hours a week, not exercising, not really paying attention to what he ate.“That can really mess up your life,” Staniszewski said.]]></description>
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							<title>Steel Beam Theatre to present ‘Becky’s New Car’</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 02:10:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Steel Beam Theatre will present Steven Dietz’s  “Becky’s New Car” beginning Feb. 22 and running through March 17 at the theater, 111 W. Main St., St. Charles.

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							<title>Singer-songwriter Jon Conover to perform at McNally’s Irish Pub</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/ae/music/17809-singer-songwriter-jon-conover-to-perform-at-mcnally%E2%80%99s-irish-pub.html</link>
							
									
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 01:56:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Chicago area singer-songwriter Jon Conover did not intend to become a YouTube sensation.

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							<title>Parents in for shock on tougher standardized tests for kids</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 01:48:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[When the state of Illinois adjusted last year’s standardized tests to this year’s tougher standards in an attempt to prepare parents for sticker shock, it showed a stark drop.

Last year, 82 percent of grade school students were found to have met or exceeded state standards on the Illinois Standards Achievement Test or ISAT.]]></description>
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							<title>Kane County&#039;s bar scene gets crafty</title>
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							<category>Wine & Spirits</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 02:10:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Chicago has long been a city of beer-lovers – and drinkers. With the craft beer trend overflowing beyond city limits, the suburbs have been reaping the benefits of foamy, flavor-forward brews the past few years. With new gastropubs popping up in the area – and an increase in stocked microbrews on the shelves of stores, restaurants and bars – Kane County appears to be going “craft.”]]></description>
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							<title>Boardwalk plans move forward with certificate</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 02:04:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[BATAVIA – The Batavia Park District and the Batavia Parks Foundation on Monday moved another step closer to renovating the boardwalk at the Batavia Riverwalk.]]></description>
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							<title>Rush: Geneva offers plenty for Valentine’s Day</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 01:29:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[I always say to myself if I can make it through January, the 28 days in February will fly by. Then comes March, which means spring and hopefully no more snow. Although the way the weather is this year, that snow still may come in May.]]></description>
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							<title>Deutsch leaving Holy Cross Church to work for bishop</title>
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							<category>Your Soul</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 01:19:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[While the world is still in shock about Pope Benedict XVI’s announcement of his resignation as leader of the Roman Catholic Church, the faithful in Batavia are feeling changes closer to home.]]></description>
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							<title>St. Charles Restaurant Week starts Feb. 18</title>
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							<category>News</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 03:37:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[More than 25 restaurants are participating in the third annual St. Charles Restaurant Week set for Feb. 18-22.]]></description>
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							<title>St. Charles mayoral forum set for Feb. 28</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 02:56:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A town hall forum for the four St. Charles mayoral candidates is set for 7 p.m. Feb. 28 in the Baker Community Center auditorium, 101 S. Second St.]]></description>
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							<title>History center to host ‘Memories of Coultrap’</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 02:53:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[As Geneva School District 304 officials seek bids to demolish the Coultrap facility, the Geneva History Center will host a “Memories of Coultrap” presentation from noon to 1 p.m. today at the history center, 113 S. Third St., Geneva.]]></description>
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							<title>School District 304 transfers nearly $5 million to pay debt</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 02:47:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[To reduce its debt payments, the Geneva School District 304 board Monday approved transferring nearly $5 million from the education fund to pay down its 2004A debt series, a voter-approved $41.2 million bond issue to build a second middle school and for school improvements.]]></description>
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							<title>Getting hands-on with science at Fermilab open house</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 02:45:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, Nisha Shah, of Bartlett, had no idea the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory was practically in her backyard.]]></description>
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							<title>St. Charles has big plans for former George’s</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 02:44:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The taxpayers of St. Charles recently bought a fixer-upper in the city’s downtown.]]></description>
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							<title>Mulch mountain burns around the clock along Elgin-Bartlett border</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 02:42:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[One of the longest-lasting fires in recent Elgin history filled the air for a mile around with the smell of autumn leaf-burning season. But it actually was a cold wintry day as firefighters from six fire departments battled a stubborn, smoldering fire in a mountain of mulch along the Elgin-Bartlett border Monday night.]]></description>
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							<title>Aurora takes new stab at reinvesting in Restaurant Row</title>
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							<category>News</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 02:40:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A better economy, a city investment and an evolving downtown Aurora — is it enough to make another Restaurant Row deal work?]]></description>
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							<title>East Aurora magnet school open house attracts hundreds</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 02:32:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Getting into the Fred Rodgers Magnet Academy is almost like winning a lottery, or better.]]></description>
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							<title>Local Catholics surprised by pope’s resignation, speculate on successor</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 02:15:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Local Catholic leaders expressed surprise Monday at the abrupt resignation of the man who leads the 1.2 billion-member denomination.]]></description>
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							<title>Pope Benedict XVI to resign Feb. 28, cites declining health</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 03:37:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Pope Benedict XVI announced Monday that he would resign on Feb. 28 because he was simply too infirm to carry on — the first pontiff to do so in nearly 600 years. The decision sets the stage for a conclave to elect a new pope before the end of March.]]></description>
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							<title>Question of faith: ‘Can good come from acts of evil?’</title>
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							<category>Your Soul</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 02:14:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The scene Thursday was like something from a horror movie: Mourners quietly gathering on a dismal, foggy night, a blanket of wet snow falling softly on their shoulders as they huddled around a white cross bearing a beautiful young girl’s name.]]></description>
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							<title>Robert Klein performance at ECC</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 02:11:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[ELGIN — Due to severe weather conditions in New York, the performance of Robert Klein as well as its pre-show dinner originally set for Saturday at the Elgin Community College Arts Center have been postponed, ECC announced Friday.]]></description>
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							<title>Judson announces new president</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 02:09:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[ELGIN — Judson University announced Friday that Gene C. Crume Jr., will be its seventh school president.]]></description>
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							<title>Dance teams converge in Batavia for competition</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 02:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The Aurora Central Catholic High School dance team performs in the Hip Hop category Sunday during the Batavia High School Team Dance Illinois Dance Classic.
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							<title>Supporters hit the lanes to help West Chicago-area boy</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 02:04:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Owen Payton, 6, and his mother, Christina, of West Chicago, pick out a bowling ball during the Children&#039;s Organ Transplant Association&#039;s fundraiser for him Sunday at Bowling Green Sports Center. Owen, who was born with a congenital heart defect, is in need of a heart transplant.]]></description>
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							<title>“SuperCrocs” coming to Elgin library</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 02:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A &quot;SuperCroc&quot; exhibit featuring 40-foot crocodiles that lived 110 million years ago is headed in early May to Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin. Here is the 6-foot skull of a Sarcosuchus found in 2000 in Niger.]]></description>
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							<title>‘Dancing With The Geneva Stars’ raises $12,710</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 01:58:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Six couples competed in Saturday&#039;s &quot;Dancing With The Geneva Stars&quot; event at Eagle Brook Country Club.]]></description>
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							<title>Naperville parks striving to stay relevant among ‘more competition’</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 01:56:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Naperville Park board President Kirsten Young delivers the third annual state of the park district address Saturday at the Alfred Rubin Riverwalk Community Center.
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							<title>Second probe into horse neglect claims at Danada</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 01:53:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A volunteer prepares to move a horse to another pasture at the Danada Forest Preserve in Wheaton. DuPage Forest Preserve Commissioners are conducting their own investigation into claims that horses are poorly treated at Danada Equestrian Center in Wheaton.]]></description>
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							<title>New Christian-based basketball program in Elgin</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 01:50:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Sam Scharnowski, foreground, and Max Wiskirchen, sitting, plan to enroll in Epic Youth, a new Christian-based program in Elgin that focuses on using basketball to develop leadership skills and encourage kids to attend college.]]></description>
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							<title>Lawsuit: St. Charles art dealer lost $103,000 French lithograph</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 01:38:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A St. Charles art dealer is being sued by an insurance company, which argues the dealer lost or discarded an original lithograph of &quot;Artistide Bruant Dans Son Cabaret, 1893&quot; similar to the image shown above.]]></description>
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							<title>100-year-old bridge in Fabyan could be torn down</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 01:35:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The western portion of the bridge that spans the Fox River in the Fabyan Forest Preserve has foundation cracks. The bridge may be up to 100 years old and a historic site, but it may be torn down.
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							<title>Fermilab welcomes families with tours, science experiments</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 01:31:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[BATAVIA &ndash; From cryogenic marshmallows to homemade kaleidoscopes, there was no shortage of hands-on scientific activities to choose from at Sunday's family open house at]]></description>
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							<title>Bar Louie to open at Geneva Commons</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 01:27:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[GENEVA – Geneva Commons soon will land another nationally recognized bar and eatery.]]></description>
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							<title>Park District looks to ‘bright’ future</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 01:23:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Naperville Park District officials had a message for the community early Saturday morning.

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							<title>Top-Ranked Indiana Lost On An Unbelievable Buzzer-Beater</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 04:49:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[After having a fast-break layup blocked out of bounds with the score tied, Illinois had just 0.9 seconds to make a game-winning basket and upset top-ranked Indiana. And somehow, with the help of a screen, Tyler Griffey got loose and took the inbounds pass and made an uncontested layup. All that was left was for the students to storm the court.


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							<title>Why The Great Lakes Are Shrinking</title>
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							<category>The Sporting Life</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 04:12:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced this week that two of America&#039;s Great Lakes, Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, are at their lowest water levels since recording began in 1918.


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							<title>“Darwin, call your office”</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 03:46:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Rat-Size Ancestor Said to Link Man and Beast. Humankind’s common ancestor with other mammals may have been a roughly rat-size animal that weighed no more than a half a pound, had a long furry tail and lived on insects.]]></description>
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							<title>Batavia dentist provides free services to those in need</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 02:40:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[BATAVIA – Batavia dentist Dr. John Koechley believes everybody should have access to dental services, regardless of income.]]></description>
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							<title>&#039;Art of Murder&#039; a cleverly done show</title>
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							<category>The Stage</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 02:33:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[ST. CHARLES – Mayhem is on the agenda in Joe DiPietro’s “The Art of Murder,” a combination comedy-mystery now delighting fans of the genre in a well-executed production directed by Jason W. Gerace at Fox Valley Repertory.]]></description>
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							<title>Area schools spend $574,197 during weekend in city</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 02:21:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Naperville Unit District 203 Superintendent Dan Bridges was among 19 administrators and board members who attended a Chicago conference last year, costing taxpayers $17,183.58, the most of 92 suburban districts analyzed.
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							<title>Batavia residents sound off on high decibel train noise</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 02:13:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[BATAVIA — Residents from neighborhoods near the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railway spur tracks want the city to squelch the high-decibel train horns that sound at the eight public grade crossings on the east side of town.

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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 02:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The FBI and Aurora police are investigating a bank robbery Thursday afternoon in downtown Aurora.

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							<title>Asian carp invade Will County Forest Preserve lake</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 01:53:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The Will County Forest Preserve District is gearing up to battle a new invasive species — the dreaded Asian carp.

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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 01:36:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[BATAVIA — If there’s anything as certain as shin splints and runner’s knees for long-distance racers, it is the passion participants of the Peapod Half Madness Marathon have for their race.]]></description>
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							<title>Paramount announces ‘Fiddler’ season finale</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 01:31:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[AURORA — The Paramount will wrap up its second Broadway musical season with the family classic “Fiddler on the Roof,” Artistic Director Jim Corti announced Thursday.]]></description>
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							<title>A sure sign of the apocalypse</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:20:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<title>Dear Delilah, I am going to pop the question this Valentine&#039;s Day...</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 02:41:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[...and I want to make it really memorable and special. What do I do?
Sincerely, Going to the Chapel
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Dear Going to the Chapel,
What an exciting time]]></description>
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							<title>Residents can vote for concert locations, bands</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 02:22:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Did you ever think you could be a concert promoter? Well, in a way that’s what the Naperville Park District is looking for as part of a new drive to get people in Naperville involved in district events.]]></description>
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							<title>Officials to meet on Prairie Parkway funding future</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 02:08:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Federal, state and local officials will meet this month to discuss what will happen to federal funding once reserved for the Prairie Parkway.

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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 01:23:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Two years ago Bob Kaspar bought an antique pull toy from the World Famous Gold &amp; Silver Pawnshop featured in the TV show “Pawn Stars” and turned it into Internet sensation Stanlee Duck, whose adventures still enthrall fans on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.]]></description>
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							<title>My bloody countrymen are at it again</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 05:59:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[It could only be a Brit that came up with this.]]></description>
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							<title>Gary Sinise to miss Rockin’ for the Troops</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 02:09:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[This year’s eighth annual Rockin’ for the Troops won’t be quite the same without Gary Sinise. Then again Grammy Award winner Ronnie Dunn will do his best to fill Lt. Dan’s shoes.]]></description>
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							<title>Mystery Diner: State Street Diner adds Mexican flair to menu</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 02:02:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[GENEVA – There are very few things more quintessentially American than a diner.]]></description>
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							<title>Italian buffet to benefit Fox Valley hospice</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 01:07:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[GENEVA – Fox Valley Volunteer Hospice is hosting the “Magic is in the Air at Villa Verone” benefit at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24 at the restaurant.

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							<title>In-store cooking classes to take place at Prisco’s</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:56:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<title>Crosby: He fought for his nation, and it has let him down</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 05:14:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Standing in line at the Kendall County Food Pantry to get desperately needed groceries for his Yorkville family, Shawn Ziegler feels the familiar sting in his elbow, a sharp pain that led to his discharge from the United States Army in 2010.]]></description>
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							<title>Military history brought to life at Pheasant Run</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 05:11:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[In an encampment intended to resemble a dugout in World War I France, Jeff Fronczak and Jeremiah Moore-Moauro spent the weekend at the ninth annual Military History Fest performing short skits that demonstrated a gas attack.]]></description>
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							<title>St. Charles Park District to host teen job fair</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 05:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The St. Charles Park District&#039;s annual teen job fair is set for 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 18 in the Pottawatomie Community Center gym, 8 North Ave., for ages 16 to 24. Young adults should be prepared to ask and answer questions.]]></description>
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							<title>Grease fire causes $40,000 damage to Naperville restaurant</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 04:51:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A grease fire Sunday night caused $40,000 in damage to a Chinese restaurant in Naperville.]]></description>
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							<title>State honors 8 St. Charles schools</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 02:46:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The Illinois State Board of Education has awarded eight St. Charles School District 303 elementary schools with academic awards, the district announced Monday.]]></description>
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							<title>Jason Bonham brings Led Zeppelin to the Arcada Theatre</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 02:34:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Jason Bonham and his Led Zeppelin Experience rocked the Arcada on Saturday night to a busting-at-the-seams sold out show.]]></description>
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							<title>In West Chicago Dist. 33, even how talks ended is in dispute</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 02:32:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Striking teachers were walking picket lines Monday in West Chicago Elementary District 33 with little immediate hope of a contract settlement that would allow roughly 4,000 students back into their regular classes.]]></description>
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							<title>Sherman hosts HEART of Diabetes Fair</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 02:31:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The latest information on heart health and diabetes was presented on Saturday during Sherman Hospital’s HEART of Diabetes Fair at 1425 North Randall Road.]]></description>
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							<title>Eagles back, abounding in the Fox Valley</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 02:29:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Spotting bald eagles soaring above the Fox River Valley has become a rite of winter, and this season several locals say the big birds are here in more numbers than in past years.]]></description>
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							<title>Elginite drumming as part of Letterman’s Elvis Week</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 02:24:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Johnny Perrin is all shook up — in a good way.]]></description>
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							<title>Former NBA bad boy comes to Naperville to talk about his new children’s book</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 04:19:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Chicago Bulls’ fans won’t soon forget the exploits of Michael Jordan and company as the team blew through the NBA playoffs and fought their way to six world championships throughout the 1990s.]]></description>
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							<title>Stars ready to waltz through Geneva</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 04:15:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Dancing with the Geneva Stars will waltz, tango, salsa and cha-cha its way in support of the city’s cultural arts with a fifth annual event this month.]]></description>
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							<title>‘Seussical Jr.’ coming to Batavia Fine Arts Centre</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 04:05:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Rising Star Theatreworks – a nonprofit community theater group – is presenting the musical “Seussical Jr.” this month at the Batavia Fine Arts Centre.]]></description>
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							<title>Dear Delilah - What is my obligation on Valentine&#039;s Day?</title>
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							<category>Dear Delilah</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 03:38:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[I have been dating this girl for just 2 weeks.... and while we get along great (and have seen each other about 6 times in]]></description>
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							<title>Super Bowl Party Reality</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 02:53:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[It's been a long time since I attended a Super Bowl party... I usually like to kick it at home where nobody gets in the]]></description>
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							<title>Tellabs to cut 300 jobs</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 02:34:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Tellabs Inc. said it plans to lay off 300 people as it stops development of a new line of routers. ]]></description>
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							<title>Celebrating 120 years of worship</title>
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							<category>Your Soul</category>
							<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:33:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Another in an occasional series about area religious congregations celebrating major anniversaries.]]></description>
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							<title>Hesed success story</title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:30:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[On a frigid Wednesday night, Hesed House Executive Director Ryan Dowd and others set out to determine exactly how many homeless people in Aurora are sleeping on the streets. ]]></description>
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							<title>Erday’s shutting its doors after eight decades in downtown Geneva</title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:27:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A fixture in downtown Geneva for almost 90 years, Erday’s Men’s Clothing store has announced it will be closing its doors.]]></description>
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							<title>Happiness is a full house for the showman of St. Charles</title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:26:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Three seconds. That’s roughly how long it takes for friends and fans of Ron Onesti to merrily accost him at the Office, a bar and eatery near his Arcada Theatre in St. Charles. ]]></description>
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							<title>Forest preserve opens new nature center in St. Charles</title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:24:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The new Creek Bend Nature Center at LeRoy Oakes opens to the public Monday, Feb. 4. The welcome sign is up, and we hope you&#039;ll stop in.]]></description>
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							<title>Saturday brunch blog: Kane County and nonroster doings</title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:23:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Had a great time Friday night out in Geneva at the Fifth Third Bank Ballpark, home of the Kane County Cougars, the Cubs’ new Class A affiliate. We’ll talk about that today on a special Saturday brunch blog as well as the nonroster additions to the spring-training roster. ]]></description>
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							<title>Mating season could bring more coyote sightings</title>
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							<category>The Sporting Life</category>
							<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:22:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Authorities in northern Illinois are alerting residents that they could encounter an increasing number of coyotes during the mating season over the next few months.]]></description>
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							<title>How to make your proposal perfect</title>
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							<category>Your Relationships</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 04:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[You&#039;ve picked the perfect ring. You&#039;ve practiced the words you&#039;ll use when you propose. But you know she would be livid if you asked her on the big screen at a sporting event.]]></description>
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							<title>Stop your relationship rut: 3 simple steps to a fresh start this Valentine&#039;s Day</title>
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							<category>Your Relationships</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 03:57:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Feeling like you&#039;re in a relationship rut? You&#039;re not alone. Whether you&#039;re single or married, getting stuck in a routine may be normal, but that&#039;s no excuse to keep on down the same path. ]]></description>
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							<title>The six most common identity theft risks at tax time</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:36:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:30:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Many homes have new TVs decorating the living room, bedroom, den and even the kitchen. These TVs often feature the latest wide, flat screens, which give viewers great definition and clarity. ]]></description>
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							<title>Naperville marathon sells out in one day</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:28:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The inaugural Naperville Marathon and Half Marathon sold out in 14 hours Monday on the first and only day of online registration. The Nov. 10 races will feature 3,500 total competitors.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 06:27:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Dance has taken Sugar Grove native Michelle Boulé all over the world, but her upcoming performance in Chicago will be her first time on a stage near home since beginning her career more than a decade ago.]]></description>
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							<title>College football: New book chronicles NIU history</title>
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							<category>The Sporting Life</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 06:25:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Funny how things work out, marvels Dan Verdun.]]></description>
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							<title>Men’s basketball: Aurora University wraps up NAC South title</title>
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							<category>The Sporting Life</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 06:22:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[One half turned into a track meet while the other resembled a mud wrestling tournament.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 06:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Greg Zanis was gliding a black marker across one of the 26 white crosses when the rain came and began to wash the ink away on a child’s name. ]]></description>
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							<title>Local NAMI in the trenches of  mental illness reform, awareness</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 06:05:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Jim McNish — as hard as it is to believe, he’s in his early 80s — is too busy to think about age.]]></description>
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							<title>Aurora center guides women through pregnancy</title>
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							<category>Your Body</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 06:03:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Imelda Mita’s baby boy Johann was born last June.]]></description>
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							<title>New Restaurant Row deal in the works for downtown</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 06:02:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A Batavia-based Italian restaurant is planning to open a second location in Aurora’s Restaurant Row, city officials said Tuesday. ]]></description>
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							<title>Habitat’s 50th home</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:07:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[With about 100 friends attending, a Batavia single mother with three children celebrated their new home in Aurora over the weekend — the 50th home rehabbed by Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity over the past two decades.]]></description>
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							<title>New exhibit explores Aurora’s African-American heritage</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:05:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Even history aficionados were struck by an 1890 photograph of neighborhood children posing in front of New York Street School. The grade school was integrated with black and white youngsters from diverse cultures and part of Aurora’s fabric from 1887 to 1916.]]></description>
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							<title>Coultrap – a tough decision</title>
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							<category>News</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:04:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[First days of school. Numerous grade levels. Decades of history.

The Coultrap building in Geneva School District 304 is fondly remembered by many.]]></description>
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							<title>Making the most of this Oscar season</title>
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							<category>The Comfy Chair</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:57:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[It’s that Hollywood time of the year again, and the Oscar nominations find their way into conversations everywhere. ]]></description>
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							<title>Pheasant Run to host Military History Fest</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:55:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The ninth annual Military History Fest convention is set from Feb. 1 to 3 at Pheasant Run Resort, 4051 E. Main St., St. Charles. ]]></description>
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							<title>Dog’s grab for pizza may have started S. Elgin fire</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:53:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A dog jumping for a pizza box on the stove may have led to a Monday morning kitchen fire that left a South Elgin family with heavy damage to their duplex home.]]></description>
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							<title>Annual International Festival showcases cultures in Naperville</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:49:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[People danced, made samurai helmets out of newspaper and learned about Naperville-area foreign-exchange programs at the 17th annual &quot;Around the Corner, Around the World&quot; International Festival Sunday at North Central College.]]></description>
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							<title>Three beautiful new date-night looks</title>
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							<category>All About Me</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 02:12:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Getting ready for a date night can be fun, but finding the perfect look can be overwhelming. ]]></description>
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							<title>Add some New Orleans flavor to your game day recipes</title>
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							<category>The Foodie</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 02:11:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[When it comes to planning for the big football game in New Orleans this year, instead of turning to grease-heavy and heartburn-inducing foods, why not consider some tasty and healthier options that will have everyone giving you a high score for food options?]]></description>
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							<title>Top 5 hot food trends for 2013</title>
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							<category>The Foodie</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 02:08:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Grab your fork and knife. Amateur and professional foodies alike highly anticipate the newest food trends, and 2013 will not disappoint.]]></description>
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							<title>Siberian Huskies off and running at St. Charles nature center</title>
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							<category>The Sporting Life</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 02:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Six-year-old Tommy Gray of Batavia wasn&#039;t scared as he bent down to pet the soft, furry coat of a Siberian Husky.]]></description>
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							<title>Troubled times for suburban orchestras</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 02:04:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Among the arts organizations suffering the effects of the lingering economic downturn are suburban orchestras whose financial and logistical woes amount to slightly different variations on the same theme.]]></description>
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							<title>Sugar Grove dreaming big after landing new LPGA event</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 02:02:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Building off the success of the Solheim Cup in 2009, Sugar Grove area officials said Friday the securing of another Ladies PGA event in 2016 is a steppingstone toward making Rich Harvest Farms an international golf destination.]]></description>
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							<title>Women: What to do when &#039;normal&#039; doesn&#039;t apply to your monthly cycle</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 02:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Many women think they suffer from heavy monthly periods and don&#039;t realize that they have a medical condition.]]></description>
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							<title>Mike &amp; Miguel’s restaurant closes, but new restaurant soon may open in its spot</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 01:57:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Mike &amp; Miguel’s Cantina and Grill, a local hangout and Mexican restaurant in Geneva, has closed, but a new restaurant may take its place soon.]]></description>
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							<title>Park district to host Hickory Knolls Discovery Day &#039;Dressed for Success&#039; event</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 01:56:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Join the St. Charles Park District for the second annual Hickory Knolls Discovery Days &quot;Dressed for Success&quot; from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27. ]]></description>
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							<title>Backstage with Ron Onesti: Dionne Warwick – 50 years of pure soul</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 01:55:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[“I Say A Little Prayer” was one of my defining songs of the ’60s.]]></description>
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							<title>Elgin set to OK funds for arts organizations</title>
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							<category>The Brush</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 01:54:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[After hearing Wednesday night from representatives of the Elgin Symphony Orchestra about its financial situation and what it may want from the city, council members are set to move along awarding $66,242 to 13 other arts organizations in town.]]></description>
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							<title>Downtown Elgin block is becoming a destination  for collectors of vintage things</title>
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							<category>The Brush</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 01:52:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Lisa Madrid used to love antiques.]]></description>
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							<title>The Elgin Symphony Orchestra gets ‘Wicked’</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 01:51:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Broadway music lovers will unite for the Elgin Symphony Orchestra’s musical-inspired concerts Jan. 26 and Jan. 27. ]]></description>
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							<title>GUN OWNERS SOUND OFF ON PRESIDENT’S PROPOSALS</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 01:49:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Frank Tripoli owns two guns: a Remington 870 Express 22-gauge shotgun (something he considers not a gun, but a “tool” for deer hunting) and a Hi-Point Compact 9-millimeter handgun.]]></description>
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							<title>Chick Chat helps Geneva girls develop sense of self</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 01:48:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Geneva Coalition for Youth, Geneva School District 304 and TriCity Family Services have teamed up to offer Chick Chat, an initiative to help fourth- and fifth-grade girls develop a stronger sense of self.]]></description>
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							<title>State Street Jewelers to move to former Merra-Lee corner</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 01:47:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[State Street Jewelers is planning to move to the former Merra-Lee Shop son the corner of State and Third streets at 230 W. State St. in Geneva.]]></description>
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							<title>Batavia photographer looks for memories of Hotel Geneva</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 01:46:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Batavia photographer Brian DeWolf is looking for stories about Hotel Geneva for a book he wants to write. ]]></description>
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							<title>Winter walk: Trees reveal themselves at Corron Farm</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 01:45:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Trees in winter, their bark plain with no leaves to define them, are still identifiable – if you know what to look for.]]></description>
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							<title>Demolition of eyesore ‘a long time coming’</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 01:45:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[It was a long time coming.

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							<title>Chocolate Festival in Naperville draws big crowd ready for something sweet</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 01:43:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Whether seen as a comfort food or a gateway to romance, chocolate seems to never lose its universal appeal.]]></description>
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							<title>Group wants to bring CeaseFire to Elgin</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 01:40:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A viewing last year of the 2011 documentary feature “The Interrupters” has renewed interest in bringing the group CeaseFire to Elgin.]]></description>
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							<title>Snow or not, Norge Ski Club prepares for 108th tournament</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 01:37:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A clear cold night, and a halogen headlight-bright quarter moon hangs high above a bellowing machine perched at the crest of hill as it works hard to blanket the surface below with snow.]]></description>
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							<title>Pride of the Fox again will produce RiverFest</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 01:35:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Pride of the Fox again will produce RiverFest, the St. Charles Government Operations Committee unanimously decided Tuesday.

“We’re ready to take on the challenge,” said Julie Farris, the group’s leader.]]></description>
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							<title>Longtime ESO figures talk about troubled symphony’s past, and possible future</title>
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							<category>The Beat</category>
							<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 12:45:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Of any Illinois symphony, the Elgin Symphony Orchestra was the “best poised to weather the recession,” according to former music director Robert Hanson.]]></description>
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							<title>East Aurora, West Aurora set to renew rivalry</title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 12:16:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Aurora’s East-West basketball rivalry moves into its second century Saturday when the underdog Tomcats play host to the Blackhawks in the 216th meeting of the series.]]></description>
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							<title>Caravan brings north siders to Oswego school, Cougars ballpark</title>
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							<category>The Sporting Life</category>
							<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 12:03:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[“Go Cubs Go” blared in the gymnasium as students from Fox Chase Elementary School in Oswego cheered on some of their favorite local Major League Baseball players at a Thursday morning assembly.]]></description>
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							<title>Comings &amp; Goings: Fisherman’s Inn, Elburn</title>
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							<category>Dining News</category>
							<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 11:45:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[After sitting quietly for three years, Fishermen’s Inn is slowly coming to life once again. The treasured red barn in Elburn that was a destination for decades could open its doors this fall thanks to Mark and Patti Southern, of Big Rock.]]></description>
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							<title>No charges to be filed in Geneva school incident</title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 11:33:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[No criminal charges will be filed in an incident earlier this month at Mill Creek Elementary School in Geneva involving a parent upset about the way students said the Pledge of Allegiance.]]></description>
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							<title>Seriously</title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 09:34:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Is this a proper use of bacon?  You decide!]]></description>
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							<title>Children&#039;s Museum opens cafe that doubles as learning center</title>
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							<category>Your Relationships</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 02:51:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The DuPage Children&#039;s Museum opened a new cafe operators say will provide healthy food and new learning opportunities for visitors.]]></description>
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							<title>Changes possible for Pride of the Fox RiverFest funding, organizer</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 02:34:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Who will run this year&#039;s Pride of the Fox RiverFest in St. Charles and how much the city will provide in funding remains uncertain, but officials hope to make decisions soon.]]></description>
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							<title>Fear drives sales at Kane County gun show</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 02:27:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[‘People are just afraid they’re going to get banned,’ expert says]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:41:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[and Boys II Men with Visit from Former East Aurora Superintendent]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:39:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The city hopes to see more progress on Clifford McIlvaine’s decadeslong home-improvement project as spring approaches.]]></description>
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							<title>Batavia historic group opposes mayor on River Street building</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:37:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The city’s Historic Preservation Commission has decided to stick with its original recommendation to upgrade the historical classification of a 90-year-old downtown building.]]></description>
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							<title>Batavia mom receives early birthday present</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:35:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A Batavia single mother will get an early birthday present for her family — keys to a rehabbed home.]]></description>
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							<title>Metal ‘knight’ sculpture stolen from Geneva site</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 01:05:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A familiar piece of art by sculptor Joseph Gagnepain of Batavia was stolen while on display in the 1100 block of South Randall Road in Geneva.]]></description>
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							<title>Farmers feeding their faith</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:58:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[One of an occasional series about local churches and synagogues celebrating major anniversaries.]]></description>
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							<title>Tragedy strikes Gustafson family of Naperville again</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 09:58:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The family of Michael Gustafson had just buried the 15-year-old Naperville North High School freshman Saturday when they suffered another family tragedy.]]></description>
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							<title>Elgin truck driver’s Christmas stocking held $380,000</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 03:15:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[For years it has been a Christmas morning tradition for the Abner family of Elgin to open gifts, then have coffee while they scratch the instant lottery tickets they give each other.]]></description>
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							<title>Elgin council candidates debate taxes, city’s image</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 03:12:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Taxes, city spending and Elgin&#039;s business climate were the main topics debated at the first public forum for Elgin City Council candidates.
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							<title>Deputies called to Geneva schools as parent complains about Pledge</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 03:07:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A parent who caused a disturbance over the way students were reciting the Pledge of Allegiance prompted the Kane County Sheriff’s Office to assign deputies to all Geneva schools on Thursday.]]></description>
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							<title>Reluctant hero honored for saving three lives</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 03:02:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Dale Seyller said he didn’t do anything special and doesn’t like being called a hero. ]]></description>
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							<title>Dear Delilah, my best friend and I haven&#039;t spoken in over a year.</title>
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							<category>Dear Delilah</category>
							<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2013 13:32:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[She was my maid of honor and my best friend for as long as I can remember. When I married about three years ago, we]]></description>
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							<title>Banana Slicer gets rise out of everyone, at the expense of The Banana Republic</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 06:44:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The Hutzler 571 Banana Slicer is quite the conundrum! The sleek engineering features afford mach-speed banana slicing, which would appear to have caused as many]]></description>
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							<title>Expert: Suburban wildlife more urban than wild</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 04:48:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A raccoon really isn’t all that concerned about straying out of a nearby forest preserve and into your backyard.]]></description>
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							<title>Firefighters bring smiles, stickers to children at Sherman Hospital</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 04:29:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Kai Evan Guerrero, 2, of Lake in the Hills threw his arm over his eyes protectively when the two firefighters entered his room in the pediatric unit at Sherman Hospital.]]></description>
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							<title>St. Charles’ spring art show deadline Jan. 15</title>
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							<category>The Brush</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 02:32:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The St. Charles Fine Art Show artist application deadline is Tuesday, Jan. 15.]]></description>
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							<title>Harry Davis featured in Elgin Theatre Company’s ‘Sex Please We’re Sixty’.</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/ae/theater/17658-harry-davis-featured-in-elgin-theatre-company%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98sex-please-we%E2%80%99r.html</link>
							
									
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 02:22:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[In &#039;Sex Please We&#039;re Sixty&#039; Mrs. Stancliffe&#039;s successful Rose Cottage Bed &amp; Breakfast has guests that return yearly.]]></description>
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							<title>Aurora University names James Hamad athletic director</title>
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							<category>The Sporting Life</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 02:17:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Aurora University Thursday morning announced it has hired James Hamad, currently associate director of athletics for student development at Pepperdine University, as its new athletic]]></description>
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							<title>ARRIVAL: Mystery Diner: It’s not just about brew at Spotted Fox Ale House</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/dining/dining-news/17656-arrival%3A-mystery-diner%3A-it%E2%80%99s-not-just-about-brew-at-spotted-fox.html</link>
							
									
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							<category>Dining News</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 02:36:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Call me boring, or simply old-fashioned, but “dinner-and-a-movie” date nights have long been one of my favorite ways to spend a Friday night.]]></description>
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							<title>American Idol’s Scotty McCreery making appearance at Paramount</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 02:29:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[ “American Idol” winner Scotty McCreery, who has earned two gold records since taking home the season 10 title of the hit television show, will be appearing at the Paramount Theater on March 28.]]></description>
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							<title>EYSO faculty concert a &#039;gift&#039; to the community</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 02:18:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[When Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra artistic director Randal Swiggum asked an audience not to clap between performances Sunday, it was an attempt at keeping the packed program to just one hour.]]></description>
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							<title>Backstage with Ron Onesti: Such sweet memories of the late Patti Page</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 02:13:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[In these days of high-speed Internet and music downloads, it really doesn’t take much to be an international superstar with the right creative packaging and financing behind you.]]></description>
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							<title>Real American Heroes Mr. Golfball Washer Inventor</title>
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							<category>The Laughs</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:29:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[I apologize in advance, but it&#039;s damned funny.]]></description>
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							<title>St. Charles bars band together for solutions</title>
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							<category>Wine & Spirits</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 04:40:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[St. Charles bars band together for solutions]]></description>
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							<title>West Aurora gets OK to consider switch to Upstate Eight</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 04:38:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[West Aurora High School may be leaving the DuPage Valley Conference and joining the Upstate Eight for the 2014-15 school year.]]></description>
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							<title>Fermilab sees little impact from powering down of CERN collider</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 04:37:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Because of some detailed planning, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory will not be highly impacted by the two-year, temporary closure of the world’s largest atom smasher near Geneva, Switzerland.]]></description>
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							<title>What are the ethics of collecting plants and wildlife</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 04:11:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[People have been known to take turtles from the wild. It’s never a good idea, says naturalist Valerie Blaine. ]]></description>
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							<title>Which suburbs levy highest taxes per person?</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 03:34:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Barrington Hills collects $1,618; Prospect Heights nets $16 per person]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 03:27:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[I find myself very much in agreement with Kathleen Parker today.  Ultimately, the cultural choices we make as a society determine our ability to self-govern.]]></description>
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							<title>Tri-Cities couple in running to win &#039;dream wedding&#039;</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 07:39:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Nichole Guzzo of Geneva and Brian Johnston of St. Charles are finalists in a contest to win a wedding from theknot.com. Johnston is a part-time firefighter.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 07:01:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[As the token Brit in this little caravan of Americana, I thought I&#039;d share some thoughts about you Yanks&#039; love of our tale of the landed gentry.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 05:38:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Don&#039;t be fooled!  (Sorry, thought it was hilarious...and accurate.)]]></description>
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							<category>Your Body</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 04:55:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Tom Schlueter of the Kane County Health Department understands his advice for people during flu season is simple and trite.]]></description>
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							<title>Geneva teachers union leader: Complaint to be dropped</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 04:50:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Although the teachers union president said its unfair labor practice complaint against Geneva School District 304 would be withdrawn, no paperwork to dismiss it officially has been filed, officials said.
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							<title>St. Charles residents upset by Lexington Club vote</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 03:39:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The St. Charles City Council on Monday approved the proposed Lexington Club housing development and related tax increment financing funds in a vote that required a rare tie-breaker decision from Mayor Don DeWitte.]]></description>
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							<title>Alabama glides over Irish in BCS title game</title>
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							<category>The Sporting Life</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 03:32:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Alabama romped to its second consecutive BCS championship, and third in four seasons, beating No. 1 Notre Dame 42-14 in a BCS championship game that was no classic after all.]]></description>
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							<title>Hearing on pensions plan set for Monday</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 05:30:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[State Rep. Elaine Nekritz said Sunday she believes there is still time to get a pension deal done before a Wednesday deadline, and a hearing on one proposal she agreed to with House Republican Leader Tom Cross is set for Monday.
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							<title>SHERIFF: Fatal Crash Reported on Route 25 near Banbury Monday Morning</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 02:18:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[One person is dead and another was sent to the hospital. Here are the initial details.]]></description>
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							<title>Water Street Studios to host 2013 Winter Show on Jan. 18</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 02:13:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Water Street Studios will showcase its 2013 Winter Show at 6 p.m. Jan. 18.]]></description>
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							<title>Aurora Sunrise Rotary to host 11th annual Wine, Chocolate Experience</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 01:50:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The Rotary Club of Aurora Sunrise is hosting its 11th annual Wine &amp; Chocolate Experience on Jan. 27 at Aurora Country Club, 1548 Prairie St., Aurora. ]]></description>
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							<title>ESO reaches music lovers with Batavia concert, talk</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 01:41:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Jim Kendros doesn&#039;t expect that everyone who attends one of his talks will suddenly morph into an expert on the musical classics.]]></description>
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							<title>ARRIVAL: Seven bakers serve up treats at Sweet Natalie’s in Geneva</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 01:29:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A “confection collection” has opened in Geneva and features homemade desserts from seven bakers who share kitchen space.
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							<title>One Of These Hilarious Ads Will Be Doritos&#039; Super Bowl Spot</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/recreation/comfy-chair/17630-one-of-these-hilarious-ads-will-be-doritos-super-bowl-spot-read.html</link>
							
									
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							<category>The Comfy Chair</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 01:05:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[For the sixth year in a row, Doritos is crowdsourcing its Super Bowl ad.

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							<title>Don&#039;t have time? Dinner on a dime!</title>
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							<category>Sadie Saffron</category>
							<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2013 09:52:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[If you're one of the types that fell asleep or "took a nap" on New Year's Eve only to awake New Year's Day, then I]]></description>
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							<title>Fans welcome Huskies home</title>
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							<category>The Sporting Life</category>
							<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2013 04:42:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Lee McGee thought the Northern Illinois University Huskies would have to rebuild in 2012.]]></description>
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							<title>Backstage with Ron Onesti: Martin Short proof that warmth sets the table for laughter</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/ae/comedy/17627-backstage-with-ron-onesti-martin-short-proof-that-warmth-sets-th.html</link>
							
									
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							<category>The Laughs</category>
							<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2013 04:35:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Few would disagree that the glory days of “Saturday Night Live,” one of the most popular pop-culture television shows in history, revolve around the comedic wizardry of John Belushi, Jane Curtin, Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner, Bill Murray, Chevy Chase and the rest of that classic cast.]]></description>
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							<title>Entertainment venues looking forward to a good year</title>
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							<category>The Stage</category>
							<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2013 04:10:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Entertainment venues like the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles and the Paramount Theatre in Aurora are looking to build on the success they enjoyed last year.]]></description>
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							<title>You&#039;re Nuts! I&#039;m Nuts! We&#039;alnuts for this recipe!</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 10:22:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[I'd be remiss not to share this incredibly easy and AMAZING walnut bar recipe! Enjoy impressing your friends with a delectable dessert, surpising your kids]]></description>
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							<title>Hey, parents...take note.</title>
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							<category>Basil&#039;s Blog</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 04:55:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The mania about self-esteem may be (as many have suspected) counterproductive.]]></description>
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							<title>Hultgren cites spending issues on fiscal cliff ‘no’ vote</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 04:17:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The nation may have tip-toed away from the edge of the fiscal cliff — a series of tax hikes and across-the-board spending cuts aimed at reducing the national debt — but lawmakers warn the country is hardly back to solvency. ]]></description>
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							<title>Harsh winter would be tough on area coyotes</title>
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							<category>The Sporting Life</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 03:35:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A virus that killed hundreds of white-tailed deer in parts of northeastern Illinois means coyotes here are heading into winter fat and happy.]]></description>
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							<title>Hobby Lobby appreciation day</title>
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							<category>Basil&#039;s Blog</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 03:19:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[This is not meant to be partisan, because religious freedom should not be a partisan issue.]]></description>
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							<title>All-Canada show headed to Pheasant Run</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 03:09:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The 30th annual All-Canada Show will take place at the Pheasant Run Mega Center next week, featuring Canada’s fishing and hunting destinations. The event includes semiars, maps and travel guide]]></description>
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							<title>Colonial Café to offers free sandwiches between 4PM - 8PM TODAY!</title>
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							<category>Dining News</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 03:46:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Colonial Café and Ice Cream is offering a free Pot Roast Sandwich (with purchase of a beverage) for the first 400 customers who visit any of its seven Fox Valley locations. The dining event will take place from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 2.]]></description>
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							<title>Getting fit at the top of  New Year’s resolutions</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 03:13:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Getting fit is a popular New Year’s resolution every year, right next to saving money and managing debt.]]></description>
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							<title>Advocates for disabled seek support in Geneva</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 03:05:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Advocates for adults with disabilities said they have not collected enough signatures to put a measure on the April 9 ballot seeking voter support for a 0.1 percent tax levy increase.]]></description>
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							<title>How well do you know Elgin history? Take this quiz</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 02:49:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[This column marks my 17th year with the Daily Herald. During this time, a regular — and often requested tradition — has been a year-end column with questions taken from my past Elgin area history stories.]]></description>
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							<title>Forest Preserve District of DuPage seeks volunteers</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 02:40:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County is looking for a few good volunteers.
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							<title>Elgin’s Lao community gets politically active</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 02:28:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[While no one from Elgin’s sizable Latino community came forward as a candidate to run in next year’s city council election, 2012 saw the growing Lao community organize for political ends.]]></description>
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							<title>ARRIVAL: Dollar store, café planned for downtown Hampshire</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 02:14:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Two new businesses are coming to the former Ace Hardware store building at 129 S. State St. in the village.
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							<title>Fired Smith too arrogant for own good</title>
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							<category>The Sporting Life</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 02:07:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Gigantic ego goes hand in hand with being an NFL head coach. You would expect nothing else.]]></description>
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							<title>For Bears GM, playoffs were factor in firing</title>
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							<category>The Sporting Life</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 01:59:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Lovie Smith&#039;s failure to get the Bears to the playoffs on a consistent basis was ultimately what led Phil Emery to fire him as the Bears&#039; head coach.]]></description>
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							<title>Dear Delilah, What do I do to fix my office Christmas party mistake??</title>
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							<category>Dear Delilah</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2013 15:50:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[I didn't do anything that might make me vulnerable to a disease, but I had a few too many at the company Christmas party...and quite]]></description>
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							<title>How to cook steaks on your stovetop that taste better than in a fancy restaurant</title>
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							<category>The Foodie</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2013 07:51:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Is there anything more satisfying than a perfectly seasoned steak cooked to your exact liking? For a meat-lover like me, there is not. Unfortunately it can be hard to get that steakhouse taste at home, unless you know a couple of culinary secrets.]]></description>
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							<title>Happy New Year:  Why do we crave greasy foods for a hangover?</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2013 05:36:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Defending the Caveman??]]></description>
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							<title>A wee word about EvenFlow and Tavolino</title>
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							<category>Restaurant Review</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 10:07:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Not full reviews, but a few comments, as I popped into both this weekend.]]></description>
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							<title>An ‘indescribable’ reunion for  Auroran home from Afghanistan</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 10:14:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Aurora welcomed home another one of its heroes in style on Saturday, as family and friends of Pfc. Scott Meyn gathered in celebration of the young soldier’s return from Afghanistan.]]></description>
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							<title>Biggby Coffee slated to open by late February</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 10:13:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[By late February, a new coffee franchise is expected to open in downtown St. Charles.]]></description>
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							<title>Backstage with Ron Onesti: Memories are made of … Dean Martin</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 10:11:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[We all have those legendary performers we wish we could have met in person. For me, the list begins with Jackie Gleason, Jimmy Stewart and James Cagney. ]]></description>
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							<title>Andrew Dice Clay comedy special at Arcada Theatre to air New Year’s Eve</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 10:10:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The Andrew Dice Clay comedy special taped in August at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles is set to air on New Year’s Eve on Showtime.]]></description>
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							<title>New year brings new laws in Illinois in 2013</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 10:04:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Beginning New Year&#039;s Day, parents in Illinois could be charged with a crime for allowing their underaged children - or anyone else under the age of 21, for that matter - to drink alcohol on any piece of property they own or rent.]]></description>
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							<title>Couple to open gelato cafe on North River Street in Batavia</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 10:02:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A Batavia couple plans to bring a taste of Italy to North River Street next year.]]></description>
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							<title>The next big thing: Issues and events we’ll be watching in 2013</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 09:58:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Of course, none of us can predict the news with any great degree of certainty. That’s what makes it news: it takes us all by surprise. ]]></description>
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							<title>Close call in Antarctic hasn’t slowed Aurora world traveler</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 04:32:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[In true jet-setter fashion, Aurora businessman Bob Bonifas is calling from tomorrow.]]></description>
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							<title>A look back at Naperville’s biggest news stories for 2012</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 04:18:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[New faces, major projects and a pair of shocking crimes dominated the headlines in Naperville during the year that will end at midnight Monday evening.]]></description>
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							<title>U.S. Olympic gymnast to visit Elgin, Westmont</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 01:38:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Regular people often travel to spend Christmas with their loved ones&#039; families. If you&#039;re an Olympic gymnast, you do that and make public appearances bound to delight fans.]]></description>
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							<title>ARRIVAL: Time Out Sports Pub opens in St. Charles</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 05:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Joe Mastrangelo was in the process of closing his bar in Elgin when he met Andy Ahmeti, a restauranteur preparing to open a new venture in St. Charles.
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							<title>Kaneville&#039;s Murdock to perform at Kaneland</title>
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							<category>The Beat</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 04:53:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Kaneville resident Lee Murdock has enjoyed sharing his music with his community over the years.
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							<title>Shedding light on art therapy</title>
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							<category>The Brush</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 04:36:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[In 2010, Melissa Hedlund was working with at-risk youth at a church on Aurora’s East Side and immediately fell in love.]]></description>
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							<title>ARRIVAL: Bella Olivia Pizza opens in Batavia</title>
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							<category>Dining News</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 04:31:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Grab your family and friends and head to the new pizza place in town.]]></description>
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							<title>The auld sod has some problems...</title>
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							<category>Basil&#039;s Blog</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 02:32:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[...but this is hilarious.  Well done, chaps!]]></description>
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							<title>Newsmakers of 2013</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 02:28:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A look at the newsmakers of the year, those who made headlines:]]></description>
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							<title>Fare warning: It&#039;s going to cost more to commute, park in Chicago</title>
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							<category>News</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 02:14:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[For Fox Valley folks heading to Chicago in the new year, it’s going to cost more to get there, more to stay there — and more even to drive through.]]></description>
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							<title>What to expect from the wireless industry in 2013</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 01:07:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Faster data speeds. Rapid-fire communication. Bigger screens. The wireless industry is creeping ever closer to instantaneous interaction all the time according to mobile experts.
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							<title>Ten lucky home decor trends for 2013</title>
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							<category>Your Digs</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 07:48:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Despite its negative reputation, the number 13 doesn&#039;t always have to be unlucky. Take these top 10 decor trends for 2013 from design experts, manufacturers and trend forecasters across the country. They&#039;re fresh, fun and sure to bring good fortune to any home.
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							<title>St. Charles Models&#039; Photo Shoot Ends Up on Italian Vogue Site</title>
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							<category>News</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 01:45:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Local businesses and residents pull together when a chance photo shoot comes up. The pics end up on the Vogue Italia, or Italian Vogue, website.]]></description>
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							<title>The Herrington Inn &amp; Spa:  Romance on the River</title>
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							<category>Escapes</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 05:25:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The romance and memories that have been experienced at this waterfront haven are countless.]]></description>
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							<title>Goalie gear paying off for Geneva&#039;s Peters</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 05:15:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[It was not the typical request a dad might anticipate from his young daughter, but Sidney Peters was adamant – she wanted hockey goaltending gear.]]></description>
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							<title>Schwab: Museum seeks to bring hoops history to life</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 05:03:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Bruce Firchau is immersing himself in a yet-to-open museum honoring basketball history in the state of Illinois, so he wanted to do his homework on what makes for a successful museum in a broader sense.
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							<title>Tips for choosing the right water heater for your home</title>
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							<category>Your Digs</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 04:52:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[If all is working well, most homeowners put little thought into their water heater. But when this critical appliance fails, it can be a nightmare that halts a home&#039;s productivity completely. ]]></description>
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							<title>Mistletoe. Egg Nog.  (or as my family refers to it…Egg Grog)</title>
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							<category>Sadie Saffron</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Dec 2012 10:37:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Christmas Carols and Stockings hanging upon the mantle; these are the traditions of Christmastime that we all relate to. Snow on the ground, a mere]]></description>
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							<title>Really?  What about the fungus?</title>
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							<category>Basil&#039;s Blog</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2012 05:37:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A gift for the person who has everything....or nothing, depending on your perspective. Behold:  The Moss-of-the-Month Club!]]></description>
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							<title>This may sound like a joke....but I got a blender for Christmas from my husband...</title>
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							<category>Dear Delilah</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2012 12:44:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[WTF?
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							<title>They’re not selling just a garden variety brew</title>
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							<category>The Foodie</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2012 03:55:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Necessity may be the mother of invention, but sometimes what needs to be picked ASAP in the backyard garden will do just as well — and can get you on store shelves and on TV in England.]]></description>
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							<title>My Take: The Christmas message of the real St. Nicholas</title>
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							<category>Your Soul</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2012 07:04:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Four years ago, I embarked on a quest to discover the truth about Santa Claus and the original St. Nicholas. My search took me many places, sending me finally across the Atlantic to Bari, on Italy’s Adriatic coast.
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							<title>College football: P.J. Fleck named Western Michigan coach</title>
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							<category>The Sporting Life</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2012 03:45:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A source with knowledge of the situation has confirmed Kaneland High School and NIU grad P.J. Fleck will be named the new head football coach at Western Michigan University.]]></description>
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							<title>RECIPE: GRAHAM&#039;S 318 APPLE CAKE</title>
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							<category>Chef's Corner</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2012 03:11:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Jayni Wunderlich shares her coveted apple cake recipe.]]></description>
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							<title>Chef’s Corner: Jayni Wunderlich, Head Pastry Chef, Graham’s 318 Coffeehouse</title>
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							<category>Chef's Corner</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2012 03:05:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Jayni Wunderlich, 28, has quite the history with all things sweet. Her parents, Robert &amp; Beckie Untiedt started Graham&rsquo;s Chocolates, Ltd. when she was only]]></description>
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							<title>RECIPE: HEAVEN ON SEVEN CHICKEN AND SAUSAGE GUMBO</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/dining/chefs-corner/17572-recipe-heaven-on-seven-chicken-and-sausage-gumbo.html</link>
							
									
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							<category>Chef's Corner</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2012 02:29:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Chef Jimmy Bannos Shares his recipe for an exquisite chicken and sausage gumbo]]></description>
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							<title>JIMMY BANNOS: Chef/Owner, Heaven On Seven Restaurant</title>
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							<category>Chef's Corner</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2012 02:21:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Jimmy Bannos, a third-generation restaurateur, worked at his parents’ diner when he was growing up between the age of 9 and 20.]]></description>
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							<title>Local residents make Christmas merrier for those who are struggling</title>
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							<category>Naperville</category>
							<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2012 05:35:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Christmas, we are all well reminded, is a time of peace and goodwill among humans.]]></description>
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							<title>Year brought businesses, achievements to downtown St. Charles</title>
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							<category>News</category>
							<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2012 04:40:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Lynne Schwartz of the Downtown St. Charles Partnership understands residents may not be aware of the changes to and achievements by the downtown community this year.]]></description>
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							<title>OK, maybe this isn&#039;t technically a &quot;drink&quot;....</title>
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							<category>Wine & Spirits</category>
							<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2012 01:53:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[....but it could easily be turned into one, and it looks really tasty.]]></description>
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							<title>Dr. Suess v Shakespeare</title>
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							<category>The Laughs</category>
							<pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2012 08:34:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Being British, I of course think Shakespeare won.]]></description>
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							<title>Would you really trust this???</title>
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							<category>Basil&#039;s Blog</category>
							<pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2012 07:45:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Yikes. (And is anyone suspicious of the fact that the person using the auto-park thing is a female?&nbsp; Just sayin'.)
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							<title>Homage to the greasy spoon</title>
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							<category>Basil&#039;s Blog</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:05:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Let's face it, in my wee days I was brought up on some less than savory fare.  Nigh on the River Dee in the]]></description>
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							<title>St. Charles Police train for shooting scenarios</title>
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							<category>News</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 10:15:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[St. Charles Police officers wouldn’t ordinarily be the first law enforcement agency to respond to an emergency at a campus in the Kaneland School District 302.]]></description>
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							<title>Sweet shop, The Sugar Path, open in Geneva</title>
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							<category>Dining News</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 10:04:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[What do beer and pretzels, Mexican hot chocolate, banana splits and pancakes have in common?
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							<title>Remodeled Tap House Grill now open for business</title>
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							<category>Dining News</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 09:18:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A St. Charles bar and grill has nearly doubled in size after a recent remodel, and with that expansion came more seating, more flat-screen televisions and a much larger tap beer selection.]]></description>
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							<title>‘30 Rock’ writer to perform at St. Charles’ Zanies on Dec. 30</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/ae/comedy/17559-%E2%80%9830-rock%E2%80%99-writer-to-perform-at-st.-charles%E2%80%99-zanies-on-dec.-30.html</link>
							
									
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 09:08:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Chris Rock has called Hannibal Buress the funniest young comic he’s seen in years.]]></description>
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							<title>St. Charles resident to run across America to raise money for clean water in Africa</title>
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							<category>Your Body</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 08:31:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[To say St. Charles resident Steve Spear is doing a lot of running these days is an understatement. ]]></description>
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							<title>Winter Care of Potted Perennials</title>
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							<category>The Green Thumb</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 12:29:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Containers can become quite elaborate and the types of plant material can be quite varied.]]></description>
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							<title>Protecting Fruit Trees from Winter Freeze Injury</title>
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							<category>The Green Thumb</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 12:13:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The tree fruits grown in Illinois, particularly the northern part of the state, are winter hardy but can still be injured by severe winter temperatures, said a University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator.]]></description>
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							<title>More bridges needed over the Fox River</title>
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							<category>The Sporting Life</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 10:34:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Anyone who crosses the Fox River, especially during rush hours, knows of the great need for another bridge across those waters in northern Kane County. ]]></description>
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							<title>The Red Gate: Third new bridge opens across Fox River</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 10:04:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[ST. CHARLES — Exactly two years after the Stearns Road Bridge and Extension opened to traffic on a frigid December day, the Red Gate Road Bridge opened with a similar flurry of speech-making and ribbon-cutting Saturday.]]></description>
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							<title>Geneva named top city to raise kids in Illinois</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 09:09:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[GENEVA – According to Bloomberg&#039;s Businessweek magazine, Geneva is the best places to raise kids in Illinois.
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							<title>The Herrington, Atwater’s to kick off 20th anniversary with Wine Dinner</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/dining/wine-spirits/17552-the-herrington%2C-atwater%E2%80%99s-to-kick-off-20th-anniversary-with-wine.html</link>
							
									
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							<category>Wine & Spirits</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 08:56:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The Herrington Inn, a luxury boutique hotel in Geneva, and the hotel’s restaurant, Atwater’s, will be celebrating 20 years in business in August 2013.]]></description>
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							<title>Chicago&#039;s Resolution Gala at Grand Ballroom</title>
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							<category>The Stage</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 08:39:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Holidays come and go, but there&#039;s truly nothing like the one evening of the year when we look back at all of the good, bad, and the truly incredible that we&#039;ve experienced throughout the year - New Year&#039;s Eve.]]></description>
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							<title>Winemakers of the Year: 2012</title>
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							<category>Wine & Spirits</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 08:16:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The top up-and-coming talents for 2012 are growing obscure grapes in Cab country, extracting intensity from stony vineyards and much more.]]></description>
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							<title>Tips for updating your look in just minutes</title>
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							<category>All About Me</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 06:56:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Women today are busier than ever. Sometimes doing it all means rushing home after work to get ready for a night out, or saying yes to last-minute plans. But what if there just isn&#039;t time to revamp your whole look? ]]></description>
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							<title>Style insight: 4 easy ways to update your wardrobe for $25 or less</title>
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							<category>All About Me</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 06:42:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[When you look in your closet, are you inspired by what you find, or has your personal style become bland? 
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							<title>RECIPE: The Martini Room - &quot;Life is Good&quot; Martini</title>
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							<category>Wine & Spirits</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 05:41:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Owner and Operator, Ula Borodzinska, of The Martini Room, located at 161 East Chicago Street in Downtown Elgin, IL, shares the &quot;Life is Good Martini&quot;]]></description>
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							<title>Lawn mower care - it&#039;s time to winterize</title>
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							<category>The Green Thumb</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 04:10:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Winter is here in many parts of the country, and even if your region is still experiencing relatively warm temperatures, you know Old Man Winter is on his way. ]]></description>
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							<title>Top 6 tips to save money on winter travel</title>
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							<category>Near & Dear</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 10:59:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[(BPT) - Whether you need a break from the cold, some time off after the busy season at work, or simply need to get away after a hectic holiday season, a winter vacation can be a welcome respite. Winter can also be the most cost-effective time of year to book a vacation, before the summer travel season heats up and families with kids are looking to get away.
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							<title>RECIPE: Chocolate Stout Caramel Corn</title>
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							<category>Dining News</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 10:50:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[For a sweet treat that&#039;s all grown up, try this rich-tasting play on the craft beer trend.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 10:44:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[With just a little effort on your part, this cake manages to create maximum &quot;wow&quot; factor for guests]]></description>
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							<title>How a bit of Hollywood glamour can revive your everyday wardrobe</title>
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							<category>All About Me</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 10:16:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Day in, day out, we open up our closets and see the standby clothes that we wear for work and play. ]]></description>
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							<title>How men can avoid five common skincare pitfalls</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 10:04:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Dermatologist offers skincare advice to help save guys from irritation and discomfort

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							<title>Food and drink recipes inspired by the hottest trends of the season will make your holiday gatherings sizzle</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 09:56:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The holidays will be here before you know it, and if you&#039;re not sure how you&#039;re going to wow your friends and family this year, Betty Crocker offers up these ideas - inspired by the hottest food trends of the season.]]></description>
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							<title>Master of the bar: Easy tips to create the ultimate bar at home</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 08:30:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Between the endless string of events and the chill in the air this time of year, it doesn&#039;t take much to convince your friends and family to have a night in. ]]></description>
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							<title>Mrs. Claus shares tips for fun holiday activities</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 08:12:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[If you think you&#039;re busy this time of year, imagine how busy the first lady of holiday cheer can be. ]]></description>
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							<title>Tips and advice to tackle parenthood&#039;s messes and stresses</title>
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							<category>Your Relationships</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 10:33:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Life with kids is fast-paced, challenging and can be stressful. So, it&#039;s always good to stay up on helpful parenting tips and advice - whether you&#039;re a first-time mom, an experienced dad, or a seasoned grandmother.]]></description>
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							<title>Relief for Expensive Prescription Drug Costs</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 09:41:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[(BPT) - After Carol Vanderploeg&#039;s family experienced a double-job loss last spring; she worried about affording the $1,300 average monthly cost of her husband&#039;s epilepsy prescriptions.]]></description>
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							<title>‘Secret Santa’ drops $20K in area Salvation Army kettles</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 04:33:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The Aurora Salvation Army has a Secret Santa this year.

So far, The Salvation Army has received four checks from a single anonymous donor of $5,000 each in two separate area kettles for a total of $20,000.]]></description>
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							<title>Doomsday threats put Oswego schools on higher security alert</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 02:57:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Administrators have heightened security at schools in the Oswego School District after rumors of school violence in anticipation of Dec. 21, the last day of school before winter break.]]></description>
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							<title>Got deer? Freeze them out this winter</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 01:43:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Deer are beautiful, graceful animals, we cannot deny it. But when it comes to where deer decide to dine, most of us just don&#039;t want them outside our windows foraging through our foliage.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2012 16:09:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[I admit it.&nbsp; I&rsquo;ve got a perpetual chip on my shoulder.Having grown up downstate in Champaign, one of my earliest recollections is a vague sense]]></description>
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							<title>How the hell did I get involved in this?</title>
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							<category>Basil&#039;s Blog</category>
							<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2012 11:43:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Ok, it's true that I was talked into doing a few restaurant reviews for this magazine a few years ago, and I suppose that given]]></description>
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							<title>Cold weather fashion survival guide: Looking your best when the temperature drops has never been easier</title>
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							<category>All About Me</category>
							<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2012 10:35:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The cool, crisp air, brisk breezes and snow falling outside mean the cold weather season is upon us. With the advent of the temperature change, are you ready to face winter in style? 
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							<title>Winterize your home in a weekend</title>
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							<category>Your Digs</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 10:29:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Preparing for Jack Frost&#039;s arrival can send a shiver down any homeowner&#039;s spine. ]]></description>
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							<title>D.I.E.T - Did I Eat THAT?</title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2012 10:04:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[ “Food is all those substances which, submitted to the action of the stomach, can be assimilated or changed into life by digestion, and can thus repair the losses that the human body suffers through the act of living.” – The Physiology of Taste by Jean Brillat-Savarin]]></description>
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							<title>A new year brings opportunity for a new you</title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2012 09:45:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[(BPT) - The new year is widely accepted as a time to start fresh, and every year people make resolutions to better themselves. For many, this means vowing to make lifestyle changes to improve how they look and feel. However, sticking to restrictive diets and intense workout programs can be difficult and not sustainable for most people. Before you get hooked by the annual flood of diet tips and gym promotions, focus on a few key areas to commit to a healthier lifestyle for 2013.
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							<title>Too many cooks in &#039;ze kitchen</title>
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							<category>Sadie Saffron</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:18:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Growing up in my family of two parents and three brothers, all six self-proclaimed chefs, there were always too many cooks in ze&rsquo; kitchen.
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							<title>Dear Delilah, I divorced a little over a year ago....</title>
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							<category>Dear Delilah</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[...and just recently entered into a committed relationship with a guy I've been dating for a few months.
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							<title>Tailgate with Two Fat Guys</title>
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							<category>Sadie Saffron</category>
							<pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2012 10:55:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A recent trip to The 2012 Chicago Food &amp; Wine Festival was filled with celebrity chef encounters, cookware demonstrations and generous tastings. Despite a small]]></description>
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							<title>Getting Saucy:  Most Like It Hot!</title>
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							<category>Dining News</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 07:01:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Hot sauce has caught fire.

In April research firm IBISWorld declared manufacturing of the spicy condiment to be one of the 10 fastest-growing industries in the U.S., with average company revenue jumping 9.3 percent per year over the last decade.

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							<title>Board president: East Aurora needs ‘tougher’ superintendent</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 05:46:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[East Aurora School Board President Annette Johnson said the board is “just riding out” Superintendent Jerome Roberts’ contract until it expires in 2014.

“It is too expensive” to buy Roberts out of the contract, she said.]]></description>
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							<title>Backstage with Ron Onesti: Comedy icon Joan Rivers talks the ‘tawk’ during spring show</title>
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							<category>The Stage</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 03:31:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[“Can we tawk?” She actually says that! Those were the first words out of her mouth when we were introduced at the Arcada Theatre this spring. She came in the back door, walked on stage and did a complete visual survey of the theater. “This is gorgeous,” she said. “Lincoln must have loved it here!”]]></description>
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							<title>District 304 still faces unfair labor practice charge</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 04:59:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[GENEVA – An unfair labor practice complaint filed against Geneva School District 304 officials last month was not withdrawn and is under investigation by the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board.]]></description>
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							<title>Cubs great Kerry Wood comes to Naperville  to talk about his new book for kids</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/recreation/sporting-life/17514-cubs-great-kerry-wood-comes-to-naperville-to-talk-about-his-new.html</link>
							
									
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							<category>The Sporting Life</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 04:02:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The Chicago Cubs’ 2012 season is already well in the rearview mirror, but Tuesday night it was raining Cubbie blue in Naperville.]]></description>
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							<title>10 cookbooks for your favorite home chef</title>
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							<category>Dining News</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 05:26:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Some of the year’s best cookbooks, perfect for holiday gift giving, offer something that will satisfy the foodies on your list whether they’re novices or veteran home chefs.]]></description>
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							<title>Aurora pet store included in Humane Society probe</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 04:03:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A pet store at the Westfield Fox Valley mall in Aurora was one of a dozen in the Chicago area included in an undercover investigation by the Humane Society of the United States.
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							<title>Federal appeals court tosses state ban on carrying concealed weapons</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:15:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[SPRINGFIELD — In a huge win for gun-rights groups, a divided federal appeals court in Chicago Tuesday tossed the state’s ban on carrying concealed weapons and gave Illinois’ Legislature 180 days to craft a law legalizing concealed carry.

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							<title>Inside Beauty: Top Foods For Healthy Skin</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 08:25:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Since holiday eating is on everyone’s mind, I figured this month’s Inside Beauty is the perfect time to talk about feeding your skin. There are some pretty tasty options out there that are miracle workers when it comes to a healthy, glowing complexion. This holiday season try incorporating these yummy foods into your festive feasts.]]></description>
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							<title>Voting is open in holiday lights contest</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 04:15:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[From traditional to technical, residents across the suburbs have entered their holiday lights in our annual contest.

Now comes the fun part. You get to pick the winner. Voting opens today and runs through midnight Dec. 16.]]></description>
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							<title>Check out these Naperville homes’ holiday lights</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 03:30:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Naperville has done it again. In hopes of making this holiday season merry and bright, residents have taken exterior illumination to a whole new level.
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							<title>The Best Places To Ride Out The Mayan Apocalypse</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 02:53:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[So the apocalypse is nigh, according to some.

With the end of the world approaching, as predicted by the Mayan calendar, there has been panic candle buying in Sichuan, China, reassurances issued from Sydney to Moscow, and plenty of tourist dollars made in Mayan parts of Central America as visitors gather for a front row seat of the cataclysm.


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							<title>History of Christmas lights</title>
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							<category>Your Digs</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 02:46:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A telephone operator employee came up with the idea of mini-holiday lights while staring at a switchboard, but they didn’t become popular until the 1970s.]]></description>
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							<title>Museum to present ‘Touching on Traditions’ exhibit</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 02:29:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[ELGIN – The Elgin Public Museum’s authentic and culturally-inclusive winter holiday exhibition, “Touching on Traditions,” features displays and objects of traditional holiday significance. There will be 62 displays in the exhibit, which will open  to the public Dec. 8, 9, 15 and 16.  ]]></description>
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							<title>CASA Kane County nears end of $1M endowment quest</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 01:36:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[CASA Kane County is going right to the wire in its mission to raise $1 million for an endowment, and in the process secure $500,000 from a St. Charles grant.]]></description>
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							<title>Geneva Christmas Walk gives off a ‘family feeling’</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 06:20:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[GENEVA – It didn’t quite feel like Christmas for the Lucas family until Friday when Santa Claus stopped in Geneva and lit the Great Tree on the Kane County Courthouse lawn.
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							<title>Dear Delilah, I cannot stand my daughter-in-law.</title>
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							<category>Dear Delilah</category>
							<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2012 16:20:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[She is not what I had imagined for my son. She has three children by three different men and now my son is the stepfather]]></description>
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							<title>Dear Delilah, I&#039;m a single mom to two teenage boys with raging hormones.</title>
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							<category>Dear Delilah</category>
							<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2012 16:18:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[My problem is not with my boys...it is with my cougar neighbor who refuses to put her blinds down and walks around her house half]]></description>
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							<title>Area’s first Salvation Army gold coin found in Naperville</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 08:25:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[It’s becoming a yuletide tradition.

The mysterious donor of the region’s first gold Krugerrand to the Salvation Army again chose Casey’s Foods in Naperville as the drop site this year.]]></description>
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							<title>Paramount hosts work of Batavia photographer Brian DeWolf</title>
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							<category>The Brush</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 06:54:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[AURORA — The Paramount Theatre will have the grand opening Friday for an exhibit featuring the work of Fox Valley photographer Brian DeWolf.


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							<title>Scams hit residents from far away</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 05:40:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[ST. CHARLES — During the last week, two reports were filed with the St. Charles Police Department related to communications from far away — one reportedly from the United Kingdom and the second from Fort Lauderdale, Fla. They had one thing in common: both involved scams that were designed to take money away from unsuspecting victims.

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							<title>Bishop to Aurora students: Thank Jesus this Christmas</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 05:28:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[AURORA — Regardless of the presents, the treats, and all the other wrappings and trappings of the holiday season, it would be a sad Christmas if children did not stop for a moment to reflect.

That was the message Bishop David J. Malloy, the new bishop of the Rockford Diocese, shared with the students of Holy Angels School at their all-school Mass on Wednesday morning.]]></description>
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							<title>Christmas Stroll heads to Elburn</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 04:52:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[ELBURN – Santa and Mrs. Claus promise to draw a crowd Friday night at the Town and Country Public Library in Elburn, and their appearance will be the main event of the annual Elburn Christmas Stroll.

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							<title>‘Humbug!’ actor talks about upcoming show</title>
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							<category>The Stage</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 04:45:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[It would be hard to miss Alan Safier in Saturday’s production of “Humbug!” at the Batavia Fine Arts Centre.

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							<title>‘New, fun, fresh’ production of ‘The Nutcracker’ at State Street</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 04:32:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Nearly as synonymous with the holiday season as gift-giving and Santa Claus is the yearly onslaught of “Nutcracker” performances taking place on stages across America. And Kane County is no exception.]]></description>
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							<title>Backstage with Ron Onesti: A piece of ‘The Godfather Of Soul’ lives on</title>
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							<category>The Beat</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 04:21:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[It was the summer of 2002, and we were rockin’ at Hawthorne Race Course in Cicero. We produced a concert series there every summer for years with some of the biggest names in country, rock and R&amp;B. Of the 30-plus shows we did, one stands out as a career moment for me. It was with “the hardest working man in show business” – James Brown.]]></description>
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							<title>Veterans treatment facility will open Friday Veterans treatment facility will open Friday</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 04:09:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Kane County will have its first residential facility dedicated to helping homeless military veterans and those with post-traumatic stress disorder and/or substance abuse problems as of Friday.]]></description>
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							<title>Elburn board OKs tax levy request</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 05:28:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Village President Dave Anderson acknowledged concerns of residents Monday night as they questioned the village&#039;s request for a tax levy that seeks 22.5 percent more than what was collected last year.

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							<title>Decked out homes to highlight Geneva Christmas Walk and House Tour</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 03:46:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[GENEVA – Five homes, aglow with holiday decorations, will open their doors to visitors for self-guided tours from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7 and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8. The personality of each home will illuminate when local decorators and landscapers work with homeowners to create holiday magic. ]]></description>
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							<title>Rush-Copley acquires radiology practice</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 03:50:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Last week, Rush-Copley announced it had acquired a radiology practice with two locations, including Joliet and at 4355 Montgomery Road, Naperville. According to the hospital’s website, the recently acquired Midwest Center for Advanced Imaging includes four radiologists on staff, including two who work for Rush-Copley.

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							<title>Wild ride for history-making NIU football team</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 02:28:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[What likely will be remembered as the wildest weekend in the history of Northern Illinois football featured a double-overtime victory against Kent State in the Mid-American Conference championship game Friday, coach Dave Doeren accepting the N.C. State coaching job Saturday and the Huskies receiving an Orange Bowl berth Sunday.]]></description>
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							<title>Window Wonderland brings festivities to downtown Elgin</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2012 02:56:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[With everything from live reindeer to fresh evergreen wreaths, ice skaters to horse-drawn carriages, the 14th Annual Downtown Elgin Window Wonderland offered family friendly activities to draw visitors to the community Saturday. Local businesses decorated their windows with holiday themes to add to the festivities.

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							<title>Pink Floyd tribute band to perform Dec. 15 at Blizzard Theatre</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 02:46:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[ELGIN – The Pink Floyd tribute band Echoes of Pompeii will perform the album, “The Dark Side of the Moon” at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 15 at the Elgin Community College Arts Center Blizzard Theatre located in Building H on the Spartan Drive Campus, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin.

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							<title>Local teen indie rock band to perform opening show for Eddie Money</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 02:43:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Local teen indie rock band The Giving Moon is scheduled to perform the opening show for classic rock musicians Eddie Money, Edgar Winter and John Cafferty at 8 p.m. 


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							<title>Tales from the Motherhood: To embarrass your children, all it takes is being yourself</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 02:38:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[My 14-year-old son, who won’t even let me drop him off at the front door of his high school for fear of being seen in “the stickermobile,” is mortified. He and his classmates went on Google Earth in one of his classes Wednesday and located each of their homes, and it seems that my beloved “COEXIST” sticker on said car is visible from space. 

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							<title>Marmion to host Binh Pho art exhibit</title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2012 15:35:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[AURORA – The critically acclaimed artist Binh Pho is having an exhibition beginning Saturday in the Dr. Scholl Exhibit Mezzanine at Marmion Academy, 1000 Butterfield Road, Aurora. The exhibition will run through Dec. 10 at the gallery, which is open to the public. The Gallery’s hours are 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on school days. 

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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:10:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[It was like an ’80s MTV video: Platinum blondes, fishnets, leather miniskirts … and that was just the guys. 

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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The Paramount Theatre in Aurora continues to outshine itself.


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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 11:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[ELBURN – If there is one way to start the day off right, it would have to include a hearty all-American, bacon and eggs-style breakfast at a no-fuss restaurant with solid service. Papa G’s restaurant in Elburn can deliver such an order. 
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 02:28:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Sgt. Matthew Grabow returned to his hometown for the Thanksgiving Day holiday with his new baby boy, whom he saw only at birth before having to return to Afghanistan.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 02:17:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Retailers are hoping the music of cash registers will join carolers this year as the biggest retail season of the year begins. But shoppers should be aware of some little-known facts about choosing gifts and making sure recipients can return them.]]></description>
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							<title>FBI warns of Cyber Monday scams</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 02:08:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[If last Wednesday was the biggest travel day of the year and Friday was the biggest shopping day of the year, then today is the biggest online shopping day of the year. 

Authorities are warning consumers to take extra precautions today, also known as Cyber Monday, as well as the rest of the holiday season when buying gifts online.]]></description>
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							<title>Santa&#039;s stop in Batavia draws a crowd</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 02:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[BATAVIA – Santa Claus was no doubt in demand Sunday night in downtown Batavia.

Families began lining up to see Father Christmas at least 45 minutes before Mayor Jeff Schielke officially welcomed him on the Peg Bond Center stage during the city&#039;s annual Celebration of Lights Festival.
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							<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 06:47:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[It was about four years ago that Jay Leonardi announced he was going to run for 4th Ward alderman in Aurora.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 06:44:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[GENEVA – The Geneva teachers union Wednesday ratified a new three-year contract with District 304, officials announced.Geneva Education Association President Carol Young said the contract proposal was approved by more than the two-third majority needed by the union’s bylaws.]]></description>
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							<title>Simple secrets for dodging holiday weight gain</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 06:33:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[(BPT) - The holidays are full of fun activities, tasty treats and plenty of celebration, but being busy and eating all the extras can quickly lead to weight gain. With a few key strategies, it&#039;s surprisingly easy to enjoy the season to the fullest and still avoid Santa&#039;s extra bulge. Dr. Christopher Mohr is a fitness and nutritional expert who consults for television, print and radio outlets throughout the country. He understands the difficulties of staying health-focused during all the festivities. Mohr offers some good reminders and unique insights on how to avoid gaining extra weight during the holidays.


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							<title>Tired of the ordinary? Check out Wisconsin&#039;s quirky museums</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 06:21:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[(BPT) - Whether it&#039;s mustard, accordions or angels, Wisconsinites have a unique way of taking a hobby and turning it into an exhibit hall. The state is home to an eclectic mix of museums that go beyond the ordinary and are the product of a passionate person with a vision so strong that erecting a museum is quite simply the most reasonable option. Both entertaining and educational, the following Wisconsin museums offer an out-of-the-box perspective to visitors.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 01:39:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Shop 'Til You Drop&nbsp;Be captivated by charming city shops and mainstay merchants of the Fox Valley. Filled with kitschy collectables and exquisite treasures, you can't]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 07:35:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[BATAVIA – North River Street is sporting streetscape improvements, and several businesses have opened or plan to open in the downtown as a result of the city’s use of tax increment financing funds. But not all residents and aldermen agree with how the funds are used. ]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 02:28:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[GENEVA – The Geneva School District 304 board voted unanimously Monday for a resolution supporting a 1.5 percent tax levy increase in its operating fund, less than the 2 percent recommended by staff and the finance committee.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 02:21:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Geneva’s Santa House, which helps create memories for thousands of children around Christmas time, just happened to be out of storage recently when Geneva Fire Chief Steve Olson noticed something was wrong.
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 02:12:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[After forming in 1969, the British band UFO ruled the music charts in the ’70s with hits like “Lights Out” and “Too Hot To Handle.”]]></description>
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							<title>Latest Crave celebrating its 5th anniversary</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 02:03:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[GENEVA – The Latest Crave Cupcake Shop – “home of the Blackbottom Cupcake” – is celebrating its fifth anniversary this month.
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 01:52:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Dana Cohen, a Season 10 finalist on Fox’s reality cooking series “Hell’s Kitchen,” will be visiting Chicago for the first time this weekend for the Chicago Food and Wine Festival.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 01:44:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[It’s been 86 years since the Arcada Theatre opened to Vaudeville audiences in St. Charles.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 01:18:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[City budget discussions will continue Wednesday evening when staff and council members review what’s being proposed for revenues from Elgin’s share of Grand Victoria casino revenue and the lease for the riverboat, and the Central Area TIF fund.
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 06:18:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[“The Coats for Kids” drive returns for another year in Aurora, after local school counselors have identified hundreds of students who do not have the proper winter gear for the cold months ahead.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 06:15:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 06:10:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[In the first redevelopment effort of Batavia’s downtown in the 1960s, the city purchased a prime piece of land on West Wilson Street with intentions of having a practice burn to demolish an old horse stable. ]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 06:06:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[YORKVILLE — From the landing on Omaha Beach in Normandy during World War II, through the Korean War, to manning peacetime Cold War missile sites through the Vietnam era, and to the current fighting going on today in Afghanistan, veterans from around the Fox Valley shared their stories for Veterans Day at Yorkville’s Chapel on the Green.

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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 06:04:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[GENEVA — Geneva residents got a jolt of relief with their morning coffee Monday when they learned that a last-minute settlement staved off a strike by School District 304 teachers.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 05:53:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[ELGIN — Elgin Community College is the only school in Illinois recognized this year by the nonprofit Achieving the Dream organization as a “Leader College” in the national student completion movement, the college announced Tuesday. ]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 05:47:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Fox Valley Repertory will deliver an early Christmas gift to local theater audiences with its production of Roger Bean’s nostalgic holiday show, “The Winter Wonderettes,” running Nov. 15-Dec. 30 at Pheasant Run Resort.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 05:39:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The Grand Opening of Fox Ballet, formerly the Underground Arts Connection in St. Charles, took place Nov. 2 and 3. ]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 05:24:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 05:16:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[St. Charles band Kampfire Kowboys is showing off its country side even more these days after frontman Tom Colton reformed the group in 2010.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 05:09:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Near and Dear&nbsp;Busy life calls for quick escapes to rejuvinate and recharge. Near &amp; Dear finds the hidden escapes to nurture all of your passions]]></description>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Sporting Life&nbsp;Nearly    all things sport. Biking the paths of the valley, fishing and paddling    the river, running the]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 02:24:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Your Body and Mind&nbsp;Make healthy body and mind choices. Maintain your healthy lifestyle - work on fitness and handle stress. Improve your mind and body]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 02:15:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 02:12:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 02:10:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 02:02:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 02:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:45:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<title>Kane Forest Preserve a place for healing after war</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 05:23:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[When Ben Haberthur got back from the war in Iraq, his first try at refuge was college.

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							<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 05:17:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[GENEVA — The Geneva Education Association Saturday charged the School Board here with an unfair labor charge of trying to coerce and intimidate the teachers]]></description>
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							<title>Thousands turn out for St. Charles pet expo</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 05:13:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Megan Glidewell, 13, has been helping her family foster dogs for the last four months through her aunt’s organization, Grahamville Rescue and Sanctuary. Some dogs stay with the family for as little as 24 hours, others up to six weeks. Glidewell said her job as a foster sister is to walk the dogs, play with them and get them ready for adoption.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 05:07:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[If there’s anything Chicagoans take more seriously than sports, it’s food. Living proof of this consideration is Chicago-native Josh Marks, the Season 3 runner-up on Fox television’s “MasterChef.”]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 04:55:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[ST. CHARLES – Several local bands will perform Sunday at the Arcada Theater, 105 E. Main St., St. Charles, at a benefit for Oswego Marine Kyle Moser, who was wounded serving in Afghanistan.]]></description>
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							<title>Batavia Academy of Dance to hold reopening ceremony</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 03:46:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[BATAVIA – Batavia Academy of Dance and The Magical World of Dance will hold its grand reopening ceremony from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 03:15:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[GENEVA – It was a clean sweep of countywide offices for Republicans in Tuesday’s election.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 02:55:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[GENEVA — Would a strike by Geneva teachers extend the school year or delay graduation ceremonies?]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 03:01:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[While the top of the election ticket is getting the most attention, there are still plenty of local races to talk about in Kane and McHenry counties.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 02:56:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The 2012 Chicago Food &amp; Wine Festival –a celebration of food and wine, featuring thousands of tastings from top chefs and restaurants, sommeliers, brewers and mixologists – will take place Nov. 17 and 18 at Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles. ]]></description>
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							<title>Radio troupe captures imagination of crowd at Geneva Library</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 02:42:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[GENEVA – Bobbie Ildefonso of Geneva and her 10-year-son, Tobias, enjoy using their imaginations.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 03:07:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[AURORA — In the wake of rescinding a district policy designed to protect the rights of transgender students, the East Aurora School District has decided to form a committee that will address the creation of an alternative policy.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 03:04:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, your phone will ring a little less often, you’ll get a little less mail, and you’ll get a lot less love from local politicians. ]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 03:01:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Teachers in Geneva have scored high marks for their job performance, and they certainly are among the most respected in their field in the Tri-Cities area. So it is difficult to believe that those negotiating on behalf of such a group could be so out of touch when it comes to the rhetoric surrounding the labor dispute in District 304.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 02:42:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[California winemakers have taken the Burgundian varietals of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay and made them shine. Harvest reports from grower producers in both the northern and southern regions suggest 2012 could be a special vintage. ]]></description>
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							<title>Swiss-born photographer focuses on homeland in exhibition at Gallery 200</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 02:38:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[WEST CHICAGO – Swiss-born photographer Britta Renwick is exhibiting a photography spread featuring images from a sweeping vista of the Swiss Alps to a sweet bowl of strawberry ice cream. ]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 02:21:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[GENEVA - At the Northern Illinois Food Bank, it&#039;s beginning to look a lot like the holidays.]]></description>
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							<title>Redistricting makes for a new era of Congressional politics in Naperville</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 02:14:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The election on Tuesday figures to be compelling for a number of reasons, beyond the national presidential stakes.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:24:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrat Sue Klinkhamer and Republican Chris Lauzen each tried to draw clear lines during a debate for the race of Kane County Board chairman.]]></description>
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							<title>Haunted Hall Quarry to come alive Friday</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 07:14:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Now that swimming season has ended, Hall Quarry is coming alive with haunts. On select days leading up to Halloween, the Batavia Park District is putting on an evening Haunted Quarry starting at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, Saturday, Oct. 20, and Oct. 26 and 27, at Hall Quarry Beach, 400 South Water Street, Batavia. ]]></description>
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							<title>Learning to Grow: Decorating outdoor space with wild, wacky pumpkins</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 04:19:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[It’s time to decorate our outdoor spaces for fall. With the amazing selection of pumpkins, gourds and squash available, it couldn’t be easier.]]></description>
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							<title>More ‘no refusal’ DUI dates planned in Kane for holidays</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 03:57:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[GENEVA — Over the course of the past few years with its “no refusal” patrols, area police have charged 87 people with driving under the influence.]]></description>
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							<title>Kane County budget moves a step forward</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 03:48:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The Kane County Board has approved placing a tentative copy of the 2013 budget on display for the general public.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 03:34:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The good news in the battle against the emerald ash borer is there is hope for the future. The bad news is, the Fox Valley and the rest of the Chicago area continue to be in the midst of what is an infestation of historic significance.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 03:26:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[ALGONQUIN — The president of the Community Unit School District 300 Board issued a warning this week about potential financial problems for the district as it continues to negotiate with its teachers over a new contract.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 06:05:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The Kane County Board Tuesday approved a master plan for adding amenities to the Settler’s Hill property.]]></description>
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							<title>Aurora offers sneak preview of new RiverEdge Park</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 04:50:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[AURORA — RiverEdge Park’s first season will begin with Blues on the Fox next June, but the city is offering groups a sneak peek of the new park along the banks of the Fox River.]]></description>
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							<title>As coyote’s fear of us decrease, the risk increases</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 04:37:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[ELGIN — When Jim Chevalier heard that coyotes twice had attacked pet dogs in Wheaton over the past two weeks, killing one pet, it didn’t surprise him. About a year ago, that almost happened in the neighborhood where he lives, just east of the Toastmaster plant and south of I-90 on Elgin’s far east side.]]></description>
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							<title>Public input sought for St. Charles&#039; comprehensive plan</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 04:48:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Residents are asked to bring themselves and their ideas to city hall Wednesday night as officials begin to plan for St. Charles’ future.]]></description>
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							<title>White Stag to serve up British dishes in St. Charles</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 04:46:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[For 16 years, Geneva resident Chris Yovanovic has done just about any job in the restaurant industry, including dishwasher, waiter, bartender and general manager.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 04:45:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Geneva officials surveyed residents, other municipalities and fire departments to get an idea of how the city might allow for recreational burning.]]></description>
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							<title>High-tech ﬁrm looks to build second facility in Batavia</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 04:44:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[City officials hope that a high-tech firm that manufactures products used in light-emitting diodes will build a second facility in the city of energy and bring Batavia an additional $500,000 in revenues. ]]></description>
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							<title>Special Events Celebrate West Chicago&#039;s Multi-cultural Roots</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 04:38:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[West Chicago celebrates its multi-cultural roots this fall with two special events. An Oktoberfest-style community dinner, planned for Friday, September 9, 2011, will honor twenty-seven guests from West Chicago’s sister city, Tuafkirchen (Vils), Germany who arrive on September 2, 2011 for a ten-day visit.]]></description>
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							<title>Valley officials urge Congress to fund transportation bill</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 04:24:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[As Congress considers the form of its new transportation bill, Illinois business and elected officials are urging the House to pass a bill that is at least the same size of the last transportation legislation.]]></description>
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							<title>STEM growing in U46 schools</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 04:22:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Marianne Palczewski, 17, of Bartlett never would have thought she could use a compound mitre saw, she said.]]></description>
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							<title>Batavia educators expand their 9/11 series for kids</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 04:20:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[With the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11 approaching, Cindy Rodriguez and Joyce Elliot have created a way to help children begin to understand how the country united and heroes were made on that day. ]]></description>
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							<title>Agency’s name now VNA Health Care</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 04:19:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[VNA of Fox Valley has changed its name.]]></description>
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							<title>Rt. 31 in Elgin will close from U.S. 20 to Adams St.</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:52:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A short stretch of Route 31 in Elgin will be closed for four days, starting Wednesday, because of an unforeseen problem with the combined sewer separation project near U.S. 20.


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							<title>Kane court fee hike plan moves on</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:49:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The effort to obtain pay increases for assistant state’s attorneys and other Kane County judiciary employees has moved a step forward. ]]></description>
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							<title>Elgin will speed up graffiti cleanup</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:48:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Under pressure from Elgin City Council members to erase the city’s growing amount of graffiti more quickly, city officials have changed their approach to eradicating this mixture of street-gang advertising and amateur artistry.]]></description>
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							<title>What’s right, wrong with downtown? Elgin officials ‘walk-and-talk’ to find out</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:47:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[From Mayor Dave Kaptain and Police Chief Jeff Swoboda down through a man whose whole job is to write parking tickets, about 30 police officers, city officials and business people spread across the downtown area Tuesday afternoon to ask businesspeople what is right — and, especially, what is wrong — about the downtown area.]]></description>
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							<title>Aurora council committee approves ban on synthetic drugs</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:45:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A resolution that would ban the selling of synthetic drugs in the city passed unanimously at Government Operations Committee Tuesday.]]></description>
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							<title>Damaging storms possible as cold front moves in</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:44:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Strong thunderstorms could hit the Chicago area Wednesday afternoon when a cold front and instable atmospheric conditions create the potential for “explosive thunderstorm development,” according to the National Weather Service.]]></description>
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							<title>Schmitz announces re-election bid</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:40:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[State Rep. Tim Schmitz, R-Batavia, Wednesday announced his intention to run for re-election to the Illinois House of Representatives. ]]></description>
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							<title>East kicks off HOPE campaign</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:38:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[In an effort to make sure every Tomcat has the opportunity to succeed, the East Aurora School District has kicked of its 165 HOPE campaign to raise money for academic, athletic and art programs which some students couldn’t otherwise afford.]]></description>
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							<title>Aurora sells former quarry for $1.25 million</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:36:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The city is selling a former stone quarry property at Interstate 88 and Route 25 to a recycling company. ]]></description>
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							<title>Chemical health hazard listing could force South Elgin company to move overseas or close down</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 05:01:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A local company says that a recent government decision listing styrene as a potential health threat is itself a threat to the manufacturer’s continuing operation.]]></description>
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							<title>In a struggling economy, Premium Outlets Mall in Aurora planning major expansion.</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 04:56:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Fans of the Chicago Premium Outlets Mall could have one-third more shopping space next year. ]]></description>
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							<title>West Aurora schools hoping churches can help mentor troubled students</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 04:47:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Some grade school students in the district could use a little mentoring from adults in the community, and West Aurora School District 129 is reaching out to area churches to provide it. ]]></description>
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							<title>Dist. 303 sees average ACT decline</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:08:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[St. Charles Unit District 303’s average ACT score dropped slightly this year, but includes a record-high science score and remains well above the state average.]]></description>
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							<title>U-46 uncertain about salaries, state funding in new budget</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:07:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[School District U-46 officials have drafted a balanced budget for the upcoming school year, but one with large question marks remaining on both the revenue and expenditure sides.]]></description>
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							<title>Ramp to close at I-90 and Route 31</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:05:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Another Interstate 90 ramp near Elgin is closing tonight for construction, but two others will reopen.]]></description>
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							<title>Plan for bridge connecting Bolingbrook to Naperville moving forward</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:03:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The Will County High Department is moving forward with a plan to extend 95th Street in Naperville over the DuPage River to Boughton Road in Bolingbrook.]]></description>
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							<title>City Wide Block Party</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:51:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Batavia Covenant Church, 1314 W. Main Street, will be hosting a City Wide Block Party, Saturday, August 27th from 4-7 p.m..]]></description>
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							<title>Elgin, Carpentersville-area high schooler’s ACT scores on the rise</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:47:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Composite ACT scores are up this year in both Elgin School District U46 and Carpentersville-area Community Unit School District 300.]]></description>
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							<title>South Elgin reels in Top 100 rank again</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:07:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The village has been named one of the top 100 small towns in the United States by Money magazine and CNN.]]></description>
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							<title>Aurora mayor: Examine affordable housing citywide</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:05:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Mayor Tom Weisner is urging the Aurora Housing Authority to pull in the reins on plans to redevelop the troubled Jericho Circle housing complex on the city’s west side.

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							<title>Aurora Area Convention &amp; Visitors Bureau selects new director</title>
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							<category>Aurora</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:04:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A former Kentucky tourism director will be the next executive director of the Aurora Area Convention &amp; Visitors Bureau.]]></description>
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							<title>Mayor will appoint Jericho Circle resident Mattie Coble to the Aurora Housing Authority Board</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 09:53:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Mayor Tom Weisner announced he is appointing Mattie Coble, a Jericho Circle resident, to the Aurora Housing Authority board at a tense Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday night. ]]></description>
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							<title>West Aurora Schools examining cost to air condition all buildings</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 09:51:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[As the school year began last year, a heat spell made conditions unbearable in the West Aurora schools for teachers and students alike. ]]></description>
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							<title>Balanced budget presented to U46 board as questions linger</title>
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							<category>Elgin</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 09:18:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Several unknowns still hang ominously over the figures, including unfinished labor talks and the iffyness of the state’s school funding. But the administration of Elgin School District U46 on Monday presented the board of education with a proposed budget for the 2011-12 school year that actually sees $11 million more coming into U46 coffers than going out. ]]></description>
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							<title>Riverfest ready to roll in South Elgin</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:10:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[This week’s annual Riverfest Express will kick off once again with “A Special Night for Special Kids.”]]></description>
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							<title>Elgin Lowe’s store among seven closed</title>
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							<category>Elgin</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:09:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[If you called the Elgin Lowe’s on Monday, the message delivered the bad news. The store has closed abruptly.]]></description>
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							<title>Help needy students obtain school supplies and support A+ Foundation</title>
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							<category>Aurora</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:07:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Community in Schools of Aurora is seeking sponsors to provide school supplies to needy students.]]></description>
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							<title>Back-to-school supply lists 2011</title>
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							<category>Fox Valley</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 10:59:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[School’s nearly back in session, and many classrooms have announced their school supply lists. Here is your guide to all things back to school.]]></description>
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							<title>Six Degrees of Bacon Brothers:</title>
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							<category>The Beat</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 10:57:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Celebrated Siblings Kevin and Michael Bacon to Play August 30 at the Paramount Theatre]]></description>
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							<title>‘Workplace incivility’ on the rise, study finds</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 09:48:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[As if there weren’t enough stress on the job, now there’s a growing problem with “workplace incivility,” new research finds. ]]></description>
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							<title>Kane advancing ethics ordinance for employees</title>
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							<category>St. Charles</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 08:59:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[If all goes right, the Kane County State’s Attorney Office will be making changes to the county’s ethics ordinance for employees this month and coming back to the Human Services Committee next month.]]></description>
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							<title>Activist group rallies for jobs</title>
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							<category>Aurora</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 08:51:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[To Aurora resident John Laesch, every honk that came his way Friday afternoon was a small victory.]]></description>
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							<title>‘Back to School’ event welcomes 2,500 people</title>
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							<category>Aurora</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 08:49:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The hundreds of parents with children waiting outside the John Harkness Center of First Presbyterian Church weren’t waiting for Justin Bieber concert tickets, although they did receive tickets and were told they could return. ]]></description>
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							<title>SciTech starting preschool with science focus</title>
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							<category>Aurora</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 08:47:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The SciTech Hands On Museum will offer something new for the area — and possibly the nation — with its SciTech Discovery Preschool.]]></description>
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							<title>Blues on The Fox - June 17 &amp; 18</title>
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							<category>The Beat</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:38:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[15th Anniversary of this Downtown Alive! Event]]></description>
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							<title>H.E.L.P. (Homes for Endangered and Lost Pets Cat Adoption Day</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/ae/clubs/17316-h-e-l-p-homes-for-endangered-and-lost-pets-cat-adoption-day.html</link>
							
									
								
							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:36:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Saturday, June 18, 12 p.m. - 4 p.m. Healthy Pet, 2620 N. Farnsworth Ave. Aurora, IL]]></description>
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							<title>Swedish Midsommar Festival Celebrates 100 Years</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/ae/clubs/17315-swedish-midsommar-festival-celebrates-100-years.html</link>
							
									
								
							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:35:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Sunday, June 19, All Day Good Templar Park, 526 East Side Drive, Geneva, IL]]></description>
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							<title>Swedish Days</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:33:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 21, All Day Downtown Geneva, 3rd &amp; State streets ]]></description>
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							<title>Geneva declares future intent to purchase library building</title>
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							<category>Geneva</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:31:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Geneva officials are moving closer to a deal that may allow City Hall to gain needed space while preserving the character of a historic city building.]]></description>
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							<title>DuPage United takes aim at forest district spending</title>
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							<category>The Sporting Life</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Having taken partial credit for the recent restructuring of the DuPage Water Commission, a local nonprofit taxpayer and social services advocacy group has set its sights on another government agency.

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							<title>Cantigny’s Art in Bloom festival goes interactive</title>
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							<category>The Brush</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:27:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[On Father’s Day weekend, more than 75 artists will display their work among the blooming gardens of Cantigny Park in Wheaton.
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							<title>Chicago casting call for next Superman movie</title>
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							<category>Fox Valley</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:25:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The makers of the next Superman movie are hiring people in and around Chicago to share the screen with Krypton’s favorite son.]]></description>
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							<title>Stolen laptops could put West student, staff information at risk</title>
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							<category>Aurora</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:22:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Aurora resident Joy Smith was shocked when she opened her mail a few days ago. ]]></description>
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							<title>Aurora trees felled as ash borer spreads</title>
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							<category>Aurora</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:15:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Every morning Mike Fitzpatrick walks through his tree-filled neighborhood, relishing the shade. Lush, green trees line Charleston Drive, just off of Indian Trail, where he has lived for decades.]]></description>
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							<title>Sunscreen makers face new test for cancer-protection claims</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:14:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Sunscreens will have to pass a test from U.S. regulators before they can claim protection against skin cancer under a new rule. Starting next year, only sunscreens proven to protect against both ultraviolet A and B rays with SPF values of 15 or higher may be marketed as reducing the risk of skin cancer and early skin aging, the Food and Drug Administration said today. ]]></description>
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							<title>Autism Fundraising Carnival set at Pottawatomie Park</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:11:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A fundraiser for a nonprofit organization, Autism Movement, is set from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday at Pottawatomie Park in St. Charles.]]></description>
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							<title>This weekend’s Blues on the Fox draws acts from ‘Made in Aurora’</title>
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							<category>The Beat</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 01:21:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[This weekend’s Blues on the Fox Festival will feature plenty of local music acts in addition to headliners Buddy Guy and The Robert Cray Band.]]></description>
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							<title>Federal sewer regulations will mean higher water bills for Aurorans</title>
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							<category>Aurora</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 01:19:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Aurora residents will soon see a new line item on their water bills and few more dollars in the total.]]></description>
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							<title>St. Charles plans open house on Route 64 reconstruction</title>
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							<category>St. Charles</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 01:15:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The City of St. Charles will host an open house to present plans for the reconstruction of Route 64. The open house will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. June 27 in City Council Chambers at City Hall, 2 E. Main St. in St. Charles. ]]></description>
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							<title>McConnaughay to seek state Senate?</title>
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							<category>Geneva</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 01:13:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Thanks to a partisan redistricting process that carved up Kane County in a new way, the county’s chief executive might soon opt to pursue a different office.]]></description>
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							<title>DuPage Symphony Announces 2011 Summer Concerts</title>
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							<category>The Beat</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:26:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The DSO performs two summer celebration concerts this summer in the lovely outdoor settings of Naperville’s Community Concert Center in Central Park and Wheaton’s Cantigny Park. Bring your friends and neighbors to these fun-filled, family friendly programs that include festive and lively orchestra favorites.]]></description>
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							<title>MidSommar Festival</title>
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							<category>Geneva</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:23:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title>Geneva declares future intent to purchase library building</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:21:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Geneva officials are moving closer to a deal that may allow City Hall to gain needed space while preserving the character of a historic city building.]]></description>
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							<title>McCaskey to sign book in Geneva</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:14:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[McCaskey to sign book in Geneva

Patrick McCaskey, senior director of the Chicago Bears Organization, will be signing his book, “Sports and Faith,” from 1 to 2:30 p.m. June 23 at Pax Vobiscum, in Berry House Shops at Franklin &amp; Third streets.]]></description>
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							<title>HondaJet eyes 2012 for planned groundbreaking at Aurora airport</title>
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							<category>Aurora</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:12:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Tighter restrictions and security requirements in commercial air traffic are just some of the reasons officials at HondaJet say their planned facility is already being called a success.]]></description>
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							<title>ECC board approves budget for FY2012</title>
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							<category>Elgin</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:08:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[If you put Elgin Community College’s budget for current fiscal year 2011 side-by-side with the budget for upcoming fiscal year 2012, they’d be about identical, said Sharon Konny, the college’s vice president of business and finance.]]></description>
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							<title>Yorkville reauthorizes special $8.25-a-month water fee to meet bond obligations</title>
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							<category>Aurora</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:06:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The City Council here reauthorized the water infrastructure and improvement fee designed to help the city meet bond payments in its water fund.]]></description>
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							<title>Aurora launches NEW effort to fund pre-kindergarten education</title>
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							<category>Aurora</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:05:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Most of the discussions about education focus on high school and college diplomas. But the key to schooling success may start much earlier: Children who are behind when they start kindergarten are less likely to graduate from high school or go to college, more likely to end up as teen mothers, or commit violent crimes.]]></description>
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							<title>EPA investigating roofing work at Yorkville chapel</title>
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							<category>Aurora</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:02:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The good news for the Chapel on the Green is that is has a new roof.]]></description>
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							<title>Fox River races drew thousands in ’30s, ’40s</title>
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							<category>The Sporting Life</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 07:26:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The Thunder on the Fox races that are expected to draw thousands to the Fox River may have some wondering about the popularity of water sports on the Fox River in earlier years.


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							<title>Suit alleges gender,  age abuse at work</title>
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							<category>Geneva</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 07:02:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A former school principal has filed a federal lawsuit against District 304 alleging officials discriminated against her for her age and gender in a two-year campaign of abuse.]]></description>
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							<title>Red Gate Bridge opposition builds</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 04:11:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The work to build a new bridge across the Fox River on the city’s north side could begin as soon as this summer.]]></description>
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							<title>Riverfest crowds enjoy food, music, fun</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 04:09:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Amie Koziol balanced her daughter, Nora, 3, on her shoulders, with son Aden, 7, standing nearby, after just finishing some carnival rides Saturday at the 29th Pride of the Fox Riverfest in St. Charles. Nora’s face was painted with a pink bunny nose with blue whiskers and Adan’s face sported an orange and green snake.]]></description>
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							<title>Classroom critters help to teach responsibility, respect — and literacy?</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:16:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Kelsey Hamblin trailed behind Hercules and Houdini as the two box turtles made lazy laps around special education teacher Randy Monger’s classroom at Otter Creek Elementary School here. Almost immediately, the 5-year-old had reasoned which was “the mommy turtle” and which was “the baby turtle.”]]></description>
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							<title>Plane’s owner: we’ve lost a national treasure</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:15:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The owner of the Liberty Belle was disheartened Monday morning at what he called the loss of a “national treasure.” Don Brooks was still reeling from the news around 2 p.m. as he talked about the plane from inside his Georgia auto body shop. ]]></description>
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							<title>Aurora growing green with quartet of events</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:13:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Paddlesport Festival

Chris Hanson stood along the shores of Mastodon Lake watching her 12-year-old son Stuart paddle his way through a canoe lesson Saturday morning. ]]></description>
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							<title>Open house June 21 to learn about preserving the Naperville Police Department&#039;s history</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:10:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Community members can learn how they can donate or loan materials to preserve the Naperville Police Department’s history at an informational meeting to be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 21 at Naper Settlement’s Pre-Emption House Tavern, 523 S. Webster St. (corner of Webster Street and Aurora Avenue) in Naperville.]]></description>
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							<title>Opening Day at the Geneva Green Market</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:03:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[“How have you been?”

The French baker smiles wide as my four year old and I approach his table of crusty breads and pastries. ]]></description>
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							<title>WWII bomber crashes near Aurora, all 7 aboard said to be OK</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 11:52:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A vintage World War II bomber crashed and burned in a field southeast of Aurora Municipal Airport this morning, but the seven people on board escaped without injury, according to aviation officials.]]></description>
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							<title>&#039;Shakespeare&#039;s Swords&#039; set at Messenger Public Library</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 11:50:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[&quot;Shakespeare&#039;s Swords&quot; is set from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the Messenger Public Library of North Aurora, 113 Oak St. ]]></description>
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							<title>Twenty-eight seek a seat on Metra board</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 11:48:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Seven more Kane County residents put their names forward to be appointed to the Metra Board of Directors over the weekend, bringing the final tally to 28.]]></description>
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							<title>Program offers free lunches for Elgin kids</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 06:32:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The city’s Park and Recreation Department, Northern Illinois Food Bank and several local churches are teaming up to provide free nutritious lunches to local youths this summer. ]]></description>
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							<title>SC East sports financial audit set</title>
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							<category>Elgin</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 06:31:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[An independent financial audit of the St. Charles East High School Athletic Department should clear up any rumors of impropriety swirling around the community, officials said.]]></description>
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							<title>Parking changes in store soon for downtown Elgin</title>
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							<category>Elgin</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 06:29:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[As the PowerPoint presentation Thursday evening put it, “the city and the Downtown Neighborhood Association are looking at ways to make visiting and operating a business in downtown easier when it comes to parking for patrons and employees.”]]></description>
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							<title>Batavia seeks ways to pay for maintaining beautification projects</title>
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							<category>Batavia</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 01:10:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[City staff this week raised the issue of a special service area to maintain downtown streetscape improvements that are being planned. ]]></description>
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							<title>AHA gets all vouchers needed for Jericho residents’ move</title>
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							<category>Aurora</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 01:08:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The Aurora Housing Authority has received all 93 relocation housing vouchers for Jericho Circle residents, according to Jean Federman, AHA executive director. ]]></description>
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							<title>Aurora’s Irvin considering run in 11th Congressional</title>
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							<category>Aurora</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 01:07:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Aurora Alderman-at-large Richard Irvin is considering a run for Congress.]]></description>
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							<title>Open houses mark AID’s 50 years of training, counseling and putting disabled people to work</title>
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							<category>Elgin</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 01:06:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[In 1961, the parents of eight mentally disabled children in Aurora were frustrated that the Aurora schools offered no special classes or programs to help their kids. So with one teacher and one classroom, in a since-demolished recreation building at 5 Fox St., they founded a nonprofit educational group called the Aurora Association for the Mentally Retarded.]]></description>
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							<title>Batavia event to teach  you how to stay green</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 01:04:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Those who attend today’s Batavia Green Walk in downtown Batavia can purchase organic food, hear energy tips and get face to face with colorfully painted bulldog statues.
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							<title>District 303, police probe athletic fundraising at St. Charles East</title>
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							<category>St. Charles</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 01:03:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[St. Charles East Football Boosters’ efforts last year to raise $165,500 for a high-end scoreboard at Norris Stadium now have resulted in accusations of theft, and school officials have scheduled an audit.]]></description>
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							<title>Cars dominate First Street</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 02:41:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[First Street in downtown St. Charles will be all about transportation during the three days of Riverfest.


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							<title>Juneteenth will feature culture and history</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 02:39:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The 10th Annual Juneteenth celebration will fill Elgin&#039;s Festival Park with more music, food and fun than ever before — at least that&#039;s what organizers are hoping.


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							<title>Green fest promotes recycling, eco-friendly living</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 02:33:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Even at a distance it is clear that this is no typical guitar.

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							<title>More shows, more variety at Aurora’s Paramount Theatre</title>
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							<category>The Stage</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 02:29:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Musical tickets already are for sale; single-show tickets for other performances go on sale June 13. Call (630) 896-6666 or visit paramountaurora.com.

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							<title>Four Saturday events contribute to ‘green scene’ in Aurora</title>
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							<category>Aurora</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 02:24:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[On Saturday, area residents can learn about the environment and take part in the “green scene” at various locations in Aurora.]]></description>
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							<title>Aurora families’ Hungerpalooza will help feed body and spirit on Friday</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 02:19:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Aurora resident Jim Danielson woke up with inspiration for a name for a “party with a purpose.” That name became Hungerpalooza, a play on the popular music concert Lollapalooza.]]></description>
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							<title>Batavia seels ways to pay for maintaining beautification projects</title>
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							<category>Batavia</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 02:18:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[City staff this week raised the issue of a special service area to maintain downtown streetscape improvements that are being planned. ]]></description>
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							<title>Batavia family first to get approval of backyard chicken operation</title>
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							<category>Batavia</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 02:14:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Batavia’s first family of backyard egg-laying hens has passed inspection with flying colors.]]></description>
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							<title>Rail safety enforcement in Elgin Thursday</title>
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							<category>Elgin</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 02:13:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The railroad crossing on Kimball Street here will be among numerous crossings in the United States and 44 other countries where authorities today will be emphasizing both driver and pedestrian safety.]]></description>
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							<title>ECC still seeking to close deal on safety center land</title>
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							<category>News</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 02:11:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[It’s the last major project Elgin Community College will break ground on using funds from its April 2009 referendum. But it has a final few hurdles to clear first.]]></description>
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							<title>Pride of the Fox Riverfest rolls into St. Charles Friday</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 02:10:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[This weekend’s 29th annual Pride of the Fox Riverfest will include longtime favorites such as the dragon boat races and the water ski show, along with a host of new activities.]]></description>
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							<title>U46 may have one school too many</title>
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							<category>Elgin</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 02:09:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[As School District U46 students celebrated their last, one-hour-long day of school Wednesday morning, a death sentence hung over some of the mobile classroom units its schools have been relying on in the past decade. And a question has been raised about whether the district even still needs all the indoor classrooms it has.]]></description>
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							<title>Garden Walk plans to ‘Celebrate Geneva’</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 02:07:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A festive theme is in place for the Geneva Garden Club’s Garden Walk, which takes place Friday and Saturday. Events are set at the Geneva History Center, as well as the five highlighted gardens in the city.
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							<title>Lazarus House welcomes visitors for open house</title>
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							<category>St. Charles</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 02:04:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[From Lazarus House’s staff members to many of its volunteers, Executive Director Liz Eakins said she has heard from many who have been drawn to the St. Charles homeless shelter.]]></description>
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							<title>Increase in Batavia sculpture prize money supported</title>
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							<category>The Brush</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 02:02:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The city council’s City Services Committee on Tuesday recommended increasing the prize money for designing a second sculpture for the Wilson Street bridge to entice more artists to enter the competition. ]]></description>
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							<title>Elburn creates ﬁrst police commission</title>
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							<category>Fox Valley</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 02:01:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, village officials received official notice that Elburn’s population had surged well past 5,000.]]></description>
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							<title>Special tax mulled to help downtown improvements</title>
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							<category>Batavia</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 01:59:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Batavia aldermen have started to discuss whether to create a special service area to maintain improvements planned as part of a downtown streetscape plan.]]></description>
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							<title>Cool weather expected  for annual event in Batavia</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 01:58:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The 800 people signed up to participate in Sunday’s Batavia Triathlon and Duathlon can consider themselves fortunate – weather reports suggest there will be cool conditions for the event.]]></description>
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							<title>Census: Marriage still the norm in Fox Valley</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:56:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[With release of the first 2010 census figures in February, we found out Elgin had become the eighth-largest city in Illinois (and fifth largest in metropolitan Chicago); that Pingree Grove’s 3,554 percent growth rate made it one of the fastest-growing towns in the country; that for the first time, Elgin had slightly more Hispanics than non-Hispanic whites; and that the Fox Valley’s Asian population was growing rapidly. ]]></description>
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							<title>Batavia unleashing its arty bulldogs</title>
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							<category>The Brush</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:55:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Twenty-five larger-than-life fiberglass bulldogs decorated by artists from thorughout the region will be unleashed in downtown Batavia this weekend. ]]></description>
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							<title>Montgomery couple uses wind turbine to generate electricity</title>
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							<category>Aurora</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:53:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Lilly and Mark Sullivan are going greener by making a major addition to their home. ]]></description>
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							<title>St. Charles denies beer sales at golf course</title>
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							<category>St. Charles</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:40:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Aldermen voted 8-2 Monday evening to deny a Class D-3 liquor license to the park district-owned nine-hole golf course.]]></description>
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							<title>St. Charles City Council prepares for new development plan</title>
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							<category>St. Charles</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:40:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[St. Charles officials this week initiated the process of creating a new comprehensive plan that will help guide development in the city over the next two decades.]]></description>
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							<title>Batavia Park District Kicks Off Free Concert Series June 22</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/ae/music/17241-batavia-park-district-kicks-off-free-concert-series-june-22.html</link>
							
									
								
							<category>The Beat</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:38:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The Batavia Park District is offering more chances for you to enjoy free concerts on the Riverwalk this summer! The 2011 River Rhapsody Concert Series will feature eight nights of musical entertainment for your family. ]]></description>
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							<title>National Outdoors Day at Peaceful Parlour</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:37:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Peaceful Parlour, 212 S. Third St., Geneva &amp; Planet Fassa inspire outdoor fun on National Get Outdoors Day with crafts, games and a musical parade on June 11.]]></description>
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							<title>Waubonsee opens new Aurora campus</title>
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							<category>Aurora</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:29:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Outfitted in blue scrubs, Alyssa Del Toro looked prepared to handle any medical emergency as she stood near the entrance of a hospital-style room in downtown Aurora last Friday.]]></description>
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							<title>School District 204 appoints new middle school principal, assistant principals</title>
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							<category>Aurora</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:28:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The Indian Prairie District 204 Board on Monday approved the appointment of a new middle school principal and several assistant principals.]]></description>
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							<title>Batavia Triathlon finds new ways to give back</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:22:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The eighth annual Batavia Triathlon is putting a new spin on charity racing.


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							<title>Few artists interested in Batavia bridge art contest</title>
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							<category>The Brush</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:32:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Putting a second sculpture on the Wilson Street bridge may cost more than the city planned to spend.

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							<title>City considering advertising on Pace bus shelters</title>
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							<category>St. Charles</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:13:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[St. Charles may take in an additional $4,500 in annual revenue if the city decides to permit display advertising on Pace bus shelters.]]></description>
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							<title>Volunteers beautify southeast Elgin neighborhood</title>
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							<category>Elgin</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:11:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Nearly 130 volunteers came to the southeastern section of Elgin surrounding Garfield Elementary School on Saturday to help clean up and green up the neighborhood.]]></description>
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							<title>Kane restocks its priority prosecution team</title>
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							<category>Elgin</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:10:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Kane County State’s Attorney Joe McMahon hopes some minor lineup shuffles in his office can help high-profile cases move through the court system more quickly.]]></description>
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							<title>Bartlett firetrucks advertise paramedic abilities</title>
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							<category>Elgin</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:09:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The Bartlett Fire Protection District is placing new signs on ITS fire engines and ladder truck that say “Paramedics,” indicating that even these vehicles designed for firefighting now carry advanced life support capabilities.]]></description>
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							<title>Legion reaches fund goal for July 4 parade</title>
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							<category>Aurora</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:05:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The Roosevelt-Aurora American Legion Post 84 has met its $15,000 goal to help fund Aurora’s July 4 parade. ]]></description>
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							<title>Mid-American Canoe Race draws veterans, novices</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[With water rushing against their paddles and songbirds in the canopy of trees in Mount St. Mary’s Park, hundreds of canoeists cast off for a voyage along the Fox River. ]]></description>
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							<title>Elgin council gives its attention to senator’s casino vote</title>
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							<category>Elgin</category>
							<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 19:07:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[State Sen. Mike Noland says he voted “present” on a bill that would pave the way for a massive expansion of gambling in Illinois — and many say adversely impact the Grand Victoria casino here — so he could draw the attention of local officials.]]></description>
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							<title>Volunteers beautify southeast Elgin neighborhood</title>
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							<category>Elgin</category>
							<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 19:06:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Nearly 130 volunteers came to the southeastern section of Elgin surrounding Garfield Elementary School on Saturday to help clean up and green up the neighborhood.]]></description>
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							<title>5 things to do: Aurora ArtWalk</title>
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							<category>The Brush</category>
							<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 19:05:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Aurora ArtWalk: 7 to 11 p.m. June 3 in downtown Aurora. Artists, businesses, restaurants combine for downtown-wide event. Visit auroraartwalk.com.

How much: Free admission]]></description>
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							<title>Family Fun: Excavation at Garfield Farm Museum</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/ae/clubs/17225-family-fun-excavation-at-garfield-farm-museum.html</link>
							
									
								
							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 19:02:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[MUSEUMS
Air Classics Museum: Air Classics Museum Open House, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 18. Tours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays, by appointment only. Admission $5 for adults, $4 for seniors, $3 for children ages 6 to 18 and free for children younger than 6. At the Aurora Municipal Airport, 43W776 Route 30, Sugar Grove. Call (630) 466-0888 or visit airclassicsmuseum.org.]]></description>
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							<title>Hugh Jackman comes to Arcada Theatre</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/ae/music/17224-hugh-jackman-comes-to-arcada-theatre.html</link>
							
									
								
							<category>The Beat</category>
							<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 19:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[It’s good to have friends in high places. When Richard Marx wanted to add a little extra firepower to his show, he called in a favor to a friend.]]></description>
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							<title>Geneva Garden Club offers more than just a walk</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 18:57:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[For some people in Geneva, gardening is more than just dirt and flowers.


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							<title>Local artists make Naperville fair shine</title>
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							<category>Aurora</category>
							<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 18:55:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The Naperville Woman’s Club Fine Art Fair is not your grandma’s craft show.

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							<title>Waubonsee shows off new downtown Aurora campus</title>
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							<category>Aurora</category>
							<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 18:52:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Waubonsee Community College’s new $50 million downtown campus is just more.


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							<title>Tonight! Fox Valley Repertory: The Best of Second City</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/ae/comedy/17220-tonight-fox-valley-repertory-the-best-of-second-city.html</link>
							
									
								
							<category>The Laughs</category>
							<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 18:45:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[“The troupe that gave us SCTV and inspired Saturday Night Live and Whose Line is it Anyway!” —Chicago Tribune
June 4th, 8pm - $39]]></description>
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							<title>Fox Valley Repertory: Around the World in 80 Days - June 9-July 31</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/ae/theater/17219-fox-valley-repertory-around-the-world-in-80-days-june-9-july-31.html</link>
							
									
								
							<category>The Stage</category>
							<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 18:42:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Based on Jules Verne’s classic novel, join fearless adventurer Phileas Fogg as he sets out to circle the globe in an unheard-of 80 days.  It’s a race against the clock as he contends stampeding elephants, raging typhoons, bandits, and a detective who thinks he&#039;s a robber on the run. Danger, romance, and comic surprises abound in this whirlwind of a show as five actors portray 39 characters in seven continents. Rating: PG ]]></description>
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							<title>Children&#039;s Theater of Elgin: A Global Groove - June 17-26</title>
							<link>http://foxvalleymagazine.com/ae/music/17218-children-039-s-theater-of-elgin-a-global-groove-june-17-26.html</link>
							
									
								
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							<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 18:40:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[This show will follow the journey of students around the globe on a world tour. Along the way, they will visit the singers and perform the songs that are or have been popular around the globe. The will learn about the people and places &quot;visited&quot; and discover the wonderful music that is part of the unifying language of song, dance, and rhythm. ]]></description>
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							<title>Richmond, Davis schools preparing for merger</title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 18:37:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Kindergartners and first-graders from Richmond Elementary joined their Davis Elementary counterparts at the South Seventh Street school Thursday morning to learn about the new K-2 school they will attend in the fall.]]></description>
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							<title>District 303 lawsuit returns to state court</title>
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							<category>St. Charles</category>
							<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 18:35:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A federal judge Friday decided that the court case about the St. Charles School District’s plan to restructure two elementary schools will be heard in state court, the attorney for the plaintiffs said.]]></description>
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							<title>Elgin winery in search of investors</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 17:03:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The Red Bar Winery has maintained a fragile grip on its livelihood through a saga of business woes. Now co-owners Jim and Doris Canfield will host an event for potential investors Sunday, hoping to entice someone to help them keep the business afloat.


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							<title>Naperville walk combats neurofibromatosis</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:59:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Neurofibromatosis is a master of the sneak attack.


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							<title>Area hospitals fear lost jobs, revenue if new CL or Huntley hospital OK’d</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:58:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Sherman and two other area hospitals filed reports with the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board Thursday predicting that if either of two proposed hospitals is built in Huntley or Crystal Lake, existing hospitals will lose up to 856 jobs and $144 million in yearly income. ]]></description>
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							<title>Elgin may lobby Quinn against gambling expansion</title>
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							<category>Elgin</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:57:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Mayor Dave Kaptain said Wednesday the city will lobby Gov. Pat Quinn to veto a bill passed by the state Senate this week that would pave the way for a massive expansion of gambling in Illinois.]]></description>
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							<title>‘Contagion’ movie stars return to Elgin</title>
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							<category>Elgin</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:56:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[If you missed Matt Damon the first time he visited Elgin, this is your second chance.]]></description>
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							<title>Wildlife center takes over care of eaglets</title>
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							<category>Aurora</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:55:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Mooseheart’s eaglets are in the care of wildlife experts, as their parents have not flown into a new man-made nest to feed their young. ]]></description>
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							<title>Dozen injured on Aurora-Naperville Metra train crash</title>
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							<category>Aurora</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:53:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A dozen people on a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Metra train that picked up passengers at Route 59 in Aurora and Naperville were taken to hospitals after an Amtrak train hit the Metra train at Union Station Friday morning in the West Loop.]]></description>
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							<title>Laid-off Aurora cop will fill opening soon</title>
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							<category>Aurora</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:51:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The first of the eight Aurora police officers laid off in January could be returning to the department soon.]]></description>
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							<title>D-303 lawsuit returns to state court</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:40:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A federal judge this morning decided that the court case about the St. Charles School District&#039;s plan to restructure two elementary schools will be heard in state court, the attorney for the plaintiffs said.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:39:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Two eaglets were removed Thursday night from their new manmade nest at Mooseheart Academy, after an animal rehabilitation worker made a follow-up visit and determined that they were not being fed.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:15:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Please Join Us at the Batavia Green Walk on Friday, June 10 from 5 pm – 8 pm. Take a stroll along Wilson Street for an evening of green fun and food. ]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:14:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Any Batavia residents concerned about a huge influx of chickens after the  City Council gave its approval of backyard chicken coops last month can stop worrying for now.]]></description>
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							<title>Swedish Midsommar Festival Celebrates 100 Years</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:11:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Sunday, June 19: 100 years is something to celebrate and that’s exactly what will happen on June 19 at the 100th Annual Swedish Midsommar Festival at Good Templar Park in Geneva, IL from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. The oldest ethnic festival in Illinois, and believed to be the second oldest in the USA, the 100th Annual Swedish Midsommar Festival is steeped in Scandinavian traditions, with activities that will please everyone.]]></description>
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							<title>Playhouse chills with evening of one-acts</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:09:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Now that the weather has turned hot, the Geneva Underground Playhouse invites theatergoers to come in for a summer chill.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:06:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The Community Unit District 300 school board and the teachers union have ratified a one-year contract that allows the district to bring back all 363 teachers and administrators who were laid off in March.

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							<title>DuPage coalition moves forward in obesity fight</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:03:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[DuPage may be one of the healthiest counties in the state, but that doesn’t make it immune to the obesity epidemic.

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							<title>neXt: Arts Council pops up gallery at Shelby</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[In its mission to expand and serve as a be-all community arts resource, the St. Charles Arts Commission has lifted the curtain on its inaugural “neXt” pop-up gallery at the Shelby building in St. Charles.]]></description>
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							<title>Couples receive first Kane County civil union licenses</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:59:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Kane County Clerk Jack Cunningham didn’t know what to expect Wednesday, the first day civil union licenses were available to heterosexual and homosexual couples in Illinois. His office had received only a handful of phone calls about the issue in the last month, he said. Even so, he said, he arrived to work two hours before the office opened.
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							<title>Owner: Salerno&#039;s hopes to reopen Monday after fire</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:58:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Salerno&#039;s on the Fox, an iconic downtown restaurant damaged by a fire during Wednesday&#039;s dinner hour, could reopen as early as Monday, owner Joe Salerno said.]]></description>
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							<title>Eagles’ nest gets encouraging news</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:57:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Two eaglets appeared to be settling into their new man-made nest Wednesday at Mooseheart, an encouraging sign for those who have been following the drama since an eagle family’s nest was damaged in Sunday’s storms.]]></description>
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							<title>DuPage Symphony Announces 2011 Summer Concerts</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:38:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The DSO performs two summer celebration concerts this summer in the lovely outdoor settings of Naperville’s Community Concert Center in Central Park and Wheaton’s Cantigny Park. Bring your friends and neighbors to these fun-filled, family friendly programs that include festive and lively orchestra favorites.]]></description>
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							<title>Teens wanted for talent show auditions</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:37:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Last August, Aurora Public Library’s Teen Talent Show impressed radio personality Ty Bentli so much that he promised to fly back to Aurora from his new job in Los Angeles to emcee the event again in 2011.]]></description>
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							<title>Waubonsee Aurora campus opening</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:35:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[After a quarter century operating on East Galena Boulevard, the doors at Waubonsee College’s downtown Aurora campus were shut for good last week.]]></description>
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							<title>Canoe or kayak in Fox River race</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:34:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Since 1961, canoe and kayak racers have flooded the Fox River on the first weekend in June to compete in the annual Mid-American Canoe and Kayak Race.


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							<title>Kane County on verge of hiring new top-level director</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:31:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The housing and development markets are still reeling from a down economy, but Kane County is on the verge of naming a new executive director of development. The new director will give the department a full-time administrator for the first time since the retirement of Phil Bus in 2009.

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							<title>Ankle Sprains - by Steven A. Marciniak, M.D., Castle Orthopaedics &amp; Sports Medicine, S.C.</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:22:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The adult skeleton is made up of two hundred six bones, each of which is rigid and relatively unyielding. Motion occurs not within the bones but at the joints, which are the places where two or more bones come together. ]]></description>
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							<title>PERSONALITIES IN THE FOX: Robert Renteria</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:17:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Quick! Think of a comic book hero! Does he show impressive courage in the face of daunting odds? Does he stand up for truth, justice, and the American way? Is he an expert in the coin-operated laundry industry? ]]></description>
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							<title>Chef&#039;s Corner: DOUG D’AVICO, Executive Chef - Bistro One West</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:54:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[DOUG D’AVICO, Executive Chef of the new sweetheart restaurant in St. Charles, IL adds to the all-star talent behind Bistro One West, a fresh American restaurant. With more than two decades of experience in the culinary world, D’Avico first met Bistro One West owner, George Guggeis, while working at Trattoria No. 10, a popular theatre-district Italian restaurant helmed by D’Avico for nearly a decade.  (free registration required)]]></description>
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							<title>St. Charles schools  rank high on list</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:52:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[For the fourth consecutive year, St. Charles East and St. Charles North high schools appear on the Washington Post’s “High School Challenge” list, which ranks public high schools nationwide.
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							<title>Revamped PADS center helps DuPage homeless build skills</title>
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							<category>Aurora</category>
							<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 17:36:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Just in time for its 25th anniversary, DuPage PADS this month marked the opening of its newly renovated campus in Wheaton — a one-stop shop where the county’s homeless can find support, education and job skills.


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							<title>Suburbs loaded with Civil War memorabilia</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 17:34:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Allan Pinkerton, who saved President Lincoln&#039;s life, ran a spy ring for the Union during the Civil War and founded a company that still exists, started as a barrel maker in West Dundee.

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							<title>Revamped PADS center helps DuPage homeless build skills</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 17:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Just in time for its 25th anniversary, DuPage PADS this month marked the opening of its newly renovated campus in Wheaton — a one-stop shop where the county’s homeless can find support, education and job skills.


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							<title>Cantigny bird-watching expedition a hoot</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 17:24:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[It was nearly 80 degrees, unusually windy and 2 p.m. — not exactly ideal birding conditions.

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							<title>Bill Foster press release: Foster announces candidacy for Congress</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 17:23:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Former U.S. Rep. Bill Foster released this statement Tuesday. We will have more on this story throughout the day. The statement is as follows: Businessman and scientist Bill Foster announced his campaign to return to Congress in the Illinois’ 11th Congressional District that contains Aurora, Joliet, Lisle, Montgomery and Naperville.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 17:22:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Batavia MainStreet is partnering with the Batavia Community Garden, Batavia Environmental Commission and other partners to present a Green Walk, also including a peek at the unleashing of “Bulldogs Unleashed.” ]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 17:20:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Attempting to describe a Greek snack called &quot;honey puffs,&quot; Greg Stoumbelis sat in front of a basket filled with the puffs and invited a closer inspection.]]></description>
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							<title>Internationally Acclaimed Pastry Chef Alain Roby to Join Panel of Judges for 2011 AID Pie Baking Competition on June 15th</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 10:48:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Internationally acclaimed pastry chef Alain Roby will be joining pastry chef extraordinaire Gale Gand and food critic Deb Pankey as a judge in the annual AID Pie Bake-Off Competition which will be held on Sunday, June 12th at the Geneva French Market in Geneva, IL. ]]></description>
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							<title>Improv Boot Camp for Kids and Teens</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 10:46:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[You’re never too young to hone your improv and comedy craft, and the best place to do it this summer is at the Kids and Teen Boot Camps through The Comedy Shrine Theater.]]></description>
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							<title>Fifth Third Bank files suit against Aurora Christian over loan</title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 14:08:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Fifth Third Bank has filed a lawsuit against Aurora Christian Schools Inc. claiming that the school has failed to pay back more than $240,000 of borrowed funds.]]></description>
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							<title>City on police complaint: ‘Layoffs were a last resort’</title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 14:06:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The City of Aurora issued a statement regarding the Illinois Labor Relation Board’s decision to dismiss a unfair labor complaint by the Aurora police officer’s union.]]></description>
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							<title>Unemployment rate dips in Kane in April</title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 14:05:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Thanks to some apparent new demand for an assortment of products, the local job market appeared to have improved slightly again last month.]]></description>
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							<title>Police warn Batavians of phone scam</title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 14:03:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The Batavia Police Department is warning residents to be cautious when receiving phone calls asking for donations after an apparent phone scam involving Riverain Point retirement complex.]]></description>
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							<title>Otter Cove Aquatic Park to open in St. Charles</title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 14:01:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Opportunities for summertime splashing, sliding and diving abound at the St. Charles Park District’s newest aquatic facility set to open today.]]></description>
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							<title>Kane applicants sought for Metra board</title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 13:59:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Kane County Board Chairman Karen McConnaughay will appoint a new Metra Board member “at the first available opportunity” – when the current appointee’s term expires in March or if she resigns – whichever comes first.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 13:55:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The city of St. Charles could be split into two congressional districts, and Republican primary voters in Geneva, Batavia and Kane County’s western communities could face a choice in the spring of 2012, under a proposed re-envisioning of Illinois’ congressional districts.]]></description>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 15:59:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Recently in your paper’s Neighbor section was a great picture and article on Brad Legnaioli.


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							<title>Batavia MainStreet brings back Green Walk</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 15:57:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Popular demand persuaded Batavia MainStreet to bring back its Green Walk this year.

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							<title>St. Charles Fine Art Show set this weekend</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 15:44:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The St. Charles Fine Art Show, held annually on Memorial Day weekend in downtown St. Charles, has expanded to include more than 100 local and regional exhibitors showcasing and selling their art during the two-day show. ]]></description>
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							<title>Interview with Singer &amp; Songwriter, Jon Conover</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 15:24:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Jon Conover from Sandwich IL is representative of the new standard for up and coming musicians finding their way in today’s competitive market. ]]></description>
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							<title>Predatory tenants fly to Tower Building</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 17:15:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[For Gordon Garcia of Bartlett, the recent Friday the 13th was a lucky one. You could also say the day was for the birds.]]></description>
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							<title>Geneva delays budget OK after complaints from residents</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 17:12:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The budget for the 2011-2012 school year in Geneva will have to wait for at least one more month before it is adopted by the School Board.]]></description>
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							<title>‘Peddler’s ordinance’ back before council</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 17:11:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A proposed city “peddler’s ordinance,” intended to regulate the distribution of newspapers, handbills and other printed matter in the city, is moving forward again. ]]></description>
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							<title>Memorial Day street closures set in St. Charles</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 16:34:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Several streets will be closed Monday because of the 7:30 a.m. Foot Mechanics Memorial Day Main Street Mile Race and the city’s 10 a.m. Memorial Day Parade.]]></description>
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							<title>Ex-principal alleges age, gender bias by D-304</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 16:33:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A former school principal filed a complaint of age and gender discrimination with the Illinois Human Rights Commission against Geneva District 304.]]></description>
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							<title>Judge delays venue decision in District 303 case</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 16:32:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A federal judge decided Thursday that he would issue a written ruling by mail Monday as to whether a state or federal court will hear the legal battle over St. Charles District 303&#039;s plan to merge two elementary schools.]]></description>
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							<title>Batavia neighbors voice priorities for park upgrades</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 16:31:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Kevin Blahnik and his three children enjoy visiting all of Batavia Park District’s parks, including the one near their house, Saratoga Park.]]></description>
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							<title>Barbecue Sauce with No Peppers and No Onions Introduced by Illinois Company for Those with Dietary Restrictions</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 16:05:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[SCDware Corporation of Aurora, Illinois introduces Hack’s BBQ Sauce, a specialty barbecue sauce made with no onions and no peppers for those with certain dietary restrictions. ]]></description>
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							<title>Memorial Day picnic to support Aurora veterans home</title>
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							<category>The Haps</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 09:27:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[An Aurora Memorial Day picnic that usually raises between $200 and $800 each year for local veterans’ organizations is increasing its fundraising goal about a hundredfold this year to help renovate a home for veterans with addictions.


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							<title>Aurora approves RiverEdge Park construction manager</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 09:24:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[An Aurora construction firm will be paid 9.85 percent of the cost to build RiverEdge Park’s Music Garden under a construction management contract Aurora City Council approved Tuesday night.
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							<title>Council OKs 3 a.m. bar close for ‘Blues’</title>
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							<category>Aurora</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 09:23:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, the City Council voted 11-1 to extend liquor sales for one hour on Restaurant Row during Blues on the Fox. ]]></description>
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							<title>Provena Mercy celebrates service, dedication, innovation</title>
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							<category>St. Charles</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 09:19:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A century ago, the Sisters of Mercy embarked on a mission of healing in Aurora. ]]></description>
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							<title>Bartlett police add mental-illness response team</title>
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							<category>Elgin</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 09:17:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The Bartlett Police Department has become one of only a handful of area departments to have a Crisis Intervention Team, or CIT.]]></description>
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							<title>Kane County Board whittles size down to 24</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 09:14:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The Kane County Board voted to reduce the number of districts to 24 from 26 at a special meeting Monday, accepting a task force’s recommendation with two small amendments.]]></description>
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							<title>Glitch slows Burgess Field turf project</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 09:13:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[District 304 officials’ fast-track plan to have a new synthetic turf installed at Burgess Field in time for the fall sports season has hit a bump, officials said.]]></description>
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							<title>Batavia School Board looking at more cuts</title>
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							<category>Batavia</category>
							<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 09:11:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Batavia school board members are looking at more cuts in the face of a projected $5 million operating deficit for the 2011-2012 fiscal year.]]></description>
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							<title>Residents see pros and cons to Pace route changes</title>
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							<category>Elgin</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 10:52:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Residents expressed mixed reactions to changes that would combine two Pace bus routes during a public hearing on the changes this week.]]></description>
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							<title>Donate to Batavia United Way by Dining at Daddio&#039;s Diner May 24 through 26</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 10:51:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Daddio’s Diner in Batavia to Donate 10% of Lunch and Dinner Sales to Batavia United Way.]]></description>
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							<title>Historical downtown tour bright with stories, hampered by rain</title>
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							<category>Elgin</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 10:45:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Although the village’s historical downtown has suffered through more than one fire and several property renovations over its 150-year history, much of the its old charm can still be seen today.]]></description>
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							<title>Cutting edge: D300 using latest technology in ‘cool — but gross’ ways</title>
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							<category>Elgin</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 10:42:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[From five blocks away, the frog dissection was every bit as gross.]]></description>
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							<title>Naper Settlement hosts Civil War re-enactment</title>
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							<category>Aurora</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 10:40:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A record number of re-enactors helped to bring the American Civil War to life at this year’s Civil War Days at Naper Settlement on Saturday and Sunday. About 480 enlisted to take part in battles, educate the public and entertain with music and song.]]></description>
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							<title>Fox Valley women wear red to promote heart health</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 10:38:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Heart-conscious women donned red dresses, red shoes and — after every participant at the Go Red for Women luncheon made a donation to the American Heart Association — red feather boas.]]></description>
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							<title>Aurora artist receives Chicago Medal of Honor</title>
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							<category>The Brush</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 10:36:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[As Cassidy Alexander stood on the stage, chatting with a national icon — her work being displayed in a giant slide show — she finally was receiving what she had avoided: recognition. ]]></description>
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							<title>Aurora alderman wants more fire safety education for Hispanic adults</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 10:33:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[After the tragic Aurora fire that killed six people last weekend, one alderman is calling for an increase in fire safety education directed specifically at Hispanic adults.


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							<title>Tri-Cities would get new representation in Dem map</title>
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							<category>Elgin</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 10:32:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Two of the Tri-Cities state lawmakers could be forced to square off in a Republican primary election in 2012, should a map drawn up by Democrats become law.]]></description>
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							<title>Batavia approves new plan for downtown</title>
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							<category>Batavia</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 10:31:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Batavia has a new vision for its downtown. Aldermen this week unanimously approved a streetscape plan for the downtown. ]]></description>
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							<title>No plans anytime soon for former St. Charles mall site</title>
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							<category>St. Charles</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 10:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[An undeveloped land parcel whose proposed future was the focus of much debate last year will remain in its current state indefinitely.
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							<title>North Aurora picks new police chief,  village administrator</title>
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							<category>Aurora</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 10:28:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The village has a new police chief and village administrator. Village trustees have promoted North Aurora Police Sgt. David Summer to the position of police chief and Chief Administrative Officer Wes Kornowske to the position of village administrator after the recommendation of Village President Dale Berman.]]></description>
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							<title>Geneva tackles its affordable housing dilemma</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 11:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The lack of affordable senior housing in Geneva is coming to the forefront. At the direction of Mayor Kevin Burns, the Geneva Housing Task Force had its first meeting in February with the goal of understanding affordable housing needs, especially for seniors, and how to increase housing.]]></description>
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							<title>At least 10 salmonella cases in Kane County; outbreak might be linked with St. Charles eatery</title>
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							<category>St. Charles</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 11:45:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Public health officials are investigating a salmonella outbreak possibly linked to a restaurant in the Chicago suburb of St. Charles.]]></description>
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							<title>West Chicago City Museum Welcomes Danish Artist Stine Marie Jacobsen</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 11:43:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Stine Marie Jacobsen, a Danish artist and film-maker, is West Chicago&#039;s latest &quot;artist-in-residence&quot;. She is also accomplished in performance, curating, writing, and drawing.]]></description>
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							<title>State Librarian Approves Merger of 5 Northern Illinois Regional Library Systems</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 11:40:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The DuPage Library System (DLS) announced yesterday (May 11, 2011) that Jesse White, Illinois Secretary of State, State Librarian, and State Archivist, had formally approved plans for five Illinois Regional Library Systems in Northern and Central Illinois to merge into one super-system, the Reaching Across Illinois System (RAILS) effective July 1, 2011.]]></description>
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							<title>First church in Elgin to mark 175th anniversary</title>
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							<category>Elgin</category>
							<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 09:57:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[First Congregational Church of Elgin — the first congregation to be formed in the city — will mark a special anniversary on Thursday, May 12, when it celebrates the 175th anniversary of its founding.
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							<title>LivingWell Bridge Walk steps off Saturday at Fabyan Forest Preserve</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 09:55:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Susan Mielke was amazed by the support for the LivingWell Cancer Resource Center in Geneva in May of 2006 at its LivingWell Bridge Walk, the center&#039;s first major fundraiser.


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							<title>Naperville’s Nike Park taking shape</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 08:58:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Once just 20 wooded acres of invasive species, Naperville Park District’s new Nike Sports Complex is beginning to look like a park.

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							<title>DuPage Medical Group, Edward Hospital in managed care venture</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 08:54:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Edward Hospital and DuPage Medical Group announced a joint venture Tuesday afternoon, calling the move a “ground-breaking” initiative to improve the quality, access and efficiency of health care in the region.]]></description>
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							<title>ECC picks Burlington site for new public safety center</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 08:53:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Elgin Community College has selected a 98-acre site in Burlington as the future home of its Public Safety and Sustainability Center, according to a release from the college Thursday.]]></description>
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							<title>North Aurora parade showcases community</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 08:11:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, baseball players and other community groups will march through North Aurora on Sunday afternoon as part of the second North Aurora Community Parade.
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							<title>Bulldogs of summer: Batavia art project coming to fruition</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 07:48:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Bulldogs have long represented all things having to do with Batavia High School and its students. In the very near future, though, bulldogs will come to represent something more to the Batavia community.]]></description>
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							<title>Top 5 Public Golf Courses in the Fox</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 07:16:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The Fox Valley is rich with golf courses - here is a look at the top 5 Public courses in The Fox. (free registration required)]]></description>
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							<title>Volunteers Honor those Affected by ALS (Lou Gehrig&#039;s Disease) in Tag Days Drive</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 15:11:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[On May 14, dozens of volunteers wearing yellow aprons and holding collection cans will be stationed in front of local stores as part of the Les Turner ALS Foundation’s annual Tag Days drive.]]></description>
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							<title>Fox Valley organizations unite to honor local veterans in Fox Valley Rep&#039;s ‘Letters Home’</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 15:07:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Fox Valley Repertory, in partnership with The Fox Valley Concert Band, presents a one-a-kind tribute to the armed forces called “Letters Home: A Memorial Day Remembrance”, ]]></description>
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							<title>Geneva schools seek to improve emergency training</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 15:05:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Geneva school officials will be looking to improve their emergency management skills at a specialized training seminar that will take place next month.]]></description>
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							<title>60 Men cooked and hundreds enjoyed</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 15:04:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Men proved they most certainly can cook at 60 Men Who Cook, a fundraiser on May 6 presented by the Geneva Chamber of Commerce to benefit the Geneva History Center, Geneva Lions Club and Rotary Club of Geneva. ]]></description>
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							<title>Hundreds sink teeth into downtown Aurora dining</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 15:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[With lobster-stuffed potato skins, shepherd’s pie, veggie quesadillas, wild mushroom risotto, roasted beef brisket and Pina Colada Tres Leches Cake, dinner was sure to be divine.]]></description>
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							<title>Richmond principal to move to Thompson Middle School</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 14:58:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Kim Lotarski is looking forward to the changes her children will experience next fall at the new Davis Primary and Richmond Intermediate schools, but she is sad the principal she and her kids have admired for the last three years won’t be there, she said.]]></description>
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							<title>27 acres for sale ... or not</title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 14:47:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Sometimes golfers shank a ball on the Settler’s Hill’s famous hole 17, and it lands on the roof of the now-shuttered former Kane County Jail.
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							<title>Kane OKs cutting County Board by two</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 18:13:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The Kane County Board will shrink by two seats after a vote on Tuesday, but it’s yet to be determined what the new County Board district map will look like. ]]></description>
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							<title>Summer items needed for troops</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 18:12:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Batavia Cares is seeking the donation of important items to help American troops beat the summertime blues while serving abroad.]]></description>
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							<title>Kane officials investigating link between SC restaurant, illness</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 18:10:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The Kane County Health Department said Tuesday is investigating an outbreak of a form of salmonella poisoning, possibly linked to a Portillo’s restaurant in St. Charles.]]></description>
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							<title>Kane County Board votes to reduce board&#039;s size</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 15:09:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The Kane County Board on Tuesday voted 21-4 to approve a resolution reducing the size of the board from 26 members to 24 members.]]></description>
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							<title>Glorious past, grim future</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 09:50:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[People might know it best as “the old case factory.” Or Elgin-American Inc. Or as Katy Industries. Or the Simpson Electric plant.]]></description>
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							<title>Elgin staff changes course on Route 20</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 09:40:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Elgin City Council members Wednesday evening will revisit the discussion over financing a study to convert Route 20 from a bypass into an urban highway.

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							<title>Batavia aldermen voice concerns about proposed fire department fees</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 07:11:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Aldermen at the City Council’s Government Services Committee on Monday voiced concerns about Batavia Fire Department’s proposal to start charging fees to nonresidents.]]></description>
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							<title>Kane expected to reduce districts, map still under study</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 07:10:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The task force charged with reducing Kane County Board districts took a step closer to resolution Monday.]]></description>
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							<title>St. Charles School District 303 to get iPads</title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 07:09:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Richmond students won’t be the only St. Charles School District 303 pupils using iPads next year.]]></description>
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							<title>U46 mulls changes to tardy system</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 15:21:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Elgin-based School District U-46 is looking to crack down on student tardiness next school year with the help of a new computerized attendance system.]]></description>
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							<title>Gardenology</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 15:20:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Gather ideas and dreams for your garden! Merchants in historic, downtown Geneva will host the 3rd annual Gardenology.]]></description>
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							<title>LivingWell Cancer Resource Center&#039;s 6th Annual Bridge Walk</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 15:18:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Participate in One of Kane County’s Fastest Growing Events, LivingWell’s 6th Annual Bridge Walk in Geneva!]]></description>
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							<title>Geneva History Center Hosts The Big Show Fundraiser</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 15:15:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Tickets are available for the Demisemiseptcentennial Extravatacular (aka “The Big Show”). This two-act play written by Steve Lord and Eric Schwartz celebrates Geneva’s birthday in 2010. It covers 175 years of Geneva’s fascinating history in under two hours.]]></description>
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							<title>Community leaders awarded for their service</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 15:14:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[It was an evening of celebration on Thursday when the Compassion Foundation honored Kane, Kendall and far western DuPage county’s unsung heroes during the Community Champion’s awards banquet.]]></description>
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							<title>AID assistant earns national honor</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 15:12:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[When the national award is presented for exceptional direct support professionals, a local resident will be on hand to receive the top prize.]]></description>
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							<title>Elgin gym closure takes members by surprise</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 15:09:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Adela Cruz of South Elgin said she just wanted a cheap place to work out.]]></description>
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							<title>Jeff Ward: Some requests for the new mayor</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 15:08:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Although that meager 16 percent Elgin voter turnout on April 5 doesn’t exactly make you want to stand up and salute, I can’t help but get that warm and fuzzy feeling that comes from watching a smooth transition of power.]]></description>
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							<title>D301 schools receive money via Central Foundation grants</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 15:01:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Central Community Unit School District 301 schools recently received more than $7,500 in grants from the 301 Central Education Foundation.]]></description>
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							<title>Top 5 Private Golf Courses in the Fox</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 14:35:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Obviously,  private clubs require help getting in the front gate. But if one is afforded an opportunity, here are five courses that any golfer should jump at the chance to play. (free registration required)

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							<title>Geneva Alderman Sam Hill wants you to help him make a Geneva cemetery look better.</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 13:07:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Geneva Alderman Sam Hill wants you to help him make a Geneva cemetery look better.

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							<title>West Chicago photo exhibit spotlights nature</title>
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							<category>The Brush</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 13:02:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Gallery 200 member artist Deborah Juzwiak and her friends, Hester Bury and Susan Ericson, display their work in a photography exhibit titled “Nature’s Bouquet.”

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							<title>St. Charles teacher takes home top educator award</title>
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							<category>St. Charles</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 08:38:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A teacher known for taking a personal interest in making sure her students succeed was named Kane County Educator of the Year on Friday.]]></description>
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							<title>New owner wanted for downtown St. Charles bar</title>
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							<category>St. Charles</category>
							<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 08:36:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The St. Charles bar that surrendered its liquor license last month has permanently closed its doors and is searching for a new owner.]]></description>
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							<title>Lacrosse clubs raise money for charity</title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 08:35:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[St. Charles and Geneva Boys Lacrosse Clubs both participated in charity events Saturday.
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							<title>Sam Rotolo and granddaughter Becca Cox</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 06:11:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The first day of middle school: sixth grade! Wouldn’t any kid want a guardian angel? Maybe someone to walk her into school, someone to help say the Pledge of Allegiance with the student body, someone who the school is named after? (free registration required)]]></description>
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							<title>Post a story Elections › Government › News ›</title>
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							<category>St. Charles</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 06:10:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A month after the election, Maureen Lewis can officially celebrate her victory for St. Charles’ Fifth Ward seat on the city council.]]></description>
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							<title>Fourth of July grand marshal nominations sought</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 06:05:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The City of Aurora and the Roosevelt-Aurora American Legion Post 84 are looking for a person who has made a positive impact in the community to serve as grand marshal for the Independence Day Parade.]]></description>
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							<title>Geneva History Center Sponsors Community Photo Contest</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 06:04:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Want to be part of a museum exhibition at the Geneva History Center?]]></description>
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							<title>Student files defamation suit against Aurora University, instructor</title>
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							<category>Aurora</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 05:56:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Aurora University and one of its professors are being sued by a former student who says she was forced out of the school after the professor alleged she made threatening remarks.]]></description>
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							<title>Website profiles Elgin city manager</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 05:52:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[City Manager Sean Stegall is among the government types profiled on The Center for State and Local Government website during Public Service Recognition Week this week.]]></description>
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							<title>Elgin police going to electronic ticketing system</title>
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							<category>Elgin</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 05:50:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[By the end of May, it should be easier to get a traffic ticket in Elgin.]]></description>
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							<title>Cheers: Aurora’s Roundhouse sold to Two Brothers Brewery of Warrenville</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 05:49:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[The Two Brothers Brewery of Warrenville announced Tuesday afternoon via Facebook and Twitter that they have bought America’s Historic Roundhouse restaurant and brewpub.]]></description>
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							<title>Butcher shop to come up for vote again in Aurora</title>
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							<category>Aurora</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 05:47:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[A request to open a specialty butcher shop on Aurora’s near West Side will come before the City Council again next week. ]]></description>
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							<title>Batavia committee recommends rules for backyard chickens</title>
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							<category>Batavia</category>
							<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 05:44:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<description><![CDATA[Residents on Tuesday moved one step closer to being able to raise chickens in their backyards.
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