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Red Bird
Paul van den Heuvel always wanted to fly. Van den Heuvel grew up building model airplanes with his father and developed an affinity for the Royal Air Force Spitfire, a World War II-era British plane. Even after becoming a pilot for United Airlines, he continued to dream of owning his own plane. But rather than a WWII British fighter, the plane that finally fulfilled the fantasy was a Cold War-era craft built in the Soviet Union.
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Sycamore council OKs new contract for local chamber
SYCAMORE - Money was on the agenda of the Sycamore City Council on Monday, as council members approved boosting the amount the city pays to the chamber of commerce and discussed increasing ambulance fees.

Did primary move have desired effect?
Illinois voters would be going to the polls Tuesday, had the Legislature not moved the primary up to Feb. 5 to help hometown Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

Is my money safe? Accounts at commercial banks protected from credit crisis
NEW YORK - The credit crisis has done more damage on Park Avenue than on Main Street, but the near-collapse of investment bank Bear Stearns raises the question of whether Wall Street's troubles could spread to commercial banks and ordinary depositors.




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Not Just a Job
Rich Grever has almost always been near a farm. Growing up in Lake Zurich, he worked on his father's dairy farm. He studied agriculture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in an area surrounded by farmland.
Oak Crest nurse has healing hands and an artist's soul
National Bank & Trust Co. bakes cakes
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Local Sports
Burk sacrificed to earn return to NCAAs
DeKALB - Duke Burk loves potato chips.
Cogs finish fourth at track meet
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Opinions
The high cost of higher education
With the recent reports of Northern Illinois University increasing its room and board rates, I found myself contemplating college finances for what seems like the millionth time.
Putting the Iraq war into perspective
Freshman, sophomore DHS teams get slighted
 
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Nation & World
Bush to Mark 5 Years of War in Iraq
WASHINGTON - Five years after launching the U.S. invasion of Iraq, President Bush is making some of his most expansive claims of success in the fighting there. Bush said last year's troop buildup has turned Iraq around and produced "the first large-scale Arab uprising against Osama bin Laden."
US Raid Kills 6 in Afghanistan
Female Suicide Bomber Kills 3 in Iraq
 
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State
Illinois State Trooper indicted in fatal crash relieved of duties
BELLEVILLE, Ill. - An Illinois State trooper who's under indictment on reckless homicide charges in the traffic deaths of two sisters has been relieved of his duties.
Four killed, four injured in auto accident
Virginia sisters say eBay canceled Illinois corn flake auction
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Entertainment
Spitzer Call Girl Already Gone 'Wild'
LOS ANGELES - Stop that $1 million check: It turns out the call girl linked to Eliot Spitzer had already shed her clothes for "Girls Gone Wild" as an 18-year-old while partying in Miami, the video company's founder said Tuesday.
Writer Arthur C. Clarke Dies at 90
Berry Names Daughter Nahla Ariela Aubry
 
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National Sports
Celtics Snap Rockets' Streak at 22
HOUSTON - The shots stopped falling, Boston's stars took over and just like that, the Houston Rockets' 22-game winning streak was history.
Mount St. Mary's Gets NCAA-Opening Win
Reports: Knicks Owner Talked With Walsh
     
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