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I’m slowly being won over by the idea of diesel. Take, for example, the 2009 Mercedes-Benz ML 320 BlueTEC. During a test, I averaged around 22 mpg and didn’t even go through a quarter tank of gas in a week of my regular commute.
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• Mokena's financial focus: stabilize bottom line
• Will County clerk now taking plastic
• New Lenox learning lessons about home rule
• Will County board approves 2009 budget
• Homer Glen superintendent talks about progress
• Tollway board gives green light to carpool lanes
• Crest Hill man dies in crash
• Woman rescued from burning Jeep
• Obama's favorite pizza a local creation
• Lincoln-Way students build skills and homes

• Spring turkey hunting beckons
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• An Angelic moment
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• Providence tops JCA in OT thriller
• Central cross country comes up short at state
• Crappie fishing to improve in November, December

Check out the football brackets Sun-Times All-Area football team Sun-Times preseason Super 25 boys basketball rankings Vote: Top star of the quarterfinals? Steve Tucker's Super 25 after quarterfinals Maine South's fast start buries Broncos 3-5-3 defenses go on attack vs. spread

Hospice staff have passion for compassion
Barb Davis works as a hospice nurse for one main reason. It's for those "golden times" that are spent with a loved one before they die. When a family member or close friend dies, it can be a horrible gut-wrenching thing, she said, maybe the worst thing those family members have ever been through. But it can also be one of the best times.
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• Ecology at holidays topic of program
• Girl Scouts donate cookies for a cause
• Frankfort school fundraiser gets a boost
• St. Jude hosts ecumenical Thanksgiving service
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• Library holds daily used book sale
• Lincoln-Way E. students join National Honor Society

Will Co. chambers plan holiday events
The Lockport Chamber of Commerce will hold its holiday gathering, 5-8 p.m. Dec. 4, Public Landing Restaurant, 200 W. 8th Street, cash bar.



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• Aflac CEO: I won't take $13 mil. 'golden parachute'

There's no place like Gnome
One Joliet holiday tradition still going strong is the 32nd annual Festival of the Gnomes at Billie Limacher Bicentennial Park. The 2008 live theater production will be presented at 1 and 3:30 p.m. Dec. 6 in the park's indoor theater, 201 W. Jefferson Street at Bluff Street in downtown Joliet.



• Joliet violinist joins 'Lord of the Dance'
• Christmas Crossroads one of largest holiday bazaars
• 'Kung Fu Panda' leads new DVD offerings
• Rialto Arts District helps budding artists

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