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Mazda3 five-door packs utility, fun in compact shell
As I am currently in the independent, no-kid phase of my life, I lean toward coupes or small sedans in terms of personal preference. But the 2008 Mazda3 Five-Door gave me a new perspective on the wagony, hatchbacky segment.
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Food & Recipes
Spring salads
As the weather warms up our thoughts turn to outdoor entertaining and fresh foods and salads. Need to update your recipe files? Help is just a click away. Tons of quick videos demonstrating cooking techniques and an extensive archive of recipes and other exclusively culinary content.
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• Student charged over threatening graffiti
• Returning veterans can get free education
• Council votes village manager out of job
• Cell tower proposal gets another go
• Historic Blodgett House transported to new lot
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• Contestants play host for game show airing
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• Poor families in DuPage to get rent help
• Man in car crash in April dies of burns
• Ex-professor drops suit against school
• Village manager put on administrative leave

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• A perfect day for Mustangs
• Trojans tired of stopping, starting
Bobcats, Rising Stars follow different paths Deerfield cuts Giants down to size Hawks' Hampton decides on DePaul Illiana's Oppenhuis grounds Eagles Richmond trying to avoid the limelight

Female-centric clan celebrates power of motherhood

Between them, Marian Klean and Janet Leslie have knitted and crocheted more baby blankets, booties and tiny sweaters than anybody can count. That's fitting. The mother and daughter lead a close-knit family.

• Customers vent about what makes them fume
• 3 ways to have a spiritual spring cleaning

Development proposed near Butterfield Road
A Glen Ellyn developer has announced plans for a proposed mixed-use residential and small-scale commercial project just off Butterfield Road in unincorporated DuPage County south of Glen Ellyn.



• An education in foreclosure
• How are home prices faring in your neighborhood?
• Vet of the animal kind tapped for military award

Gal-Eventing offers chance to live your dreams
If you're a woman with a sense of adventure and a few unfulfilled ambitions, you might want to go Gal-Eventing, a new travel experience incorporating life-enhancing activities designed with women's interests in mind.



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