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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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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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• Bad for business?
• Hood breaks 'spinning' record
• Cougars make pitch for earlier liquor sales
• Memorial services highlight Police Week
• Former honor roll student charged with selling drugs
• Aurora honors Marie Wilkinson
• Foster focusing on economic issues
• Power restored at Central DuPage Hospital
• Canadian National exec to speak to area businessmen
• Household waste station in danger of closing
• District 204, parents group approve mediation
• Aurora police ready to crack down on noise violators
• in brief
• 18-year-old pleads guilty in purse-snatching case
• Cheerleading coach charged with sexual assault
• 2008 Women of Distinction honored for service
• Waubonsee outlines downtown Aurora plans
• Police use media as threat to curb prostitution

• Chasing babies around home
• Rosary softball clinches SCC championship
• Oswego, PFC tie for Southwest Prairie title
• Headliners don't disappoint
• AU softball stays alive in NCAA tourney
• Waubonsie's Zuponeck goes for triple crown
• Neuqua edges out Warriors for team title
• Warriors' supporting cast shines while star is hurt
• West badminton players qualify for state
• Crackel's big performance lifts Oswego baseball
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

Chocolatier Amoré springs from phillips family dream
Some mothers and daughters share recipes, while others share child-rearing tips.

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• Motorcycle Sunday: Bikers say prayers for blessed ride
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• Waubonsie program celebrates South African culture
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• 'It brings back a lot of good memories'
• Swimsuit model hits town; reporter put in doghouse

Area home sales plummet
The ongoing credit crunch and a softening economy led to double-digit declines in first-quarter home sales in the area and lower prices being paid for most of them, according to the Illinois Association of Realtors' latest report. Here are first-quarter 2008-to-2007 comparisons for the Elgin area of sales and median price (a typical market price where half the homes sold for more, half sold for less):



• BP to move Naperville workers downtown
• Beacon News staffers win Lisagor Awards
• Chew on this: Mars to buy Wm. Wrigley for $23 billion
• Going another route
• U.S. files suit against Aurora restaurant

Getting the bugs out
You've seen them from the tollway, now see them up close.

• Getting the bugs out
• Black Crowes to perform at Naperville's Last Fling
• Date Book
• Emmylou Harris to play at arboretum