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1 hr ago | KTVM

Study: Young T. Rex Survived Nasty Scrap with Peer

Talk about a rough day for a young dinosaur. A new study says an adolescent tyrannosaurus found in far southeastern Montana had its face badly bitten, probably by a fellow young dinosaur.

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Related Topix: Dinosaur, Science, Paleontology

15 hrs ago | Editor & Publisher

DeKalb 'Daily Chronicle' Names New Editor

NEW YORK The Daily Chronicle in DeKalb, Ill., has named Jason Schaumburg its new editor.

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Related Topix: DeKalb, IL, Crystal Lake, IL, Journalism

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Daily Chronicle

Small business expo set for Saturday

According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, firms with fewer than 500 employees employ about half of all private sector workers and have generated 60 to 80 percent of all new jobs in each of the last 10 years.

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Related Topix: Small Business, Personal Finance, Dekalb County, IL

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Psychology Today

The Career Path of a Shooter

What careers do school shooters aspire to? John Douglas, the FBI agent who made profiling famous, noticed that many serial killers were either police buffs, or had a history of wanting to be police officers.

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Related Topix: Red Lake, MN

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Fox News

T. Rex Teens Fought as Viciously as Human Kids

A spectacular Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton in the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Alberta.

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Related Topix: Family, Teenagers, Dinosaur, Science, Paleontology, Illinois

Connecticut's WB 20

Mass shootings in recent years

Here is a glance at some of the worst U.S. mass shootings in recent years: ___ Nov.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX

Daily Chronicle

NIU student struck by freight train

By CARRIE FRILLMAN - cfrillman@daily-chronicle.com By JOHN PUTERBAUGH - jputerbaugh@daily-chronicle.com Vehicles and personnel stand by a train parked near Nelson Road and south of Route 38 on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, DeKalb, IL, Dekalb County, IL

Wed Nov 04, 2009

ABC News

Terrible Teens: T. Rex Bones Tell of Fierce Fight

If you think adolescents can be scary, you should have met Tyrannosaurus rex . Joe Peterson, a geologist with Northern Illinois University, is shown here with the skeleton of a teenage dinosaur known as Jane.

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Related Topix: Dinosaur, Science, Paleontology, Rockford Metro, Rockford, IL

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Daily Mail

Think your teenagers are bad? Young T-Rexs loved nothing more than a savage scrap, researchers find

The terrible teens were truly terrifying when Tyrannosaurus Rex was alive, research has shown.

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Related Topix: Family, Teenagers, Dinosaur, Science, Paleontology, Rockford Metro, Rockford, IL

The Daily Gazette

County attorney seeks appellate seat

CRYSTAL LAKE – Attorney Donna Kathryn Kelly is seeking a seat on the state's 2nd District Appellate Court, she said in a news release Monday.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Crystal Lake, IL, Illinois, Kane County, IL

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Telegraph.co.uk

T Rex staged play fights

Dr Peterson says other adolescent animals, particularly juvenile crocodiles, exhibit such fighting behaviour.

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Related Topix: Dinosaur, Science, Paleontology, Rockford Metro, Rockford, IL

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Daily Herald

Stories of Geneva veterans

See original uniforms, photographs and other items from Geneva veterans in the "Faces of War" exhibit at the Geneva History Center.

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Related Topix: Geneva, NY, Christian Music, Michael W. Smith

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Marshfield News-Herald

'Surrealist Narratives' coming to UW-M/WC

"Surrealist Narratives: Drawings by Cynthia Hellyer-Heinz" will open Friday in Gallery 450, in the Helen Connor Laird Fine Arts Building at the University of Wisconsin-Marshfield/Wood County, 2000 W. Fifth St.

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Related Topix: Marshfield, WI, Wood County, WI

Thu Oct 29, 2009

De Kalb Midweek

KishHealth, NIU open primary care clinic

DEKALB – A collaborative effort among area health care providers, philanthropists, elected officials and Northern Illinois University has created a new community resource for individuals and families who do not have access to primary medical care.

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Related Topix: DeKalb, IL, Health Insurance, Health, Sport Movies, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, College, Medicine, Nursing, Healthcare Law, Law

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Mokena Messenger

Howard and The White Boys

Members of the Chicago blues group, Howard and The White Boys will perform at Morgan's Thunderbowl on Firday, Oct.

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Related Topix: Blues, Howard & the White Boys, Black Entertainment, B.B. King

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Daily Chronicle

Friends, NIU open doors to students displaced from fire

DeKALB – About two dozen students are unable to move back home after a fire on Friday night destroyed parts of an apartment complex near Northern Illinois University.

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Related Topix: DeKalb, IL, Fire, Dekalb County, IL

Sun Oct 25, 2009

Jerusalem Post

US geologist: Limestone bedrock persuaded King David to choose Jerusalem as his capital

Religious Jews and others believe it was God who instructed King David to make Jerusalem his capital, but now a US geologist claims that the limestone landforms near the Gihon spring is what decided it.

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Related Topix: Geology, Science, Portland, OR

Sat Oct 24, 2009

Los Angeles Times

UCLA stabbing again puts focus on college students' mental health

The recent arrest of a UCLA student in the brutal stabbing of a classmate in a campus chemistry lab has again focused attention on an issue that gripped the nation after the 2007 massacre at Virginia Tech: the mental health of troubled college students.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Western Kentucky University

Bolingbrook Sun

Things are perking up

Imagine becoming a matchmaker based on the kind of java you drink. That's the premise for the first book of a Bolingbrook woman.

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Fri Oct 23, 2009

University Business

Preventing Targeted Violence in Our Academic Institutions

Virginia Tech. Columbine. Northern Illinois University. Today, the names of these schools are recognized across the country for the wrong reasons.

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Related Topix: US Secret Service, US News, Prison

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