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The winter prep sports season is heating up. The Sun-Times News Group’s High School Sports Web site provides the most up-to-date news and scores from around the area. The site features a page for all of our local high schools, blogs and a recruiting section featuring profiles of the top football prospects in the area. Stop by daily for comprehensive high school sports coverage.

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• Hassert takes a seat after 'good run'
• Rain or shine, garage sale on
• New Valley View building director raring to go
• Community resource fair set for Jan. 16
• What 2009 has in store for Bolingbrook
• Indoor garage sale set for Bolingbrook
• Babies reborn in artistic form
• Nurses honored for work at hospital
• Joliet plane crash occurred on takeoff
• First baby for 2009 is ninth baby for family
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• Cox's effort fuels Bolingbrook win
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• Bolingbrook crowned king of hockey
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• What the Bolingbrook wrestlers are saying
• They're on a mission from Bolingbrook

Zion-Benton joins 2009 Jacobs tourney Young shows Meteors who's No. 1 Smith's super half carries Leo by Friars Sophomore duo lifts Simeon past Robeson Huge test for Young, T.F. North A year to remember Wrapping up the holidays

'A man in sand'
In his most recent blog posts, Steve Panella shows a series of self-portraits in which his eyes were closed. His head is illuminated and his face looks peacefully at rest. The images are eerily foreboding, and they are his last. The 34-year-old artist died Nov. 29 from multiple, self-inflicted stab wounds.



• Adventist hospital looking for volunteers
• A holiday salute

Obama team polishing economic stimulus measure
President-elect Barack Obama urged congressional leaders Saturday to move quickly on an economic recovery plan, even as some Republicans are saying they want more time to review the details.
• Special section: 44 | Barack Obama

• Digital TV subsidy program running out of money
• Chrysler gets paid
• Car will parallel park for you, thanks to Chicago workers
• New owner picks up crumbs
• GM, Chrysler struggle to shed dealerships

Wheaton retirees are the oldest on 'Biggest Loser'
When Estella and Jerry Hayes, both 63, retired from their respective careers as nurse and engineer in 2000 and moved back to Wheaton from California to be close to their children and grandchildren, they didn't envision spending their golden years severely overweight and out of breath. Yet Jerry has had myriad health problems related to his weight of 369 pounds and Estella, who weighs 242, has found herself short of breath just climbing the stairs.
• Video: Preview season 7 of 'The Biggest Loser'
• TV blog: What are you lookin' at?

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