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Delany delivers message to Big Ten coaches
By Lindsey Willhite
Jul 29, 2011 2:45 PM - With Ohio State and Michigan running afoul of the NCAA in recent months, Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany wants his coaches to be on the right side of the law as part of his larger agenda to improve college football.
Reel life: Family on the decline needs 'Help'
By Dann Gire
Jul 29, 2011 12:26 PM - Dann reviews the dysfunctional family drama "A Little Help" and the time-jumping, historic "Sarah's Key." Also, suburban students get a world premiere and Elgin gets its short films on.
Antioch man charged with abducting, raping teen
By Paul Biasco
Jul 29, 2011 12:19 PM - An Antioch gang member has been arrested 19-hours after he abducted a 16-year-old girl at knifepoint outside a Wal-Mart Tuesday night and proceeded to sexually assault her in a hotel parking lot, police said.
Compromise not a bad word on debt
Daily Herald Editorial Board
Jul 29, 2011 11:54 AM - A Daily Herald editorial says that congressmen, like McHenry Republican Joe Walsh, stubbornly insisting on their positions in the debt ceiling controversy are inhibiting real debate on solutions and threatening the financial health of everyday Americans.
Winfield expects $212,400 in red light camera revenue
By Marco Santana
Jul 29, 2011 8:38 AM - Six months after Winfield's first and only red light camera installed, the village has made about $20K/month and projects $240,000 in revenues next fiscal year. So far, 2,085 citations have been issued by Winfield police and, of those, 1,577 have been paid in full.
Tolls would almost double to fund $12 billion board wish list
By Robert Sanchez
Jul 29, 2011 6:34 AM - Tolls would almost double for motorists as part of a 15-year, $12.1 billion capital plan that includes extending the Elgin-O'Hare Expressway and building a western bypass around O'Hare International Airport, and widening and rebuilding I-90.
Groupon fires back, seeks to move lawsuit to Cook County
By Harry Hitzeman
Jul 29, 2011 6:07 AM - Groupon seeks to have a lawsuit filed by a Riverside man who says gift cards should be valid for years - not months - moved from Kane to Cook County. The Chicago company also fires back, saying plaintiff Adam Dremak could have gotten his money back as part of Groupon's guarantee. The two sides are due in court in late September.
Lake County leaders talk business, future
By Abby Scalf
Jul 29, 2011 6:05 AM - Leaders of southeast Lake County communities shared information about new businesses, road improvements and plans to improve local sales tax revenues Thursday as part of the Lake Zurich Area Chamber of Commerce's Breakfast with the Villages.
Walsh calls child support story a 'hit piece'
By Kerry Lester
Jul 29, 2011 5:50 AM - U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh says he understands why his child support debt is an issue, and why it's coming out just days before a historic vote on the debt ceiling, but he insists it's a private matter that he'll deal with privately with his ex-wife.
Offensive terms stripped from Illinois law books
By Mike Riopell
Jul 29, 2011 5:47 AM - Illinois' law books will soon be washed of some terminology offensive to the disabled, a plan pushed by a Palatine-based attorney and signed into law by Gov. Pat Quinn. The new law removes from state statute books phrases like "mentally retarded" and "crippled."

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