All Stories from August 12, 2013 (Change date)
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Some Lake County property owners get say on tax hikeAug 12, 2013 5:30 am - A yearslong process to bring Lake Michigan water to Lake Villa, Lindenhurst and two unincorporated areas has reached a key point in the pursuit of a special taxing distr...
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Supporters hope new Wheaton mural celebrates diversity, togethernessAug 12, 2013 5:30 am - Wheaton mural celebrates diversity and togetherness
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Consultant spending worries remaining Metra leadersAug 12, 2013 5:30 am - YouTube And what troubles some remaining members of Metra#146;s greatly diminished board is they had no idea money was flying out the door. On April 3, Clifford sent a l...
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Dist. 15 makes adjustments to cope with space shortagesAug 12, 2013 5:30 am - Palatine Township Elementary District 15 officials are making several short-term fixes to cope with growing enrollment at some of their 20 school buildings. Four streets...
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Talking White Sox trades and Konerko's futureAug 12, 2013 5:30 am - If you would have asked me several months ago — and many of you did — whether this White Sox team would execute a bevy of trades before the season came to an end, I woul...
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Cardinals offer view of Cubs' hopesAug 12, 2013 5:30 am - Every time I see the Cardinals I ask myself, how in the world do they do it year after year? The names change — in the front office, in the dugout and on the field — but...
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Drug and alcohol testing rare in suburban schools, but views evolvingAug 12, 2013 5:15 am - Grayslake High School District 127 spent $40,000 on random drug tests for students last year. The testing program, which each year tests about 1,000 students who partici...
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Why the Elgin Symphony Orchestra is atypical in the suburbsAug 12, 2013 5:15 am - The Elgin Symphony Orchestra is unusual among its suburban counterparts because it received direct funding from the city of Elgin — an average of $125,000 yearly from th...
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Sex ed law may mean little change for most schoolsAug 12, 2013 5:15 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Illinois schools that teach sex education will be required to provide information about birth control and sexually transmitted diseases — not just abst...
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Aspirin benefit tied to gene variant, study saysAug 12, 2013 5:10 am - NEW YORK — Aspirin’s benefit in thwarting colon cancer is driven by a gene mutation that makes tumor cells less sensitive to the drug’s effects, according to a study tha...