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Bank loan opportunities remain strong for small businessFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Stocks are down. Bankruptcies are up. Talking heads are talking recession. Turns out it's a good time for small businesses to seek bank financing. So say two bankers who...
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Phillips' departure rough for NIUFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - As if Northern Illinois University president John Peters didn't have enough on his plate, now he must find an athletic director. On the same day Peters announced the dec...
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Give Tallon a pass for now ... but he has to deliver in summerFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Those who expected Blackhawks general manager Dale Tallon to do more at Tuesday's trade deadline were understandably disappointed. But there really wasn't much more to m...
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View of presidential campaign from the nation's governorsFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - While the nation's governors were in Washington from Saturday through Tuesday for their winter meeting, the campaigns of John McCain and Barack Obama accomplished some i...
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Former teacher welcomes alum to help celebrate her 90thFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - The only time I ever had to stay after school was in third grade. I suffered from poor penmanship and my teacher, Doris Wagner, was determined to improve my cursive ways...
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Residents maintain opposition to venueFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Lisa Longo patiently sat inside the boardroom at the Hoffman Estates Village Hall Monday. The room wasn't nearly as filled as last week, where it was standing-room only ...
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Lake Michigan serves up a great menuFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - I have been lax with my dedication to Midwest ice fishing. My preoccupation with other issues has taken precedence over this facet of sport fishing. But I managed to mak...
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Student sew quilts for vets in hospitalsFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Students at MacArthur Middle School, 710 N. Schoenbeck Road, Prospect Heights, are getting a chance to reach outside themselves to help veterans of the Iraq War. Members...
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Oprah Winfrey expands her media empire into reality TVFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Charity, we're told, should come from the heart. But in Oprah Winfrey's latest attempt to expand her television empire, it comes instead from the desire to compete -- in...
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Time for state to join civilized world and end death penaltyFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Eight men and four women deliberated less than 90 minutes Wednesday before telling 31-year-old Eric Hanson of Naperville that he must die for murdering four members of h...