Arlington Heights
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Playing out racism's historyFeb 23, 2008 10:00 pm - In a gritty scene from Mildred Taylor's book, "Let the Circle Be Unbroken," a black man -- the father of a biracial teen -- is forced to strip to his underwear by white ...
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23 years, and Jazz in the Meadows keeps rollingFeb 23, 2008 10:00 pm - Wheeling High School's jazz band defied the odds. Despite being placed in the most competitive class at Saturday's Jazz in the Meadows Festival that featured such power...
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Parents remember daughter who lost life in a single moment of violenceFeb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - Every day Bill Albu reads about people dying -- in drive-by shootings, in car accidents, on college campuses. He thinks of the victims' families and how their lives wil...
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Nicor to seek rate increase as profit slipsFeb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - Naperville-based Nicor Inc. said Friday it's planning to file for a delivery rate hike in the coming months after posting lower profits during its fourth quarter. The pa...
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Man charged with stabbing his bossFeb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - A man Friday was charged with attempted murder two months after he was accused of stabbing his boss -- only to get hit by a semitrailer truck when crossing the Tri-State...
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Rebates will boost returns sent to IRSFeb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - The IRS this year could see an additional 25 million returns from special groups of taxpayers who ordinarily don't file. Those people need to file this time to qualify f...
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Mount Prospect man ticketed after car strikes ambulanceFeb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - A 23-year-old Skokie man in a 1993 Honda Prelude drove into the side of a Wheeling Fire Department ambulance around 3:20 p.m. Thursday at the intersection of Central Roa...
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Mark Kirk deserves to be re-electedFeb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - A recent New York Times editorial raised some very serious questions about what our country is facing internationally and what the presidential candidates may or may not...
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Film on Sikh massacre to play at HarperFeb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - Today, Harper College will be the focus of many in the local Sikh community. That's because the Palatine campus will host the Chicago-area premiere of "The Widow Colony,...
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Family will always treasure their 'miracle'Feb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - As Stephanie Carr entered the operating room for her first brain surgery, she offered some reassuring words to her worried parents. "She said, 'I'll be right back, Mommy...