Barrington
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They're not idols, but they're still greatAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Ben Brown - "Come Fly With Me" (Audio MP3) Mundelein's Ben Brown hoped his rendition of "Try a Little Tenderness" could win the hearts of "American Idol" judges at a...
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Glamorama pulls off style with a twangAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Just one year after Macy's took over Chicago's beloved Marshall Field's, the retail chain asserted it might have the Windy City in its signature red star-studded shoppin...
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Four counties declared state disaster areasAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Using the rising floodwaters of the Chain O' Lakes as a backdrop, Gov. Rod Blagojevich declared Cook, Kane, Lake and McHenry counties state disaster areas Friday. The st...
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Ex-preserve official diesAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - A former longtime general superintendent of the Cook County Forest Preserve District was found dead at his Inverness home Friday morning. Arthur L. Janura, 87, was disco...
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Saturday Soapbox: New school; good decisionAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Returning students will have to get accustomed to a different building, but that's a small price to pay for the peace of mind parents will gain from Lake Zurich District...
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Custom homes allow freedom of imaginationAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - When Evan Harris starts the building process with a new client, the first thing he wants to see is the client's wish list. "We ask our customer to show us pictures of w...
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Shallow roots may be culprit in uprooted treesAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - For someone with a huge oak tree resting on her roof and deck, Debbie Williams was relatively unfazed. "We're counting our blessings," the Medinah resident said Friday....
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Minutemen out, but protests going onAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - The Illinois Minuteman Project isn't coming to McHenry County today, but protesters for and against the group still are. The two sides of the illegal immigration debate ...
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11 months later, tollway fines comingAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - After nearly a year, the tollway finally started sending out violation notices to toll cheats Thursday en masse. The notices will include all violations that have been r...
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Rain recedes but waters climb and power still outAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - An estimated 118,000 homes are still without electricity today as crews worked to restore power to the storm-ravaged suburbs. The bulk of the outages continue to be in t...