Des Plaines
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Time hasn't healed all wounds of Cubans hereFeb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Seven-year-old Orlando Miranda clung to his mother's leg, screaming, that day in 1959 when Fidel Castro's regime took her away. Miranda's father, a popular Cuban radio a...
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Increased security promised when NIU students returnFeb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Northern Illinois University students will notice a "significant" increase in security when they return to campus Monday, authorities said today. Meanwhile, investigato...
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Palatine hears update to ash borer planFeb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Palatine officials unanimously voted Monday to amend the village ordinance regarding the threat of the emerald ash borer. As part of the revisions, the village can now g...
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Des Plaines continues Five Corners discussionFeb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Des Plaines aldermen decided Tuesday night to continue talks on the possible purchase of a business in the city's Five Corners redevelopment area. After meeting behind c...
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22-vehicle pileup closes I-94 in northwest IndianaFeb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - A six-mile stretch of westbound Interstate 94 in northern Indiana was closed early today after a chain-reaction wreck involving nearly two dozen vehicles, police said. N...
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Cook Co. wrap: Fremd 66, Prospect 63 (OT)Feb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Fremd missed a potential game-winning shot at the end of regulation. But senior Danny Bruno delivered in overtime, dropping a 3-pointer with three seconds left to lift F...
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Ruling next week in Brown's Chicken murders tape, notesFeb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - A Cook County judge said today he would rule next week on a media subpoena from the lawyers for the former Palatine man standing trial for the 1993 Brown's Chicken murde...
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Prairie Creek theater squeaks byFeb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Hoffman Estates trustees Monday night narrowly approved plans for the Prairie Creek Amphitheater. Experts from Jam Productions succeeded in swaying board members, who w...
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Elderly Streamwood couple die on same dayFeb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Bruno and Waltraut Skrzypkowski of Streamwood began their married life together 59 years ago in Germany and would never feel the pain of separation. The two died nearly ...
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Dad recounts son's heroic actions when NIU gunman struckFeb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Days after his death, Dan Parmenter is still making his father proud. The 20-year-old sophomore from Westchester was one of five people shot and killed at Northern Illin...