Des Plaines
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6-year-old dolphin dies at Brookfield ZooJan 13, 2008 10:00 pm - Micco, pronounced MEE'-coh, a six-year-old Atlantic bottlenose dolphin at Brookfield Zoo, has died. Zoo officials say they believe a respiratory infection killed the you...
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Cook County news digestJan 13, 2008 10:00 pm - Snow molders returning The 4th annual Snow Visions Chicago Snow Sculpting Competition will be Feb. 6-10 at Randhurst Shopping Center in Mount Prospect -- weather permitt...
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Tollway system feeds its perpetuityJan 13, 2008 10:00 pm - I would like to add a few comments to a recent letter from Mr. James Schaefer regarding the tollway. It is true the system as originally set up was to become free after ...
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Now Chicago's richest geezers can ride the bus for freeJan 13, 2008 10:00 pm - "My expectation is that the legislature will approve the governor's proposal for free transit rides for millionaires who happen to be over 65." So said Illinois House Sp...
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U-46 wants your inputJan 13, 2008 10:00 pm - Though the public forums held to help guide Elgin Area School District U-46 search for a new superintendent ended Thursday, residents can still put their two cents in. C...
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Mount Prospect Public Library notesJan 13, 2008 10:00 pm - Mount Prospect Library For more information or to register, call (847) 253-5675 or visit www.mppl.org/events February Computer Programs: Online registration for...
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DuPage County news digestJan 13, 2008 10:00 pm - Focus on Social Security The DuPage branch of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill will feature speaker Jeffrey Rabin and a discussion of the Social Security disab...
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Fix flaws in videotaping confessionsJan 13, 2008 10:00 pm - Illinois' law requiring the videotaping of all homicide confessions is still young, but it is quickly showing that police departments have much to learn about recording ...
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Korea War vet from Roselle to get high school diploma 56 years laterJan 13, 2008 10:00 pm - William Miotke wanted to live a typical teen's life and earn a high school diploma, but the Korean War didn't cooperate. His deployment with the Air Force as a 17-year-o...
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Waterproof remote wins an award for PDTJan 12, 2008 10:00 pm - So you happen to be leaning over the railing of your yacht and you dropped your remote control. If it's the U2 Waterproof System Controller, you're in luck. It'll float....