Des Plaines
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3 Rolling Meadows pals ready for IraqJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - For a small suburb, Rolling Meadows is making a big statement in Iraq this month. Two of its longtime families are sending three Marines to their first overseas assignme...
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Home Depot to close suburban call centerJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - Hundreds of suburban workers got the news this holiday season that their jobs are being cut, according to the Warn Report, in which companies warn the state of Illinois ...
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Democrats disagree on budget reformJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - John Moynihan, who's challenging 56th District state Rep. Paul Froehlich in the Feb. 5 Democratic primary, might be described as a one-issue candidate. But when that iss...
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Briefs: Cab driver assaultedJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - A 44-year-old Bartlett man has been charged with misdemeanor battery and resisting arrest after he punched a cab driver in the early morning hours of Dec. 29, police sai...
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Five arrested at Rolling Meadows bowling alleyJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - Five people were arrested after throwing bowling balls down a closed lane and then refusing to leave, according to Rolling Meadows police. "It was apparently a pretty r...
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Smoking tax could be part of bus, train bailoutJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Having literally kicked smokers to the curb in recent days, lawmakers may now look to raise cigarette taxes to keep Chicago-area buses and trains running. ...
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O'Hare not busy enough to regain No. 1 spotJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - Not only did O'Hare International Airport fail to win back its "nation's busiest" title in 2007, it shed about 2 percent of its flights, a development officials predict ...
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Dist. 211 board expected to ratify support staff contract todayJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - Today's vote by the Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 school board over the support staff contract could have a familiar ring. That's because the two-year con...
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Briefs: Child molester sentencedJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - A Mount Prospect man who admitted to repeatedly molesting a female relative has earned 14 years behind bars. Ronald Sampson, 25, formerly of 413 E. Lincoln St., has been...
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Candidates suggest health-care remediesJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - Both Democratic candidates for Illinois' 8th congressional seat are concerned about uninsured Americans and the cost of health care -- but they suggested fundamentally d...