Des Plaines
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Pace bus drivers walk off job in salary disputeNov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Hundreds of Pace riders were left stranded at cold terminals and rainy bus stops this morning as more than 200 bus drivers and mechanics abruptly went on strike. Pace o...
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Bright nights at Clearbrook's Wonderland of LightsNov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - For the third straight year, Clearbrook returns to host its Wonderland of Lights at Arlington Park. The holiday light show -- that features 100 animated scenes and plays...
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Making sense of Glendale Heights tragedyNov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Vishv Patel should be celebrating his seventh birthday. Instead, the gregarious Glendale Heights child lay in a hospital burn unit, fighting to survive. His brother, Om,...
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'Bye hun, off to work with my ex'Nov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - The school counselor had seen a lot of kids reeling from their parents' bitter divorces. So she thought Gio Tramonto, then a first-grader in her weekly discussion group,...
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Friends to hold a benefit in memory of kids' fatherNov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - A motorcycle accident in August took the life of a 36-year-old Crystal Lake father of three, Lloyd Thomas, when he collided with a 2004 Honda Pilot on Butterfield Road i...
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What can you do? Watch recall noticesNov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- As 2007 rounds the bend with a record number of toy recalls, even toy companies say more are likely during the holiday shopping season. "We know some of th...
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Payne fits right in with winning SaxonsNov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - ROCKFORD -- Brandon Bolger and Cully Payne haven't needed much time to become best friends. So close, in fact, that Schaumburg boys basketball coach Bob Williams joked t...
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Harper teams with Loyola for 4-year programNov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - A new partnership between Harper College and Loyola University will allow students in the Northwest suburbs to get a new bachelor's degree. Starting in June, the Chicago...
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Briefs: Hoffman crash kills womanNov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - A 55-year-old woman died Monday evening in a two-vehicle accident on Higgins Road in Hoffman Estates, police said. Rosemary McGowan of Southwest suburban Orland Park die...
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Pace drivers end strike after half-day work stoppageNov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - This morning's Pace strike has been called off, and officials expect all 22 affected routes to be back up and running by 3 p.m. this afternoon. The 4 a.m. wal...