Des Plaines
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Storms cause damage throughout suburbs; wind advisory still in effectOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Watching The Weather Channel in her Batavia home early Thursday morning, Betty Essling saw that winds of more than 40 mph were approaching the area. "I thought, 'Oh, tha...
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Area-wide Halloween happeningsOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Arlington Heights Haunted Trails Amusement Park trip, Arlington Heights Park District: Trip to "Haunted Trails Amusement Park" in Burbank Oct. 19. Includes transportatio...
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Police save life with donated equipmentOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Hoffman Estates police recently used a special piece of equipment donated to them this summer that helped paramedics save a life. Sgt. Jim Campbell said around 7 p.m. Oc...
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Child porn suspect loses job as coach at Hanover Park gymOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - A St. Charles man arrested Oct. 10 on charges he possessed child pornography has been fired from his job at a Hanover Park gym. Vernor Gumila, 38, coached at Gymkhana Gy...
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D. 211 teachers union plan on picketing next week's board meetingOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Disgruntled teachers in Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 plan to picket before next week's school board meeting. Union President John Braglia said today he h...
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On a cross-country ride of hope with a courageous little girlOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - It's far too early to tell whether the Radtke family of Johnsburg got their miracle. But without question, they got something special. Just a week ago, Laurie Radtke fou...
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Stroger proposes to roll three years of taxes into oneOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Cook County Board President Todd Stroger doesn't want to bother you next year with yet another request to raise your taxes. Or the year after that. After all, there's on...
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Gay slur written on car starts nationwide campaignOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - A hate crime against a grad student in New York has turned into a nationwide educational effort on homophobia. Erin Davies -- with her vandalized Volkswagen Beetle -- st...
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Father gets 24 years for killing girlOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - A former Round Lake Beach man will spend 24 years in prison for murdering his 2-month-old daughter, placing her body in a tool bag and leaving it off the Edens Expresswa...
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ComEd to ask for 8% rate hike to modernizeOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - ComEd said Wednesday it will ask the state for a delivery rate increase to get about $361 million in additional revenue to modernize and expand its network, especially f...