Des Plaines
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Soapbox: Tough (and caring) guys wear pinkOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a fact that has taken on poignant meaning at Fremd High School, where football players Matt, Drew and Adam Mertes rece...
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Videotape tossed in 2nd Browns murder trialOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - A brief videotaped statement that shows James Degorski acknowledging a role in the 1993 Brown's Chicken murders cannot be played in court, a Cook County judge ruled Frid...
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Gurnee wants remaining sandbags goneOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Sandbags and other flood-fighting measures were welcome sights in various parts of Lake County in August. But with the floodwaters long gone, some property owners who re...
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Sunday drive in city won't be easyOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - If you don't absolutely have to be in Chicago Sunday, just stay away. If you are going downtown, plan ahead and expect frustrating delays. Sunday's Chicago Marathon an...
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Space's famous faces, all in one placeOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - What catastrophic cosmic event could bring Cmdr. William T. Riker, Counselor Deanna Troi, Capt. Kara Thrace -- a k a Starbuck -- and intergalactic bounty hunter Boba Fet...
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Briefs: No Olympic favorite hereOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Chicago isn't the front-runner for the 2016 Olympics many are making it out to be. It's not even a close second. With two years before the vote for the 2016 host, Chicag...
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Video taped statement won't be allowed in Brown's trialOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Video-taped statements that James Degorski gave to police will not be heard in court during his upcoming trial for the murders of seven people at a Palatine restaurant i...
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Hospital to honor Apollo 13 astronautOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - A first-of-its-kind military hospital will be named after a famed astronaut with Lake County ties when it opens in North Chicago in 2010, officials announced this week. ...
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6 Northwest suburban schools get national recognitionOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Students and staff at several area schools are boasting this week after being awarded one of the top educational honors in the country. Six schools in the Northwest subu...
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Parking space tax? RTA weighs ideaOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - As the clock ticks closer toward a transit "doomsday," officials are backing away from a sales tax hike and opening up to ideas like a property tax on parking spaces. "W...