Des Plaines
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Schaumburg man gets 25 years for drunk-driving deathsAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - The Schaumburg man who killed two children when he slammed, drunk. into a family minivan two years ago was sentenced today to 25 years in prison. Ralph Pollock, 48, ple...
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Briefs: State of Kentucky chooses IRMSAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - DOWNERS GROVE -- Integrated Warehousing Solutions, a provider of supply chain execution solutions, announced the state of Kentucky has selected the IRMS Warehouse Manage...
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Boys soccer: Northwest team previewsAug 26, 2007 11:00 pm - Mid-Suburban East Buffalo Grove Coach: Rick Schoffstall (3rd year), 26-12-7. Last year: 12-8-2 (4-1-0, 2nd, MSL East). Key losses: Brian DeSimone (F, all-area,...
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Good news inspires walk 'for the cure'Aug 26, 2007 11:00 pm - Peggy Harding spent much of the summer walking laps around Lake Arlington, working up to as much as five hours a day on weekends which equaled 30 to 40 miles. Her rigoro...
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Courts turn to probation with life skills classesAug 26, 2007 11:00 pm - Criminals in Cook County looking to avoid prison can't just strap on electronic home monitoring bracelets and visit probation officers anymore. Many of them now have to ...
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State to expand online payment of business taxesAug 26, 2007 11:00 pm - The Illinois Department of Revenue is expected to announce expansion plans this fall for its electronic withholding tax filing program for businesses. Since the pilot pr...
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Mount Prospect considering sales tax increaseAug 26, 2007 11:00 pm - Raising taxes is never an easy issue, even when the tax burden would be shared with nonresidents. So Mount Prospect is taking things relatively slowly as it ponders addi...
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Relief as river begins to recedeAug 26, 2007 11:00 pm - With the shores of the Des Plaines River halfway down his driveway, all Tom Hooper can do is wait. The back half of his property in the flood-prone Big Bend Drive neighb...
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Odds Ryan will do time?Aug 26, 2007 11:00 pm - The unusual order granting former Gov. George Ryan freedom while he seeks another appeal of his corruption conviction unleashed speculation that he may never be put behi...
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Media failures are unforgivableAug 26, 2007 11:00 pm - Media failures are unforgivable I have recently been reminded of the "flip-flops" of Dick Cheney concerning Iraq: In 1994, 1996 he was asked about Desert Storm and why, ...