Des Plaines
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Stable ACT scores can't mask concernsAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Why are so few Illinois high school graduates prepared for basic college-level academics? And how can matters be improved? Those again emerge as the most important quest...
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Schoolhouse may get help from villageAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Mount Prospect's old Central School, which dates from 1896, has defied the ravages of time. Now it is in a race against time. The village of Mount Prospect, however, mig...
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Mount Prospect wants plan to lure new businessAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Mount Prospect is searching for an identity -- or at least a brand it can present to potential businesses and consumers. With that in mind, village staff presented the v...
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Suburban briefs: Joseph Freed to move headquartersAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - PALATINE -- Real Estate development firm Joseph Freed and Associates LLC announced Tuesday the company will move its corporate headquarters and about 125 jobs from Palat...
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U-46 unveils tentative budgetAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - With lawmakers still haggling over a state budget and negotiating teams still haggling over a teacher contract, Elgin Area School District U-46 officials presented a ver...
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Changing jobs creates 401(k) decisionAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Summer is often a time of transition. Many employees switch jobs during the summer and many often wonder: Should I let the money I've accumulated in my com...
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Mount Prospect woman opening Costa Rican schoolAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Kerry Piazza McClennen has something in common with Oprah. She, too, is opening her own school in a developing country. The 1996 graduate of Prospect High School and fo...
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Are your toys safe?Aug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - At Zimmermann True Value Hardware Store in Buffalo Grove, manager Tom Brinkman on Tuesday used an instant test for lead on two Mattel toys, a plastic Diego doll and a ma...
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Housing values holdAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - The number of homes and condominiums sold during the second quarter continued to slide in the Chicago region, especially in Lake and McHenry counties where sales plunged...
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ACT scores climb, but not college readinessAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Six years after Illinois required that all high school juniors take a college entrance exam, state ACT scores plateaued at last year's record high and more students grad...