Des Plaines
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Liberians safe from forced return, for nowSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Joseph Dahnweih couldn't go back. Time had taught him that. With an ailing wife and little hope of work in a country where eight of 10 people are unemployed, Dahnweih kn...
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U-46, teachers agree on contractSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - After nearly 180 hours of negotiations, Elgin Area School District U-46 and its teachers have hammered out a tentative three-year deal, officials said Saturday. The prev...
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Firefighters warn of halogen lamp hazard after fire in N. BarringtonSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Firefighters are warning residents to turn off halogen lamps when they are not in use after a preliminary investigation showed a lamp started a fire in a North Barringto...
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Buffalo Grove congregation compiles care packages for soldiersSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Every month, a devoted group of 60 members of Buffalo Grove's Congregation Beth Am get together to send soldiers overseas a bit of home in a project they call Operation ...
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Very disappointing front page on 9/11Sep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - When I opened up my Daily Herald on 9/11, I could not believe my eyes. Instead of a solemn remembrance of the events of Sept. 11, 2001 making the headline, I read a spla...
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Casinos want their smokesSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A statewide smoking ban has yet to snuff a single cigarette and already repeal efforts are afoot at the Capitol. The gambling industry is actively lobbyin...
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Governor makes plea for federal aid for storms, floodingSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - In Mount Prospect, where officials spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in the wake of August's storms, Mayor Irvana Wilks has hope. In Geneva, where floodwater destro...
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Briefs: West Nile case reportedSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - A 41-year-old Hampshire woman became the third Kane County resident this year diagnosed with the West Nile virus, the Kane County Health Department announced Friday. The...
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A little time, little accord for transit fundingSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Pace and CTA riders caught a break Friday, but serious transit problems still loom in the near future as the governor and lawmakers seem worlds apart on a solution. Tran...
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5 men arrested after pot findsSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - The marijuana-growing industry in Lake County took a hard hit this week when police found and destroyed two large fields of the illegal herb. By Friday, five men were in...