Des Plaines
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Police investigating death of Park Ridge womanJul 31, 2007 11:00 pm - Police are investigating the death of a 47-year-old Park Ridge woman after her mother found her face-down on the kitchen floor of her residence Tuesday. Susan Buskirk, o...
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Memo to NFL: Keep vests, lose logosJul 31, 2007 11:00 pm - In order for our work as journalists to mean anything and to be taken seriously, we must bring to our work a number of qualities. That list is lengthy, but a short versi...
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Joan E. Brennan announces retirementJul 31, 2007 11:00 pm - Elk Grove Township's top Democrat announced Tuesday she'll retire from the post she's held about 30 years. Township Democratic Committeeman Joan E. Brennan would not of...
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New business group promotes Mount Prospect's south sideJul 31, 2007 11:00 pm - Mount Prospect's south side may not own as high a profile as other areas of town. The corner of Busse and Algonquin roads does not boast a mall comparable to the Randhur...
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Wojcik, Elk Grove bats too much for ProspectJul 31, 2007 11:00 pm - Starting Derek Wojcik for Elk Grove's Cook County American Legion opener could have been viewed by some as risky business. But the Elk Grove right-hander bore no resembl...
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Candidates considering running for Carolyn Karause's postJul 30, 2007 11:00 pm - A former state senator and a sitting mayor are among the potential candidates to run for the right to succeed retiring state Rep. Carolyn Krause of Mount Prospect. One-t...
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Stroger relents, gives Cook County State's attys raiseJul 30, 2007 11:00 pm - After days of protests from vocal state's attorneys, Cook County Board President Todd Stroger relented Monday and announced a plan to give them cost-of-living increases ...
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Chicago-born priest helped develop suburban parishesJul 30, 2007 11:00 pm - The Rev. Francis J. Cerniglia ~ 1926 -- 2007 The Rev. Francis J. Cerniglia grew up on Chicago's near North side, but it was in the Northwest suburbs where he played a vi...
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Rosemont settlement: pennies on the dollar?Jul 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Among the funds that allowed Cook County Board President Todd Stroger to grant state's attorneys a promised pay increase was an anticipated, but not yet signed, deal wit...
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Tough road for Arlington in countyJul 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Seeing Arlington in the Cook County American Legion championship game has become a given. But the two-time defending county and reigning state champion doesn't figure to...