Des Plaines
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Pilot error blamed in Palwaukee crashJul 26, 2007 11:00 pm - A Cessna aircraft carrying four area businessmen into a Wheeling airport last year wasn't going fast enough to stop an engine stall that sent the plane plummeting to the...
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Plan supports more trains from Elburn to ChicagoJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - A plan to add more than 20 trains along the Union Pacific-West line from Elburn to Chicago has the support of the Kane County Board's transportation committee. The comm...
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Letter to the Editor - Cook CountyJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Insist that India permit inspections Overshadowed by that farce known as Iraq is the pending nuclear transfer agreement with India. This would be the same India that ref...
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Critics say 'Oh no' to HaloJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Scores of preteens and teens will compete Sunday in the popular, alien-killing Halo 2 video game tournament at the Mount Prospect Public Library. But their parents may n...
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Suit filed against Schaumburg restaurant charged with serving bleach-tainted waterJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - A Schaumburg restaurant accidentally served a pregnant woman bleach in her drinking water, a lawsuit filed Monday contends. Meena Goel, a dentist, was dining at Moretti'...
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Village OKs expansionJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Village OKs expansion: The Barrington village board of trustees gave approval Monday for the renovation and expansion of the Champion Dodge/Chrysler Jeep dealership at 4...
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Abbott Labs employee hospitalized with acid burnsJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - An Abbott Laboratory employee is in the burn ward at Loyola Medical Center in Chicago after being doused with acid when a pipe burst early Saturday morning. North Chica...
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Marrying my older sister goes off without a hitchJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - I'm not sure my hometown county clerk heard anything I said after I requested legal permission to "marry my sister." Even in rural Indiana, that appeal will raise eyebro...
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Schaumburg police allay fears after possilbe gang shootingJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Schaumburg police said Monday they don't believe the general public is in danger in the wake of a possibly gang-related shooting early Sunday morning. A 30-year-old Skok...
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Man charged with sexual assault of girlfriendJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - A 27-year-old Elgin man was arrested Friday and charged with sexual abuse crimes that occurred while he lived "off and on" with his 14-year-old girlfriend and her mother...