Glen Ellyn
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Furniture company finds success despite global competitionMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - As a furniture sales rep back in the 1990s, Ron Bartkowski saw change was coming. He heard American companies tell him how they couldn't compete with furniture makers ov...
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Fighting the copy-cat syndrome in the age of instant messagingMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Bomb threats. Suicides. Gang names. Things we often, as a matter of course, don't write about. The reasons are all intertwined. Someone who gets his jollies causing a ru...
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Aurora man gets 55 years for killingMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - A 28-year-old Aurora man was sentenced to 55 years in prison Thursday for gunning down a man in a gang-related slaying, authorities said. Shermain L. Shamley was convict...
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Lawyer: Siren case not as simple as just noiseMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Well, duh! That might best sum up an attorney's argument Thursday to a lawsuit that claims a siren company's products are too loud. "We think it's pretty tough to believ...
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'Use 'em and lose 'em' philosophy costing schools good coachesMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Things felt different when I covered a Glenbard North softball game this week. For one thing it was a lot quieter. That's because Jim McKinney is no longer coaching the ...
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Defendant testifies he feared for lifeMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Fear of repercussions and regret overwhelmed a drunken Alfredo Hernandez after he stabbed his friend six years ago, according to a videotaped statement. "I never thought...
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Arlington Heights Park district names new directorMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Fifty years ago when Stephen Scholten was growing up in Elk Grove, the village didn't have any real parks. So he trucked over to Recreation Park in Arlington Heights to ...
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Depp's 'Public Enemies' will shoot in Aurora - in more ways than oneMar 26, 2008 11:00 pm - According to local lore, notorious American gangster John Dillinger kept a "safe house" on Aurora's far east side in the 1930s. So it's only appropriate a major motion p...
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COD financial outlook improvesMar 26, 2008 11:00 pm - A drop in the enrollment of foreign students is believed to be a contributing factor in creating College of DuPage's budget shortfall. The situation has COD staff workin...
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Trial opens in 'senseless' Wheeling stabbingMar 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Seconds after Juan Carlos Cardoso collapsed on the ground bleeding from a fatal stab wound, his attacker fled in panic, a witness testified Wednesday in Cook County cour...