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NIU had plans in place for disasterFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - As they hunkered down behind locked doors, one common thread emerged from Northern Illinois University faculty and staff in the midst of the shooting crisis Thursday. Pl...
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House fire on Fox Lake island difficult to combatFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - A house fire on a Fox Lake island Friday caused significant damage, but no one was hurt. Firefighters say that around 1:52 p.m. they responded to a call on Cedar Island...
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More than 300 attend lakeside services for Adeline Geo-KarisFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - More than 300 people -- statesmen and constituents, lawmakers and admirers -- gathered Saturday on the shore of Lake Michigan to say goodbye to former state Sen. Adeline...
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Soapbox: Goodbye, SenatorFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - Journalists are a hardened, cynical bunch, but we were genuinely saddened upon hearing of former state Sen. Adeline Geo-Karis' passing this week. Geo-Karis, 89, of Zion,...
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Long Grove man pleads guilty to $1 million theftFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - Two days after he was thrown in jail for failing to post the bond he had promised, a Long Grove man admitted to stealing more than $1 million worth of cash and belonging...
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Glassblower shows just what it takes to perfect his creationsFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - The tools used to produce fanciful and delicate visions of glass are crudely brutish, considering the finished products. Heavy hammers are used to pound a red hot mass o...
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Briefs: Times for Geo-Karis wake and funeralFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - Former state Sen. Adeline Geo-Karis' wake is today, 4 to 9 p.m., at Illinois Beach Resort and Conference Center, which is at a park bearing her name. The wake will be in...
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Embezzler takes tax-fraud plea dealFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - Sentencing is set in May for a Lake Zurich man who admitted he filed a false federal income-tax return by not reporting nearly $174,000 of embezzled income while chief f...
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Agency hears new plan to cut noise on Chain O' Lakes, Fox RiverFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - Speed limits on the Chain O' Lakes and Fox River may not come to pass anytime soon, but boaters who enjoy blasting down the river running their mufflers as loud as possi...
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Warren Twp. drops high school class rankFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - Valedictorians and salutatorians are going the way of eight-track tapes at Warren Township High School in Gurnee. Joining high schools such as Stevenson, Antioch and Bar...