Hoffman Estates
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Algonquin duo's dreams made real with film premiereNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - As high school students, Algonquin natives Michael Marsico and Kurt Larson watched comedies like "Forrest Gump" and "Dumb and Dumber" at the old Showplace cinema in down...
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Wheeling settles dispute over zoningNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - Wheeling has settled a dispute with a Montessori school that centered around its issuing a building permit for unusable land in a runway protection zone. The village ha...
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Lawmaker summit ends with angry words, no progressNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - A backroom meeting meant to bring Illinois' most powerful politicians to the table on key state problems devolved Wednesday into the same name-calling and posturing blam...
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Molester sentenced for threatening copNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - A 47-year-old Elgin sex offender admitted this week to threatening to kill the officer who had arrested him on the sex charge three years ago. Robert Dean Homfeldt of 33...
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Republican leaves race to replace PetersenNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - Republican voters won't have a ballot choice in the Feb. 5 primary for the district where retiring state Sen. William Peterson of Long Grove has been serving. Lake Count...
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Food samples big draw at business expoNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - In the middle of the vendors' booths at the Schaumburg Business Association's expo, where merchants typically distribute cards and other giveaways, stood a display of fr...
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Staph superbug found at Palatine alternative schoolNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - Another case of the staph superbug has turned up at a Palatine school. A student at Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211's Academy-North alternative school has c...
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Hoffman not sold yet on name for Prairie areaNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - What's in a name? Well, it's what's not in a name that's bugging Trustee Cary Collins. Monday, Amy McCarter made a presentation before the village board, showing off two...
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One species is angling's strongest magnetNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - My cousin Len refuses to try something different for his annual vacation. For decades he pointed his vehicle north and headed for the same northern Minnesota fishing res...
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Pedestrian hit by train in BarringtonNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - A teenage pedestrian was killed Wednesday evening after being struck by an eastbound Metra train at a Barrington crossing. ABC 7 Chicago identified the victim as 16-year...