Hoffman Estates
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On a cross-country ride of hope with a courageous little girlOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - It's far too early to tell whether the Radtke family of Johnsburg got their miracle. But without question, they got something special. Just a week ago, Laurie Radtke fou...
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Stroger proposes to roll three years of taxes into oneOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Cook County Board President Todd Stroger doesn't want to bother you next year with yet another request to raise your taxes. Or the year after that. After all, there's on...
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Gay slur written on car starts nationwide campaignOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - A hate crime against a grad student in New York has turned into a nationwide educational effort on homophobia. Erin Davies -- with her vandalized Volkswagen Beetle -- st...
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ComEd to ask for 8% rate hike to modernizeOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - ComEd said Wednesday it will ask the state for a delivery rate increase to get about $361 million in additional revenue to modernize and expand its network, especially f...
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Chicago paramedic killed fixing flat tire in SchaumburgOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - A pedestrian killed early this morning in Schaumburg has been identified as 43-year-old Chicago paramedic Randy Orzada. Orzada was killed early Thursday after being hit ...
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Taylor's family on pins, needles? Will there be surgery?Oct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - "What if he's decided he can't?" Laurie Radtke said. The fear overrode all else as she and Jeff Radtke arrived at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix with daugh...
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Airport board finds old conflicts die hardOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Through talks of turning over a new leaf, the Chicago Executive Airport board on Wednesday still had the vestiges of past conflicts pop up. Board members of the Wheeling...
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Two arrested in Palatine restaurant robberyOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Two Arlington Heights men are facing armed robbery charges after police said they robbed a Palatine fast-food restaurant. Palatine police said Dwayne Brewer, 25, and Rya...
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$21,859 collected in firefighter campaignOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Buffalo Grove may have been beaten out this year for the highest collection in the state for the "Fill the Boot" drive, but it took 10 years for another fire department ...
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Art drove designerOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Back in the late 1940s, Elroy Wilke figured he could never earn a living as an artist, so he went to work for a Palatine-based company, Standard Safety Equipment Co., th...