Inverness
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Leadership, not insults, needed at countyDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - The rhetoric of Cook County politics has never been particularly inspiring, but it reached Jerry Springer-like depths last week, as commissioners sought in vain ways to ...
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Unlike Old Maid, mom invents card game that sends positive messageDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - Twenty-five years ago when Mary Grace Crowley-Koch was playing the "Old Maid" card game with her young daughter, it dawned on her what a terrible message the popular gam...
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Dinner and a show at MitsuwaDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - Hundreds of people crowded Saturday into Mitsuwa Marketplace in Arlington Heights. The draw? A rare chance to see a fresh 400-pound bluefin tuna carved into sashimi. Cam...
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Storm pelts suburbs with snow, iceDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - Motorists slipped and slid on hazardous roadways, hundreds of flights were canceled at two major Chicago airports, and thousands of people were without power Saturday as...
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Garden calendarDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - Clubs • The Garden Club of Lake Zurich invites Shirley Remes, field editor for "Better Homes and Gardens," to discuss creating Gardens with Personality at 7 p.m. Tu...
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Mobile health unit to visit Vernon Township MondayDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - Lake Forest Hospital's CareCoach is a mobile health unit that offers Lake County residents free medical care close to home. The CareCoach provides childhood immunization...
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Vandals take out holiday displayDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - As a no-holds-barred holiday decorator whose house has taken first prize in prior local contests, Phillip O'Brill is no stranger to pranksters making light of his displa...
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Naperville company's elf site gains worldwide followingDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - You can Elf Yourself. Again. Office Max returns this year with the free Web site, www.ElfYourself.com, where you can scan in your photo, attach it to a dancing elf and s...
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Fighting AIDS a world awayDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - Almost a world away from Zambia at a retirement home in Lincolnshire, volunteers spent Saturday assembling kits for caregivers of those infected with HIV in the African ...
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Naming all species was man's lifelong passionDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - Ever since college botany I have been fascinated by the work of Carl Linnaeus, the 18th century Swedish scientist who created a system for naming plants and animals. I w...