Itasca
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Immediate annuities can be a useful toolMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. I wonder if single-premium immediate annuities (SPIAs) are for me. I am 75. My wife is 73. We have no debt, $850,000 in IRAs (mostly in the American Fund family) and ...
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Verizon to debut Linux phonesMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Verizon Wireless is backing a free operating system that competes with programs from Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Qualcomm Inc., and expects the system t...
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Briefs: Officer memorial todayMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - The public is invited to join police officers from several departments in the Northwest and West suburbs who will gather in West Dundee this evening for the annual Peace...
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Warning labels would have 'chilling effect,' critics argueMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Stricter warning labels proposed for toys containing a legal amount of lead would have a "chilling effect" on consumers, one suburban lawmaker argued Tues...
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Humor with heart: Naperville doc organizing Comedy Night benefitMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Edward Hospital physician David McElligott is a man who takes his humor seriously. The founder of the hospital's annual Comedy Night, McElligott takes a week's vacation...
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Fermilab to lay off 140 workersMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Fermilab will need to lay off fewer people than officials originally predicted. But the cut of 140 workers at the Batavia laboratory -- about 7.5 percent of the lab's wo...
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Naperville woman wins TV for naming geeseMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - It's all about textures and grains for the goslings that hatched outside a P.M. Bedroom Gallery. When it came to selecting from among the thousands of names submitted fo...
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Tyson CFO leaving for Walgreen postMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGDALE, Ark. -- Tyson Foods said Tuesday Chief Financial Officer Wade Miquelon is leaving the company to take a similar job at Walgreen Co., the nation's largest ret...
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Glenbard keeps leader's contract for 3 more yearsMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - After seeking a job elsewhere this year, Glenbard High School District 87 Superintendent Mike Meissen agreed to extend his current contract through 2011. School board me...
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Arthur J. Gallagher makes acquisitionMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - ITASCA -- Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Specialty Risk Inc. of Liberty, Mo. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1994, Sp...