Lake Bluff
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Libraries are a key part of revitalization plansJan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - While on a recent trip to Atlanta, I visited the Atlanta Botanical Garden. On exhibit was the Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme Exhibition. I was fascinated by large be...
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The warmest Jan. 6 in 100 yearsJan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - A day like this only comes around once in 100 years. That's right. You have to go back to 1907 to find a January 6 that was as warm as it was Sunday in the Chicago area....
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Sioux were at Fort Sheridan, but Sitting Bull not one of themJan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - For years, false rumors have persisted that the American Indian Sitting Bull was imprisoned at Fort Sheridan in the late 1800s. Sitting Bull (c. 1831 - 1890) was a Sioux...
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Who says you can't race in winter?Jan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Stuart Schwagerman is all about speed. While he races dirt bikes for most of the year, the Lindenhurst 10-year-old turns to racing a hulking snowmobile up and down hills...
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Libertyville firm heats up network video servicesJan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - About six years ago, Joe Gaucher was sitting at his kitchen table with six colleagues. They weren't sharing a dinner. They were creating a company. Libertyville-based Vi...
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Taking a heavy tollJan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Hunkered in her idling SUV outside the tollway's headquarters, Leslie Boudreau frantically sifts through papers that say she owes $4,619 for blowing $179.50 in tolls ove...
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10 facts about 8th Congressional District candidatesJan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean is being challenged by activist Randi Scheurer in the Democratic primary for Illinois' 8th Congressional District seat. The two candidates will fa...
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Autism center opens to unite families, work with kidsJan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - When her daughter Gillian was 2 years old, Kelly Weaver of Cary noticed something wasn't quite right. The child had disappeared into her own world and showed no interest...
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Congressional challengers pile on people in WashingtonJan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk didn't attend a candidates forum Saturday but Democrats Dan Seals and Jay Footlik kept his name in the spotlight. "Up until 2006, Mark Kir...
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Who's in 1st? They all areJan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - The lessons of Iowa and strategy for New Hampshire and beyond? With New Hampshire's primary only two days away and the 22 primaries of Feb. 5 coming up fast, Illinois ba...