Lake Forest
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Firefighters, friends, strangers all help TaylorOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Almost 2,000 miles from Jeff Radtke's anxious watch over his daughter, his fellow firefighters want him to know they have his back. So do friends, family, neighbors and ...
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Storms cause damage throughout suburbs; wind advisory still in effectOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Watching The Weather Channel in her Batavia home early Thursday morning, Betty Essling saw that winds of more than 40 mph were approaching the area. "I thought, 'Oh, tha...
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Abbott Labs posts flat third-quarter profitsOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Abbott Laboratories said Wednesday its third-quarter profit held steady, as one-time charges offset the impact of strong sales of its blockbuster drug Humira. The Libert...
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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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Father gets 24 years for killing girlOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - A former Round Lake Beach man will spend 24 years in prison for murdering his 2-month-old daughter, placing her body in a tool bag and leaving it off the Edens Expresswa...
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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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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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Hawthorn Woods may take over troubled wellsOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Don't close the book on the Glennshire Hawthorn Woods water problems just yet. Another chapter -- one even the main characters say they weren't anticipating -- has yet t...
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Coming soon: A peek at Cook Memorial Library plansOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - As the Cook Memorial Public Library District board nears a decision on which of two possible expansion plans it will pursue, patrons soon can turn to the Web for a peek ...
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Briefs: Accounting firm makes acquisitionOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - RIVERWOODS -- Wolters Kluwer Tax and Accounting said it agreed to acquire TeamMate from PricewaterhouseCoopers. TeamMate is an integrated audit productivity software sui...