Maple Park
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Activist's impact empowers both sidesAug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Two days after federal officials ushered Elvira Arellano back to Mexico, deporting the illegal immigrant-turned-activist who holed up in a Chicago church for more than a...
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Calabrese references 'Godfather' on standAug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - A combative Frank Calabrese Sr. continued his testimony on the stand Monday in the Family Secrets mob case, comparing his brother to "Fredo" of the "Godfather" movies. "...
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More rules on teenage driversAug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Attention, 15-year-olds: It's about to get a lot harder to get a driver's license in Illinois. Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed into law Monday a series of pro...
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Relax parents: It's not sex, drugsAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- So you're between the ages of 13 and 24. What makes you happy? A worried, weary parent might imagine the answer to sound something like this: Sex, drugs, a l...
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Metra needs money to keep runningAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - So ridership keeps going up on Metra and more and more suburban commuters are opting for trains rather than cars in this era of high gas prices and increasing road conge...
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The more the Chicago mob changes, the more it stays the sameAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - "Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about Hell and never saw the place. I wrote about Chicago after looking the town over for years and yea...
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Jewel card going digital for more savingsAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Lisle-based Concept Shopping Inc. (www.conceptshopping.com) is behind your Jewel-Osco Preferred Customer card. That's the plastic card you use at the check-out register...
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Oh, my aching packAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Aching shoulders. Sore backs. Tired legs. Yep, school's back in session. As suburban children pack their books into freshly bought school bags, health officials and sta...
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Luna rolls out red carpet with new storesAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Competition just got tougher for the Empire Man. Bellwood-based Luna Carpet, a 49-year-old family-owned flooring company, is expected to announce today plans to open fou...
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Grainger expands in areaAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Lake Forest-based W.W. Grainger Inc., a distributor of maintenance supplies to industries nationwide, is expected to announce today it's expanding its workforce, adding ...