Mount Prospect
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Kirk, mayors urge continuation of suspended Buffalo Creek reservoir projectJul 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Financing issues and diverging visions for the Buffalo Creek reservoir project have held it up, but U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk on Wednesday said it's essential to flood control...
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Frontier Days remembers the '80sJul 02, 2008 11:00 pm - The '80s rock band Night Ranger opened the main stage Wednesday at Frontier Days nearly 45 minutes late. But fans like Jennifer Schillaci of Elk Grove Village, who had l...
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Government report decries 'cozy' FAA for lax airline safety oversightJul 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Following a spate of safety-related flight cancellations this spring, a report by a U.S. government watchdog agency criticizes the Federal Aviation Administration for la...
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Briefs: Brown hearing continuedJul 02, 2008 11:00 pm - A man convicted in 1999 of molesting three girls he coached at a Hanover Park gymnastics club is due back in a suburban Detroit court July 22 after a judge continued his...
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Obama takes heat on mortgage dealJul 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Republicans pounced on reports of Barack Obama's bargain mortgage Wednesday as the Democratic presidential nominee's campaign maintained the deal was aboveboard. Obama l...
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Chicago's link to hot dogs remains strongJul 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Jim Photopoulus estimates he's eaten 10,000 hot dogs in the last 19 years. That would be more than 500 a year - roughly 10 per week. Needless to say, Photopoulus, a 1984...
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Travelers, revelers, take heed this holidayJul 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Don't drink and drive. Take public transit downtown. And please - no fireworks on the plane. With the Fourth of July just days away, authorities are issuing a slew of wa...
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Northwest suburban fests kick off today, tomorrowJul 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Regional, multiday festivals get started today and run through the weekend. Arlington Heights Frontier Days: Today-Sunday at Recreation Park, 500 E. Miner St., Arlin...
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Wheaton woman admits making threatJul 01, 2008 11:00 pm - A 25-year-old Wheaton woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to sending a threatening message to administrators at the University of Illinois at Chicago campus in February. "I wil...
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Students get chance to incubate at Victory Gardens this summerJul 01, 2008 11:00 pm - A pair of Northwest suburban teens find themselves in a think tank of sorts. They are spending much of the summer at the Victory Gardens Theater, not as actors, but work...