Mount Prospect
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Cook County rejects used radiology equipmentMay 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Back in February, Cook County administrators cited the dire need for health care for poor people when they raised taxes $426 million a year. Apparently the crisis is ove...
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Mt. Prospect fest to raise money for needyMay 20, 2008 11:00 pm - The Mount Prospect Jaycees 31st Annual Memorial Day Carnival steps off Wednesday with the hope of raising money for the needy. The carnival opens at 6 p.m. at the Mount...
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Mount Prospect approves $40 million town center projectMay 20, 2008 11:00 pm - The Mount Prospect village board on Tuesday night, in a 5-1 vote, approved a $40 million town center project consisting of two seven-story buildings and one five-story b...
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Low-cost prom gains popularity among some teensMay 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Maya Thomas and her mother arrived at 6 a.m. on a recent Saturday to wait in a school gym with hundreds of other young women. They were there on a mission -- to find a f...
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Electoral College a brilliant conceptMay 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Kevin Martin (Fence Post, Saturday) informs us that he read with amusement my response to his view of the Electoral College. It is always gratifying to bring a note of c...
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Briefs: Teen arrested in threatMay 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Police have arrested a 16-year-old in connection with a threat found Monday inside a boys bathroom at Hoffman Estates High School. The boy was cited with felony disorder...
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Nanotechnology program coming soon to HarperMay 20, 2008 11:00 pm - In an effort to train workers in a cutting-edge science, Harper College has solidified plans to offer an associate's degree in nanotechnology. The board of trustees on T...
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Budget battles shaping up at the CapitolMay 20, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Five years after Gov. Rod Blagojevich blasted them as "drunken sailors" bent on a "spending orgy" with taxpayers' dollars, it is the Illinois Senate Democ...
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Outgoing Cook Co. health chief praised despite falling revenueMay 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Cook County commissioners passed a resolution Tuesday praising outgoing Bureau of Health chief Bob Simon, even as they accepted a report on hospital financials that indi...
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United must pay $192,500 in additional finesMay 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Chicago-based United Airlines is facing another round of hefty federal fines at a time when it's been confronted by major losses and soaring fuel costs. The U.S. Departm...