Mount Prospect
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Lisle entrepreneur closes store, offers advice to othersMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Randy Russell knows first-hand that even good business plans don't always work: The Lisle store he co-owned, Wine Expressions, closed its doors Saturday, transitioning t...
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Immediate annuities can be a useful toolMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. I wonder if single-premium immediate annuities (SPIAs) are for me. I am 75. My wife is 73. We have no debt, $850,000 in IRAs (mostly in the American Fund family) and ...
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Juvenile center chief outline reformsMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Earl Dunlap says he's no union buster. He's just pro-kid. Dunlap, the transitional administrator of the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, appeared before ...
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Verizon to debut Linux phonesMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Verizon Wireless is backing a free operating system that competes with programs from Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Qualcomm Inc., and expects the system t...
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Local orchestra to show audience how a band worksMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Since its formation in 2001, members of the Northwest Festival Orchestra have adopted the mission of championing great musical works. At 7:30 p.m. on Friday, the 65 pro...
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Palatine may drop out of visitor bureauMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - The benefits to Palatine as a member of the Woodfield Chicago Northwest Convention Bureau are so "inconsequential" that officials are reconsidering renewing. They said a...
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Briefs: Officer memorial todayMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - The public is invited to join police officers from several departments in the Northwest and West suburbs who will gather in West Dundee this evening for the annual Peace...
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Stroger visits Hoffman Estates, says he's not afraid of the suburbsMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Not everyone wanted to shake Todd Stroger's hand Tuesday when the Cook County Board president came to observe the bioterrorism drill conducted at the Sears Centre. A Hof...
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Trib nixes plan to sell Wrigley Field to stateMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Tribune Co. and its CEO Sam Zell rejected an Illinois state agency's plan to buy Wrigley Field and are pushing ahead to sell the ballpark together with the Chicago Cubs,...
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Warning labels would have 'chilling effect,' critics argueMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Stricter warning labels proposed for toys containing a legal amount of lead would have a "chilling effect" on consumers, one suburban lawmaker argued Tues...