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Trusting nuns in Des Plaines scammed for $100,000Mar 18, 2009 11:00 pm - A Kenyan couple who were married in Wheaton conned a group of Des Plaines nuns for about $100,000, according to a federal criminal complaint and the mother superior of t...
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Hoffman residents laud creation of Neighborhood WatchMar 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Setting up a Neighborhood Watch program is time-consuming, but highly recommended said Hoffman Estates resident Mary Beth Hackel. "Do it. You can only have positive outc...
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Cook County briefsMar 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Man killed by train in Palatine A 20-year-old man was struck and killed by a Metra train in Palatine Wednesday. Police were notifying next of kin and had not released th...
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No sleeping, stinking at Schaumburg Township libraryMar 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Intending to keep the Schaumburg Township District Library and its branches from being awkward or difficult places to visit, officials are addressing the problem of patr...
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Barrington Middle School campus to be renovated this summerMar 18, 2009 11:00 pm - A $2.7 million contract has been awarded to Barrington-based Pepper Construction to renovate Barrington Middle School-Station Campus this summer. The Barrington Unit Dis...
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Watchdog group: Illinois' open government laws weakMar 18, 2009 11:00 pm - A study released Wednesday by a local watchdog group concludes Illinois' open government laws are the weakest among five Midwest states. Officials with the Citizen Advoc...
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Train strikes, kills man in PalatineMar 18, 2009 11:00 pm - A 20-year-old McHenry man was killed by a Metra train near Palatine, delaying trains along Metra's Union Pacific Northwest Line. The man was struck by the train west of ...
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Man with mob ties denies Lincolnshire burglaryMar 18, 2009 11:00 pm - A reputed mobster charged with burglarizing a Lincolnshire house pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Lake County circuit court. Mario Rainone, 54, faces a mandatory prison s...
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Wheeling mayoral candidates weigh in on future of defunct KmartMar 18, 2009 11:00 pm - The abandoned Kmart at the northeast corner of Route 83 and Dundee Road has been a thorn in the side of Wheeling village officials for years. Now, two of three village p...
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Police blotterMar 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Schaumburg • Svetlana Bovdunova, 27, of the 0-100 block of Egg Harbor Court, Schaumburg, was arrested around 5 p.m. March 11 at Woodfield Mall and charged with retail th...