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Dist. 211 students ensuring the pink won't fade awayOct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - It's been a year since breast cancer took Susan Mertes. It was a three-year battle for the Hoffman Estates woman, who'd watched four sons take the gridiron for Fremd Hig...
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Briefs: Barrington Taste Fest todayOct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - The 5th annual Great Taste Fest and Expo of Barrington takes place from 6 to 9:30 p.m. tonight, Oct. 23, at the Onion Pub & Brewery at 22N221 Pepper Road, Lake Barringto...
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Cook hospitals to reflect job cuts pledge in budget by MondayOct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - It's a promise that sounds suspicious: give us 400 new jobs, and over time, we'll cut another 900 unneeded ones. But that's what the Cook County Health and Hospitals Sys...
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Des Plaines History Center set to reopen after flood damageOct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Five weeks after a mammoth flood hit Des Plaines and most of the Chicago area, staff and volunteers at the Des Plaines Historical Society are still struggling to recover...
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Willingness to volunteer was his hallmarkOct 21, 2008 11:00 pm - The former finance director of the Des Plaines Park District, who guided commissioners during its years of greatest growth, died Sunday. Rich Gravesmill served as finan...
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Gang activity leads to arrests in Rolling MeadowsOct 21, 2008 11:00 pm - A few angry looks between gang members in Rolling Meadows led to criminal damage and multiple arrests that spanned several days last week, according to police. "It invol...
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More Illinois schools fail to meet No Child Left Behind goalsOct 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Roughly one-third of all Illinois public schools failed to meet No Child Left Behind testing standards this year, state education officials announced Tuesday. Test resul...
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Bartlett police arrest pair on drugs, weapon chargesOct 21, 2008 11:00 pm - A man and woman were arrested after 11 pounds of marijuana and a handgun were discovered at their Bartlett home, authorities said. Paul D. Henry, 34, and Shirley J. Crit...
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Des Plaines clerk's hours, pay slashedOct 21, 2008 11:00 pm - The next Des Plaines City Clerk will be paid one-tenth of what the current one is and the position will be part time instead of full time, the city council decided Monda...
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Police: Man left kids in car while shoppingOct 21, 2008 11:00 pm - A Gilberts man was charged with child endangerment after police said he left two young children in his car while shopping at Streets of Woodfield in Schaumburg. Walter A...