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Local athlete returns with Olympic talesOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Here are some of the things that U.S. cross-country athlete Jorge Torres learned while competing in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing: • The city's weather in August is so h...
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Longtime Hoffman barber dies; fate of village institution in questionOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Barber Jim Gerz didn't care if you were a village bigshot or Joe Sixpack. "He was fair to everyone. He was a great equalizer," said Hoffman Estates Trustee Cary Collin...
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Cirque du Soleil to rock Sears Centre big topOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Even without P.T. Barnum, the circus - albeit a brightly colored, semi-psychedelic one - is coming to Hoffman Estates. Tickets for Cirque du Soleil's Saltimbanco tour go...
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Gentes will fight railroad saleOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Canadian National (CN) wants to make the EJ&E line into a train superhighway with at least 20 freight trains per day blocking traffic and making getting around impossibl...
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Olympic gymnasts at Allstate Arena like you've never seen beforeOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - On the heels of their dramatic performances in Beijing, American gymnasts Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin bring their medal-winning routines into Rosemont's Allstate Are...
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Mullins honored for gun control workOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Often times you don't choose the issue; the issue chooses you. So says Thom Mannard, executive director for the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence. He points to P...
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Bond set in Barrington Hills home invasionOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Bond was set at $400,000 today for three men facing charges in a home invasion near Bateman and Lake-Cook roads in Barrington Hills in August. Authorities say some of th...
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Robber hits in SchaumburgOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - An armed robbery was reported about 8 p.m. Wednesday near Golf and Roselle roads in Schaumburg. Police Sgt. John Nebl said the incident does not appear to be related to ...
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Briefs: Credit card scam warningOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - The Palatine Township Senior Citizens Council has issued a warning about a new telephone scam reported in the area involving Master Card and Visa credit cards. The agenc...
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Cook Co. sheriff to stop foreclosure evictionsOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Citing an "economic crisis," Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart announced Wednesday he is stopping all mortgage foreclosure evictions until lenders can prove occupants of a fo...