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Van confiscated from home of father of slain Addison girlJul 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Chicago police confiscated a van this morning from the home of Richard Lyons, whose nine-year-old daughter was found stabbed to death last week in an alley behind his ho...
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Report: Some crossings more dangerous under CN rail planJul 25, 2008 11:00 pm - The summary alone of a draft report by federal regulators on the Canadian National Railway's proposal to buy the EJ&E railroad is 54 pages of transportation wonkery. But...
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Abandoning the politics of the pastJul 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Dan Seals sells himself as a champion for change in the same vein as Barack Obama. His pamphlets have Obama's endorsements featured prominently. He seizes every opportun...
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Come to Mount Prospect's block partyJul 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Stop by the Mount Prospect Midsummer Downtown Block Party today where you'll find a vintage Rolls Royce, blue martinis and free roses. In its ninth year, the party has ...
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St. Charles, Hoffman Estates look to get on board early for 2016 OlympicsJul 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Hotels and sports facilities in fringe suburban Chicago are finding out not only how they can get a piece of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games business bonanza, but also how...
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Des Plaines schedules special meeting on term limitsJul 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Des Plaines aldermen will reopen talk of term limits on Thursday. Fifth Ward Alderman Carla Brookman, who must vacate her seat next spring due to term limits, has heard ...
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Here's your chance to dig up a mastodonJul 25, 2008 11:00 pm - A joint effort between the DuPage County Forest Preserve and Chicago's Field Museum is in its second year of extracting mastodon fossils from a field in the Pratt's Wayn...
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Frykman Technologies still takes care of low-tech typewritersJul 24, 2008 11:00 pm - For people of a certain age, the rat-a-tat of a typewriter in action is an unmistakable sound. But as personal computers superseded typewriters as indispensable pieces o...
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Allstate falls after 98% profit drop on tornadoes, investmentsJul 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Allstate Corp., the largest publicly traded U.S. home and auto insurer, fells 4 percent in early trading after second-quarter profit dropped on $1.22 billion in investme...
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Brookfield Zoo to reopen stingray exhibitJul 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Brookfied Zoo says it plans to reopen an exhibit that was closed after a malfunction in the heating and cooling system of a pool killed 16 stingrays. Officials say the S...