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Allstate's top execs paid millionsApr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - NORTHBROOK -- Allstate Corp. gave first-year Chief Executive Thomas Wilson compensation valued at $10.7 million last year while recently departed CEO Edward Liddy got $1...
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Industrial engineer worked on the Manhattan ProjectApr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Bertram Alan "Buddy" Colbert was a teenager when he worked on a top-secret effort that helped develop the atomic bomb. Just out of high school, he didn't know the work h...
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It'll be teacher-to-teacher defense on the courtApr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - A few high-school students will get the rare chance to bench their teachers during a basketball game Saturday at Buffalo Grove High School. Hersey High School teachers a...
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Rolling Meadows vet in guest shot on 'CSI'Apr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Could Rolling Meadows war hero Bryan Anderson play a murderer? You'll have to tune into "CSI: NY" at 9 tonight on CBS to find out. The Iraq War veteran said he plays an ...
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Technology report finds Illinois makes gainsApr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Illinois' technology industry is rising like the Phoenix, arising from the ashes to produce more jobs and more tech-related companies that settle here, a report is expec...
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Search continues for Wheeling manApr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Mumtaz Hadi is at a loss to explain why her son Osama, missing and feared drowned in the West Indies, even went near the water. "He was afraid of the water," she said. ...
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Briefs: Flooding in Des PlainesApr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - The Des Plaines River is expected to crest early today, causing minor flooding. The river is predicted to rise to more than 6 feet in Des Plaines, according to the Natio...
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Are school trailers safe? You won't know in IllinoisApr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - With many suburban schools at capacity, thousands of students each year are corralled into mobile homes serving as classrooms. In February, the federal Centers for Disea...
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Underwriters unit in Germany mergerApr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - NORTHBROOK -- Underwriters Laboratories, a provider of product safety testing services, announced Tuesday its Management System Solutions business will merge with DQS, a...
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Candidate's appearance at event in questionApr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - The Democratic candidate for Cook County state's attorney who pledged to make prosecuting political corruption part of her agenda recently hobnobbed with two longtime st...