Northbrook
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Walgreens reports August sales up 10 percentSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Walgreens had August sales of $4.62 billion, an increase of 10.3 percent from $4.19 billion for the same month in 2006, the Deerfield-based company reported today. Sales...
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FEMA: Storm damage needs proper documentationSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - People cleaning up after high flood waters and storms are being asked to make sure they properly document the damage to their property. Aric Schmidt, a spokesman for th...
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Briefs: United fills seats more efficientlySep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- United Airlines reported Tuesday its preliminary traffic results for August showed its highest-ever for the month for passenger load -- 86.3 percent. Total sc...
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Food and wine classesSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - TODAY Hands-On Bread Baking Chef Rose Frane will share her bread baking expertise in this hands-on class focusing focaccia and baguettes at 6:30 p.m. at Someone's in the...
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Kraft adds Starbucks for Tassimo systemsSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Kraft Foods, the world's second-biggest food maker, will offer four varieties of coffee from Starbucks for its Tassimo home-brewing systems. The selection will be availa...
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Killer slips Elgin mental centerSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - A convicted killer escaped Monday evening from the Elgin Mental Health Center by using a visitors pass, police said. Tolbert Walls, 31, whose last known address was on t...
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Why FEMA is here now, not weeks agoSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Most of the cleanup from the Aug. 23 storm was done days ago, but the Federal Emergency Management Agency began touring the Chicago suburbs Tuesday to assess damage. Sti...
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Mount Prospect: 75 percent of storm's brush picked upSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - On the north end of Melas Park, stands what Mount Prospect public works staff has dubbed Mount Brushmore. There are no faces of ex-presidents here, just the heads of log...
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Lawmakers: School cash a victim of politicsSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich "repeatedly misled" school districts across the state about the status of long-awaited construction dollars and used those districts ...
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FEMA tours Northwest suburbs to assess flood damageSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - The Federal Emergency Management Agency damage assessment team started exploring the worst storm damage in Northwest suburban Cook County Tuesday by concentrating on Des...