Northfield
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Elgin teacher can't forgive teen who stabbed herAug 15, 2011 12:00 am - The Christian thing to do, Carolyn Gilbert says she knows, would be to forgive Angel Facio for attacking her with a knife. In her Elgin classroom, he stabbed her so brut...
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Secretary of State’s senior day in SchaumburgAug 15, 2011 12:00 am - Democratic state Rep. Michelle Mussman of Schaumburg will host Secretary of State Jesse White’s Super Senior Day from 9 a.m. to noon Friday, Aug. 19 at the Schaumburg Ba...
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Palatine police launch traffic safety campaignAug 15, 2011 12:00 am - As part of an effort to keep roadways safe through aggressive traffic enforcement measures, the Palatine Police Department will conduct a roadside safety check late Frid...
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Illinois has rare authority over hospital closuresAug 14, 2011 11:00 pm - CHICAGO — Cook County officials, facing a multimillion-dollar budget deficit, are begging to close a hospital that serves the poor in Chicago's southern suburbs. But no ...
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More spending will get us nowhereAug 14, 2011 4:00 am - In reply to James A. Prescott’s letter concerning the middle class, he apparently needs to check his facts. The Democrats’ philosophy is to depend on the government to t...
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Make decisions fair to seniorsAug 14, 2011 4:00 am - Prior to the national debt agreements, there was talk of lost Social Security payments. That would mean that if the government doesn’t pay out, then our workforce would ...
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Jobs created when middle class spendsAug 14, 2011 4:00 am - The gnashing of teeth over raising the debt ceiling and budget cuts ignores the real problems in our nation. Our nation needs jobs! We need to reform trade policies to e...
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Cavaliers Drum & Bugle Corps finish 3rdAug 14, 2011 12:00 am - The dream of pulling off an upset victory fell just short Saturday night for the Cavaliers Drum & Bugle Corps. At the Drum Corps International world championships in Ind...
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Grants allow Illinois parks to hire 760 teen workersAug 14, 2011 12:00 am - It was a stroke of good fortune for teens who couldn’t land summer jobs in our sluggish economy. Suddenly, park districts around the state announced in early July they w...
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Metropolis exec. director to step downAug 14, 2011 12:00 am - Jim Jarvis, the executive director of the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights, is stepping down after three years, theater officials announced this we...