Northfield
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Who's in 1st? They all areJan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - The lessons of Iowa and strategy for New Hampshire and beyond? With New Hampshire's primary only two days away and the 22 primaries of Feb. 5 coming up fast, Illinois ba...
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A quirky party in praise of the kidneyJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Kidneys -- from beans to the organ -- will be in the spotlight at a suburban woman's bash tonight. Sharon Flood, 46, of Pingree Grove, is tossing the party for more than...
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Washington Mutual to close branchesJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Washington Mutual told employees Friday it intends to close 25 local branches and cut about 150 jobs. The cutbacks are scheduled to be made by mid-April and will leave W...
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Katrina goodwill effort needs some wheels to complete the taskJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Some might call Sherry May's effort a tremendous act of goodwill. She calls it a Catch-22. May, an Elgin resident who runs the not-for-profit Go With Books, has for the ...
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Chicago man accused of arson, fake 911 callsJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - A 27-year-old man accused of reporting a false bomb threat and a fake armed robbery in Des Plaines intentionally set an apartment fire in the suburb, police said. A judg...
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Briefs: Des Plaines couple robbedJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Des Plaines police said two men broke into an elderly couple's home on New Year's Day, stealing the husband's gold wedding band off a table. One of the men initially kn...
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Gang suspect arrested in SchaumburgJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Schaumburg police have arrested a suspected gang member after seizing drugs, drug paraphernalia and four loaded handguns from his condominium unit. Miguel Joseph Valenci...
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New Arlington Heights village hall to open this monthJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - In a few weeks, paying for your village sticker will be a little more pleasant for Arlington Heights residents. That's because a new, almost $30 million village hall wil...
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Market highs and lows hit area companies in 2007Jan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Public companies in the suburbs showed incredible gains or incredible losses in the stock market during 2007, an extreme pattern evident in nearly every industry. Such e...
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Two mayors who left their posts for health reasons doing betterJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - The former mayors of Wheeling and Prospect Heights are taking it easy this year after resigning unexpectedly last year, citing health issues. Rodney Pace and Greg Klate...