Northfield
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Schakowsky faces primary challengeNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky faces a challenge from within her own party for the first time since she beat two fellow Democrats to win the 9th District seat in 1998. Chi...
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Cook County aims to remove hospitals from board controlNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - Cook County Board commissioners today will take the first step toward putting the county's public hospitals and clinics under an independent board. Commissioner Gregg Go...
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Elmhurst soldier killed in Iraq during 3rd tour of dutyNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - A 22-year-old soldier from Elmhurst died in Iraq during his third tour of duty, his family said. Army Sgt. Joe Vanek was killed by "small arms" fire in Baghdad, his fath...
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Acosta, West stop PalatineNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - Samantha Acosta claims she was nervous for her first varsity start. She hardly looked like it. The Maine West sophomore guard tossed in a team-high 15 points with 3 reb...
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Stories of freedomNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - Seventy-seven-year-old Winnie Christensen remembered the first time she saw the Statue of Liberty. Just two years before, she had been studying at a British boarding sch...
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Barrington leaders keep eye on rail saleNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - With the sale of one of the major railways through the Barrington area now a possible reality, the community is making sure its concerns are heard. Canadian National Rai...
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New studio combines dance, fitness and the theater artsNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - In opening a dance studio, Susan Ross wanted someplace with a downtown, artsy look instead of a sterile strip mall location. Earlier this fall, Ross opened Midwest Dance...
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Plant science faces Harper axNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - The V Building on Harper College's campus is bursting with vegetation. Hundreds of plant species are growing in the greenhouse. In one room, silk flowers are stacked to ...
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United workers picketNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - About 20 United Airline pilots and flight attendants staged another picket Monday, this time in front of Motorola's headquarters in Schaumburg. Motorola is one of United...
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Blagojevich's health-care expansion getting hard lookNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A panel of lawmakers today could decide the fate of Gov. Rod Blagojevich's unilateral attempt to expand health care to thousands of additional families, a...