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Hide the air conditioning units in AddisonMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - If you've got a window air conditioner, Addison officials don't want to see it. Oh, it's fine if it faces the neighbors to the side or, even better, to the rear. But tow...
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Dist. 200 will pay debt after an 18-year delayMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - If West Chicago's Fox Hollow subdivision were a car, the repo man would've visited Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 a long time ago. School board members voted to r...
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Glen Ellyn Crowne Plaza to open Aug. 1May 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Glen Ellyn's new Crowne Plaza Hotel, closed more than a year ago as a Holiday Inn, is scheduled for an August opening. The former Holiday Inn, at 1250 Roosevelt Road, ha...
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Students lobby for alternative schoolsMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- By age 15, Komaneque Bobbett thought she'd lost everything. Depressed and angry, she'd been kicked out of school. But the Aurora teen landed a spot in No...
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Dist. 204 legal battle moves forwardMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - With a required mediation session behind them, Indian Prairie Unit District 204 officials now will ask the courts to throw out a lawsuit filed by Neighborhood Schools Fo...
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Lisle entrepreneur closes store, offers advice to othersMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Randy Russell knows first-hand that even good business plans don't always work: The Lisle store he co-owned, Wine Expressions, closed its doors Saturday, transitioning t...
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Immediate annuities can be a useful toolMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. I wonder if single-premium immediate annuities (SPIAs) are for me. I am 75. My wife is 73. We have no debt, $850,000 in IRAs (mostly in the American Fund family) and ...
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Verizon to debut Linux phonesMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Verizon Wireless is backing a free operating system that competes with programs from Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Qualcomm Inc., and expects the system t...
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Warning labels would have 'chilling effect,' critics argueMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Stricter warning labels proposed for toys containing a legal amount of lead would have a "chilling effect" on consumers, one suburban lawmaker argued Tues...
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Humor with heart: Naperville doc organizing Comedy Night benefitMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Edward Hospital physician David McElligott is a man who takes his humor seriously. The founder of the hospital's annual Comedy Night, McElligott takes a week's vacation...