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Tollway reform measures gain initial supportMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Commuters would be notified once they've accumulated three toll violations under legislation approved Wednesday by an Illinois House committee. The propo...
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Man buys cookies, has girl scouts give them to charitiesMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Two area Girl Scouts recently learned that one good deed truly deserves another. Rich Grimley of Naperville purchased about 150 boxes of cookies from Maggie O'Brien, 10...
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New era brings new balance to two sides of paper's missionMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - In the inner world of a daily newspaper, the "tell the truth" side of the mission and the "make money" side persist in something of a state of uneasy symbiosis. Each sid...
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ComEd to raise electric bills in JuneMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - You can expect to pay more for electricity starting in June. About 3.4 million residential customers of ComEd will pay 2.5 percent more, or about $2 more a month based o...
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Leaders sample drinks before voting on themMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois lawmakers cracked down on alcoholic energy drinks Wednesday even as some cracked open a few. An Illinois Senate committee voted 8-2 to require st...
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Toys in the attic? No, in the toiletMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - You say toilet. I say toilette. To some children, it's a toy-let. In this season of spring cleaning, hundreds of toys travel down the toilet tubes daily nationwide. Tu...
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They fight fires and serve beer, chili, tooMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Lombard firefighters have traded in their fire hoses this month for a beer tap to benefit charity. Off-duty firefighters will be serving a special brew, named Fire Chief...
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Briefs: Drug and weapons arrestMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - A 52-year-old Carol Stream man turned himself in to police on charges that stemmed from a search warrant executed at his home in January. Ross L. Bade Sr., of 545 Sundan...
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Lewd comments bring man prison termMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - A convicted sex offender was sentenced Wednesday to 4½ years in prison for soliciting two Waubonsie Valley High School girls in Aurora. Lanny E. Williams, 41, made sexua...
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Big Ten has no comment on local man's lawsuitMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - An attorney says he's hopeful more settlement talks will occur for a Barrington man claiming in a federal lawsuit he's owed money because his idea for the Big Ten Networ...