Palatine
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NIU offers high-speed network to Hoffman, NapervilleJul 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Northern Illinois University is offering communities like Hoffman Estates and Schaumburg what's touted as a rare opportunity. It's to join NIUnet, a next-generation high...
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Entrepreneur brings art background into new framing businessJul 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Todd Rowland is incorporating his art background in launching his new business in downtown Grayslake. Rowland and co-owner Christy Kubiak are holding a grand opening We...
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Jacobson sues CBS over her NBC firingJul 07, 2008 11:00 pm - A former Chicago newscaster is suing a television station for losing her job - but not the station she worked for. Instead, Amy Jacobson, a former reporter for NBC-5, is...
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Beer and wine festival on tap in BarringtonJul 07, 2008 11:00 pm - There will be plenty to quench the thirst in downtown Barrington this weekend for both beer lovers and wine aficionados. Friday's fourth annual Uncork Barrington wine-ta...
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Fremd product Dudczak offers a helping handJul 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Buddy Dudczak didn't have to care one iota about the 650 or so people who live in the Western Illinois town of Niota. But these were people along the flood-ravaged Missi...
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Maine East alumni finish 900-mile skateboarding journeyJul 07, 2008 11:00 pm - They made it! Victorious but exhausted, the suburban skateboarding team rolled into New York's Times Square early this morning, completing a 36-day, 900-mile journey fro...
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Stimulus check idea pays off big time in Lake ZurichJul 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Economic news has been depressing lately, but Tom Eccles will smile all the way to the bank today to collect $1,300 he won for spending his government economic stimulus ...
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Briefs: Man robbed at gunpointJul 07, 2008 11:00 pm - A man wearing a white cloth over his face pointed a silver semiautomatic handgun at a 35-year-old man and demanded money at around 3 a.m. Saturday in Mount Prospect, pol...
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Computer glitch cuts Elgin's fireworks show shortJul 07, 2008 11:00 pm - A computer malfunction cut short Elgin's July 4 fireworks show and city leaders now are mulling over how much to pay the pyrotechnics company. The grand finale actually ...
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Men who sold fireworks that started house fire fined $100Jul 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Proprietors of a Hoffman Estates convenience store Monday were fined $100 for selling the fireworks with which a 13-year-old boy accidentally started his family's house ...