Palatine
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Stroger promotes pledges never madeJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - It should have been a much-needed good media day for Cook County Board President Todd Stroger. After months of being pounded for imposing the largest tax increase in his...
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Wood Dale hires new city managerJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Wood Dale city officials announced Thursday that former Wheeling Village Manager Wally Douthwaite will be the new city manager. Douthwaite will have a two-year contract ...
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Boy's drowning shocking, but experts say story is all too commonJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Two weeks ago, William Ugoka, 14, got a call from his mother, Mary, who was at work. "What are you going to do?" she asked her oldest son at 4 p.m. -- the typical time ...
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Is O'Hare probe tip of iceberg or no big deal?Jun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Mixed reactions emerged Thursday as a federal audit into whether air traffic controllers' supervisors fudged reports of operational errors hit home at O'Hare Internation...
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Man wanted for home invasion, car theftJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Schaumburg police are searching for a man they say confronted a woman with a child, forced his way into her babysitter's home and stole her car. Police said the 42-year-...
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Tough times mean more hungry kids over the summerJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Hard economic times are stoking a surge in students taking advantage of federally funded summer food programs. "I can tell you that just from the phone calls we receive,...
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1 hurt in 6-car crash in Arlington HeightsJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Six cars collided in a chain reaction this morning on eastbound Rand Road at Arlington Heights Road, police said. About 7:45 a.m., a car traveling eastbound, slammed in...
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Cook Co. moves closer to having an independent inspector generalJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - It took a few years, but Cook County Board President Todd Stroger Thursday took a major step toward making good on his central campaign platform: installing an independe...
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Fire damages two homes in BartlettJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Residents had to flee as fire damaged two townhouses at 474 and 476 E. Railroad Ave. Thursday in Bartlett. Lt. Dana Costa Rica of the Bartlett Fire Department said the h...
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Hemingway to help headline alternative health expoJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - More than 150 exhibitors and 70 speakers -- including actress Mariel Hemingway and relationship author John Gray -- will be on hand for the fourth annual Chicago Health ...