Palatine
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Firefighters share traits, fond memories of colleagueJun 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Don Swisher was grocery shopping in 2001 when Kevin Shanahan, then 7, spotted his fire truck in the parking lot and dragged his mom inside. "He was obsessed with firefig...
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Rezko jury locked on one countJun 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Antoin "Tony" Rezko's jury is deadlocked on one of 24 criminal counts as it deliberates following the landmark two-month corruption trial. In a note Monday to U.S. Dist...
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BooksJun 02, 2008 11:00 pm - "Get in the Game: Read!": Runs June 2-July 31; Mount Prospect Public Library, 10 S. Emerson St. Books, movies, music and games are part of the library's Summer Readi...
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Soccer tournament arrives; basketball camps set schedulesJun 02, 2008 11:00 pm - The invasion of young soccer players is almost here. If you're in the suburban area this weekend, you will see them everywhere. Over 1,500 boys and girls will arrive fo...
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Des Plaines may mold money into sculpturesJun 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Bronze sculptures of birds, children playing with a turtle and young people playing leapfrog could be coming to downtown Des Plaines. Des Plaines aldermen on Monday nigh...
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New U-46 superintendent gets $281,000 packageJun 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Elgin Area School District U-46 Monday officially netted a new superintendent. One who netted himself a significant raise. Jose Torres, 48, will earn $220,000 when he ta...
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S. Elgin residents design new logo, sloganJun 02, 2008 11:00 pm - South Elgin leaders have a new logo and new slogan thanks to two creative residents. Village officials -- aided by Ron Herrmann and Karen Cluchey, two residents who won ...
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Briefs: 18 years for sex assaultJun 02, 2008 11:00 pm - A Schaumburg man was sentenced to 18 years in prison Monday for sexually assaulting a relative who was younger than 13 at the time. Fermin Munoz, 29, of the 1500 block o...
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Semi skids into ditch; Haz-Mat team cleaning upJun 02, 2008 11:00 pm - A hazardous-materials crew is cleaning up this morning after a semitrailer truck skidded off the road and into a ditch on Palatine Road east of Route 53 in Arlington Hei...
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Political donor in line for Cook County pactJun 02, 2008 11:00 pm - A political donor to Cook County Board President Todd Stroger is in line to receive a county contract today, despite the fact that the company proposes charging 22 perce...