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From Maxwell Street scavenger to millionaireMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - William Kaper Jr. was 10 years old when he scavenged at the city dump at 31st Street and Cicero Avenue on Chicago's South Side. He could find just about anything -- a bi...
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Attend Shamrox game, aid cancer researchMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Firefighters can wear pink, and, tonight, the Hoffman Estates Fire Department will prove it. If you purchase a ticket for tonight's Chicago Shamrox lacrosse game at the ...
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Suburban voter turnout in Cook County highest in 20 yearsMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Cook County Clerk David Orr's final report on the Feb. 5 primary confirms what was apparent on Primary Day: Suburban voters turned out in droves. Orr's office, which ove...
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Des Plaines' Riviera project needs more timeMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Citing the slumping housing market, a developer pitching a high-rise retirement community next to his Des Plaines restaurant wants a two-year extension for the project. ...
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Barrington chess club to be honoredMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - The children of Barrington's Chess Without Borders club are learning much more than the best way to secure that checkmate. For their charitable work, students in the clu...
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Choose candidate, not political partyMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - This is in response to Mr. Daryl Pratt's letter of March 4 entitled "Democrats would mismanage country." What an interesting, naive thing to say -- to lump all Democrat...
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Portraits of true patriotsMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - A moving exhibition of hand-drawn portraits of every Illinois serviceman and woman who has died in service since Sept. 11 made its way to the suburbs Friday. "Portrait o...
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In brief: O'Hare gets Elk Grove landMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - O'Hare gets Elk Grove land A Cook County judge on Friday signed off on an agreement that will give the city of Chicago its first piece of land in Elk Grove Village for a...
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Former Wheeling man found guilty of 2nd-degree murderMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Finding some truth in his self-defense claims, a Cook County jury found Alfredo Hernandez guilty of second-degree murder Friday for killing his friend six years ago. The...
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Major Route 20 work to begin next weekMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Route 20 in Elgin could be the site of some serious gridlock come Thursday. And construction work -- along with lane closures -- won't end until November. "It's going to...