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11-year-old Chicago girl drowns in McHenry poolSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - A final summer fling turned tragic Sunday afternoon after an 11-year-old Chicago girl drowned in the backyard swimming pool of a home in McHenry. Tyrianna Jordan, 11, ...
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Many small businesses don't have Web sitesSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - When Northfield-based Small Business Research Board surveyed about 550 small businesses, including some in the Chicago suburbs, the group was surprised to learn that abo...
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By the numbers: Deficient bridges in the areaSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Here's a look at the deficient bridges in the counties serviced by the Daily Herald. COOK • 180 of 1,581 bridges structurally deficient (11.4 percent) • 26 toll bridges....
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Will rate hikes leave ComEd asking, 'who turned out the lights?'Sep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Now that the summer news cycle has ended with such vital stories as a vanishing bank robber; a filthy-rich football player crashing his rich-man's ride into a pole and t...
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It's a dirty jobSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Most people probably don't think much about what happens after they flush their toilets. But in Cook County, those millions of gallons of wastewater pay a visit to one o...
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Cancer walk made special by all of youSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - To the editor: Aug. 10-12 I walked in the Susan G. Komen three-day Breast Cancer Walk. We walked 60 miles through many of the Northwest suburbs, ending at Montrose Harbo...
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Bush ignores high cost of VietnamSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Arguing the need to stay the course in Iraq, President Bush told Veterans of Foreign Wars that: "One unmistakable legacy of Vietnam is that the price of America's withdr...
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Caring for the Spring Lake Nature PreserveSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Amid the horse trails and natural terrain of Barrington Hills, more than 60 species of nesting birds, a rainbow assortment of butterflies, and minks and beavers frolic. ...
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How do you know the bridge is safe?Sep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinoisans who want to know about the safety of local bridges can't get the information easily. Deciphering what they do get is even harder. The Illinois...
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Cycling commuters have opened our eyesSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - For those who drive to work, it may not be surprising that the Chicago area clocks in some of the highest average travel times to work in the nation. In a 2005 ranking o...