Park Ridge
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Retired detective to discuss 1950s murders with 2002 convictionFeb 17, 2008 10:00 pm - Back more than 50 years ago, Palatine resident James Jack was a young detective with the Chicago Police Department, barely a year into his new job, when a man came into ...
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The briefs: Holocaust speaker tonightFeb 17, 2008 10:00 pm - Holocaust speaker tonight Father Patrick Desbois, a French Roman Catholic priest who has spent the past four years interviewing hundreds of eyewitnesses, bystanders as w...
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Smoke detector saves 4 in ElginFeb 17, 2008 10:00 pm - Had it not been for a screaming smoke detector, officials shudder to think what would have happened to a sleeping family of four resting inside a west-side Elgin home th...
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Region is getting ready for its close-upFeb 17, 2008 10:00 pm - Seeing the big picture will take on a new meaning with an upcoming project to bring the Chicago region into greater focus. Six counties in northeastern Illinois plan to ...
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Church assembles 900 to send meals to HaitiFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Assembly lines formed Saturday around the massive AMI Bearings warehouse in Mount Prospect, but instead of mounted bearings and locking devices, it was food mixtures bei...
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A call for more gun control lawsFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - After 60 minutes in agonizing limbo as she waited to hear if her son, a Northern Illinois University student, survived Thursday's massacre, Connie Catellani doesn't want...
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Shooting survivor recounts attackFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Harold Ng didn't think too much of the man who suddenly appeared onstage with the geology instructor. Until he saw the shotgun. "He fired once," said Ng, an NIU junior. ...
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Chili in more ways than one at annual golf tourneyFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Helping a city of more than 100,000 people dig out from a particularly severe winter is part of Elgin City Manager Olufemi Folarin's job. But Folarin had an equally chal...
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Path far from clear for an outdoor theater in Hoffman EstatesFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Hoffman Estates residents and village officials are unsure how Monday's vote will swing over the final site plans for the Prairie Creek Amphitheater. While many in the c...
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Lift your spirits while you shopFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - What better way to beat the winter blahs for a couple of hours than sipping wine while shopping? Dana Sullivan, Tammy Down and Michelle Groenke did just that Saturday at...