Park Ridge
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The hidden risks behind adoptionJan 01, 2008 10:00 pm - Peggy Hilt wanted to be a good mother, but day after day, she got out of bed feeling like a failure. No matter what she tried, she couldn't connect with Nina, the 2-year...
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Briefs: Asbestos ruling upheldDec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - The Illinois Appellate Court has affirmed a previous Cook County circuit court ruling that Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 failed to notify its insurance co...
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Des Plaines has bit of N.Y., but much more for familyDec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - The confetti cannons and brightly lit "diamond" were poised and ready for the stroke of midnight in Des Plaines Monday night, but the New Year's Eve on the Plaza bash st...
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Where you can go to kick the habitDec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - It's time. Yeah, yeah, there are so many reasons to quit smoking as a New Year's resolution --like, you know, staving off lung cancer, smelling better and saving money. ...
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Year heads out, giving mood kicks inDec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - Things to do on New Year's Eve day: • Chill the champagne. • Get some party hats and noisemakers. • Take a bag of old clothing over to the Goodwill. The donor drive-thro...
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The best Christmas gift of allDec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - Margaret Nyman admitted to feeling a twinge of doubt standing in front of a coach bus with 28 of her family members at around 1 a.m. on Christmas Day. "There we were in...
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Police won't be staking out bars looking for smokersDec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - It's the end of a smoky era. Some New Year's Eve revelers awoke this morning with an aching head, but perhaps their pillow cases smelled fresher. At midnight, the much-d...
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Low-income day care center should open in the fallDec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - A five-year delay in the completion of a low-income day care center in Schaumburg will finally end this year, officials say, allowing families on its waiting list to fin...
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Emerald cashes in its chipsDec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - Emerald Casino has given up the ghost. The company that battled Illinois authorities for most of this decade for the right to run a casino in Rosemont officially threw i...
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Marathon signup laterDec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - Organizers of the Chicago Marathon have pushed back registration for the 2008 race. Spokeswoman Marianne Caponi said the event reaches capacity sooner each year and the ...