Park Ridge
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Barrington library increases Web visibilityOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Finding the Barrington Area Library online is about to get easier. Thanks to a grant from the Illinois secretary of state, the library is starting a project called "Cust...
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Course to teach how to leave good impressionOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Whether you're ready or not, holiday festivities and parties are right around the corner. If you need to network at your office party or find a date at a Christmas gathe...
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Barrington High student diagnosed with TBOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Barrington High School is taking precautions today after one of its students was diagnosed with tuberculosis. Barrington Area Unit District 220 Superintendent Tom Leonar...
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Racetracks push for 'racinos'Oct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Lawmakers listening Wednesday for ideas about expanding gambling in Illinois, again heard the pitches for and against slot machines at Illinois horse tracks like Arlingt...
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Solo Cup to close Wheeling factoryOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Solo Cup Co., a Highland Park-based maker of disposable foodservice items, announced plans Tuesday to reduce its debt by $325 million, in part by closing manufacturing f...
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Canceled Shamrox season leaves arena with 8 open datesOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - The cancellation of the Chicago Shamrox lacrosse season continues the spell of bad luck for Hoffman Estates' Sears Centre. Tuesday's decision by the National Lacrosse Le...
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Bean fund-raising machine running strongOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - With the 2008 primary election less than four months away, U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean's fundraising machine is miles ahead of her political challengers' efforts, federal rec...
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Stroger budget restores jobs, calls for tax hikesOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Cook County Board President Todd Stroger unveiled a 2008 budget Wednesday that calls for restoring 1,130 of the 1,800 jobs he slashed in this year's budget. The total 20...
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State police lauded for saving evidenceOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - The nation's top cops have bestowed a prestigious award upon the Illinois State Police employees who helped solve the Brown's Chicken murders. Three members of Chicago ...
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A simple solution for county budgetOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - I have a solution to the Cook County budget shortfall: simply cut the salary of every county employee in half and eliminate all benefits. When the workers walk off the j...