Port Barrington
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State to step up probe into low 2007 test scoresNov 09, 2007 10:00 pm - Illinois education officials said Friday they're looking to hire an independent party to explore the issue of lackluster high school test scores on the 2007 Prairie Stat...
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Man to stay in prison for '62 sex crimeNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - A man locked up since 1962 for one of the most grisly murders in McHenry County history was declared a sexually violent person Thursday, a ruling that could keep him beh...
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Kayaker envisions state's first whitewater park - on the Fox RiverNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - At first, even Charlie Zine didn't take his idea to build a whitewater park on the Fox River too seriously. The venue, he thought a year ago, could draw thousands to dow...
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Motorola opens Beijing complexNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Motorola Inc. on Thursday marked its 20th year in China by expanding its operations with a new research-and-development complex in Wangjing, Beijing. Because about 35 pe...
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Mall terrorism warning downplayedNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Local and federal authorities are downplaying a new FBI warning about a possible al-Qaida plot to attack area shopping centers during the holiday season. An intelligence...
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Thank you, readers, for being so incredible!Nov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Taylor underwent brain surgery two weeks ago in Arizona and soon will be coming home to Johnsburg. If you have any doubt people are good, kind and simply amazing, stop b...
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New homes deliver windfall for Dist. 158Nov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Huntley Unit District 158 has a nice surprise waiting for it in the village of Hampshire's coffers: more than $1 million in developer fees the village has collected from...
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Suburban college students finalists for $15K in Chipotle ad contestNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - The idea came to Chris Darkes in a dream. He woke up in the middle of the night, jotted down a plan for a new Chipotle commercial, and now it's one of 12 being considere...
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Tellabs CEO resignsNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Tellabs Inc. co-founder and Chairman Michael Birck found himself without a chief executive once again Thursday. The first time was in 2002 when Richard Notebaert quit af...
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Vietnam era inspires Algonquin artist's workNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Jeanine Hill-Soldner knows firsthand that war leaves slow-healing wounds. More than 40 years after she saw her father head off to Vietnam, the Algonquin artist finally w...