Prospect Heights
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Snow has suburbanites yearning for spring - or better climateFeb 21, 2009 10:00 pm - Ameet Patil is so sick of recent weather - including the snow that blanketed the area Saturday - that he's hoping this will be the last winter he spends here. The 30-yea...
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Suburban lawmakers try to tie up ethical loose endsFeb 21, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Rod Blagojevich may be gone from the governor's office, but his behavior there hasn't been forgotten. Several suburban lawmakers are among the state offici...
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More Illinois teachers striving for top certification that paysFeb 21, 2009 10:00 pm - By all accounts, John Madsen is a successful educator. The Bartlett High School language arts teacher, tenured and with nine years of service under his belt, received a ...
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What does it take to be a tollway CEO? We take a road tripFeb 21, 2009 10:00 pm - If you look at last week's headlines, it was all chimpanzee attacks, A-Rod, the Oscars and Sen. "You know the real Roland" Burris. Does no one care about who's leading t...
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American Cup brings past gymnastics champions to suburbsFeb 21, 2009 10:00 pm - Chicago was just as much a competitor for an Olympic bid Saturday as the gymnasts themselves at the 2009 Tyson American Cup in Hoffman Estates, American Cup winner and O...
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It's Oscar night, but local actors toil in lesser-seen rolesFeb 21, 2009 10:00 pm - Tonight is Oscar night, which means all eyes will be on the glittering gowns and high-wattage smiles of Hollywood's A-list. But the folks who walk that fabled red carpe...
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Pace adviser suspended from using paratransitFeb 21, 2009 10:00 pm - A former member of an elite committee created to advise Pace Chairman Richard Kwasneski on the future of paratransit in the region has been temporarily banned from the s...
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Lake County scouts get lesson in self-defenseFeb 21, 2009 10:00 pm - A group of girls screamed their heads off at the library Saturday in Gurnee, and no one told them to shush. Police were not called, either. Actually, a police officer to...
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No soph slump for Wheeling's SmithFeb 20, 2009 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN - Luke Smith burst upon the scene last season as a Wheeling freshman when he hit the trifecta by winning Mid-Suburban League, regional and sectional wrestling ...
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Harper College president search down to 2Feb 20, 2009 10:00 pm - Harper College's presidential search committee was charged with narrowing a nationwide field down to three to five candidates. But two standouts separated themselves fro...