Prospect Heights
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Investors press lenders on bad loansMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Already burned by bad mortgages on their books, lenders now are feeling rising heat from loans they sold to investors. Unhappy buyers of subprime mortgages, home-equity ...
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Roselle shooting victims include 7-year-old boyMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Two adults and a 7-year-old boy were found shot to death inside their Roselle home today in what appears to be a double murder and suicide. A 60-year-old man, his 47-yea...
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A vicious cycle of debtMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Shondra McCalebb of Hanover Park has struggled to pay utilities, rent, food and other bills while raising her four children. In the process, she has learned firsthand ho...
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Feds open grasslands for haying, grazingMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - BISMARCK, N.D. -- The federal government is allowing millions of acres of land now left idle to be used for haying and grazing, after birds have finished nesting on gras...
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Schaumburg shows veteran composureMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - A fear factor was definitely at work as Schaumburg was on the brink of another upsetting end to a tremendous baseball season. Geneva had just scored 3 runs in the top of...
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High school coach says former player on Kelly sex tapeMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - R. Kelly's child pornography trial was adjourned early on Wednesday, after an attorney for the R&B singer said he received a call from a man who claims to have informati...
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Taxi driver cited after car jumps downtown curb, at least 3 injuredMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - A Chicago taxicab driver was accused of negligent driving Thursday after his vehicle went in reverse, jumped a curb at a busy crosswalk near Union Station, and struck a ...
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State lawmakers reconsider emergency traffic legislationMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- When Illinois lawmakers approved "Scott's Law" in 2002, they intended to protect emergency personnel at roadside crash sites by strictly increasing penalt...
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New law makes escape tougher for tax exilesMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - It's been called "the ultimate estate plan": moving to a desert island or other far-off locale to escape the clutches of the Internal Revenue Service. Indeed, hundreds o...
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UPS planning air deal with DHLMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- UPS Inc., the world's largest shipping carrier, said Wednesday it is working toward an agreement with DHL's U.S. Express unit to carry air shipments for some...