Prospect Heights
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Are you hungrier than a 5th-grader? U-46 high-schoolers areFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Gifford Street senior Robbie Stark has a healthy 19-year-old appetite. Yet, every day for lunch, he receives the same fare as a 7-year-old. "We're served the same lunche...
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Mt. Prospect senior scores hundreds of modeling, acting gigsFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Most people may view TV commercials as the time to go get a snack. Not Jim Goss. No, Goss likes to stick around a bit to see if he can catch a glimpse of himself in a co...
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One event that wasn't affected by the weatherFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - As many struggled with the snow storm Wednesday, a group of snow sculptors in Mount Prospect couldn't have been more pleased. The Chicago Snow Sculpting Competition kic...
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Record-setting turnout in Cook County despite Tuesday's inclement weatherFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Not since 1952 have Cook County voters come out for a primary election in such high percentages -- until now, said County Clerk David Orr. On Tuesday, 42 percent of the ...
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Latest storm makes a mess of the suburbsFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - The powerful winter storm that blew through the Chicago area Wednesday grounded thousands of airline passengers, snarled traffic and closed suburban schools and malls. ...
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Accusations won't intimidate effortsFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - I'm writing in response to a recent letter from immigration attorney Shirley Sadjadi. She continues to chastise those of us who are resisting the influx of illegal immi...
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Oceanarium to close for makeoverFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - The popular Oceanarium marine mammal exhibit at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium will be closed for several months starting in September to allow construction crews to update an...
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Police: Gunman in Tinley Park attack made sexual advances toward victimFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - A gunman who killed five women at a suburban Chicago clothing store sexually assaulted one of his victims, police said on Wednesday as the attack's lone survivor comment...
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Foul weather fouls up suburbsFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - While it was hours late in arriving in the Northwest suburbs, the impact of Wednesday's storm grew and grew as the day went on. Many schools, government offices and reta...
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Congressman Mark Kirk's father dies of pulmonary fibrosisFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - No one can say Francis Gabriel Kirk wasn't versatile. Pilot, pig farmer, computer designer, sculptor, author and Army and Navy veteran were among the hats that Kirk, bes...