Prospect Heights
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Happy new laws, smokers and teen driversDec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- In a year in which state leaders have been lambasted for their inability to do much of significance, smokers and teen drivers may beg to differ. Both are ...
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Inflated prices for balloon bizDec 30, 2007 10:00 pm - Those floating party balloons, a staple of any respectable New Year's Eve party, are becoming scarce. A worldwide helium shortage is the culprit, leading to dramatic pri...
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Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital birthsDec 30, 2007 10:00 pm - • Andrew Charles Stirlen, Oct. 16 to Jamie and Chas Stirlen, Cary. Grandparents: Richard and Donna Anderson, Buffalo Grove; Bill and Mary Stirlen, Arlington Heights. Gre...
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No plans for NYE yet? No worries. There's plenty going on in the areaDec 30, 2007 10:00 pm - Time's run out. Tonight is the big night. If you didn't make plans months ago or want to spend $1,000 or so, here's some last-minute ideas on ways to usher in 2008. Bars...
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Chicago Marathon officials push back registrationDec 30, 2007 10:00 pm - Organizers of the Chicago Marathon have pushed back registration for the 2008 race. Spokeswoman Marianne Caponi says the event reaches capacity sooner each year and the ...
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Looking back at 2007, for better or worseDec 30, 2007 10:00 pm - New Stephens in mayor's chair Bradley Stephens in May stepped into the seat his father held for a half century after the death of longtime Rosemont Mayor Donald E. Steph...
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The one gift he really neededDec 29, 2007 10:00 pm - By Mike Silverman's count, God blessed him twice. Once 25 years ago when he survived multiple-bypass heart surgery and again in early December when he received a new hea...
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6 hurt in Cook County Jail knife fightDec 29, 2007 10:00 pm - A knife fight between rival gangs broke out late Saturday in a maximum security wing of the Cook County Jail, sending six inmates to area hospitals, authorities said. Th...
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A little humor goes a long way when explaining philosophyDec 29, 2007 10:00 pm - "Dimitri: If Atlas holds up the world, what holds up Atlas? "Tasso: Atlas stands on the back of a turtle. "Dimitri: But what does the turtle stand on? "Tasso: Another tu...
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Recession looms like a specter for 2008Dec 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Whether it happens or not, the "R word" today is one of the most analyzed economic prospects for the new year. Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said the ri...