Prospect Heights
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State to expand online payment of business taxesAug 26, 2007 11:00 pm - The Illinois Department of Revenue is expected to announce expansion plans this fall for its electronic withholding tax filing program for businesses. Since the pilot pr...
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Relief as river begins to recedeAug 26, 2007 11:00 pm - With the shores of the Des Plaines River halfway down his driveway, all Tom Hooper can do is wait. The back half of his property in the flood-prone Big Bend Drive neighb...
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Odds Ryan will do time?Aug 26, 2007 11:00 pm - The unusual order granting former Gov. George Ryan freedom while he seeks another appeal of his corruption conviction unleashed speculation that he may never be put behi...
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Palatine woman, fellow quilters put hobby to good useAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - It's all good when you can parlay a hobby or interest into a gift that helps others. Dotty VanDerripe of Palatine has done just that. "As a group of quilters it's nice t...
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Cops get craftier about catching speeders -- who get craftier about dodging trapsAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Jostling to pull in front of each other in the territorial fight over the open road, suburban drivers and police are often locked in a battle of wits. Now, they are find...
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Take on the TickerAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Nancy Coutu is founder of Money Manager Advisory Inc., Oak Brook The Bank of America and three other banks borrowed about $500 million from the Federal Reserve Bank last...
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They're not idols, but they're still greatAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Ben Brown - "Come Fly With Me" (Audio MP3) Mundelein's Ben Brown hoped his rendition of "Try a Little Tenderness" could win the hearts of "American Idol" judges at a...
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Four counties declared state disaster areasAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Using the rising floodwaters of the Chain O' Lakes as a backdrop, Gov. Rod Blagojevich declared Cook, Kane, Lake and McHenry counties state disaster areas Friday. The st...
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Shallow roots may be culprit in uprooted treesAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - For someone with a huge oak tree resting on her roof and deck, Debbie Williams was relatively unfazed. "We're counting our blessings," the Medinah resident said Friday....
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Minutemen out, but protests going onAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - The Illinois Minuteman Project isn't coming to McHenry County today, but protesters for and against the group still are. The two sides of the illegal immigration debate ...