Spring Grove
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Voter ID proposal rejected along party linesMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- An attempt to require Illinois voters to show identification before casting a ballot was rejected Thursday by Democratic lawmakers. The proposal would hav...
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Students lobby for alternative schoolsMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- By age 15, Komaneque Bobbett thought she'd lost everything. Depressed and angry, she'd been kicked out of school. But the Aurora teen landed a spot in No...
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Juvenile suspect identified in errorMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - McHenry County authorities dismissed a child sex abuse charge against a Wonder Lake teen Wednesday, admitting they made a mistake charging him as an adult and disclosing...
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Lisle entrepreneur closes store, offers advice to othersMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Randy Russell knows first-hand that even good business plans don't always work: The Lisle store he co-owned, Wine Expressions, closed its doors Saturday, transitioning t...
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Immediate annuities can be a useful toolMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. I wonder if single-premium immediate annuities (SPIAs) are for me. I am 75. My wife is 73. We have no debt, $850,000 in IRAs (mostly in the American Fund family) and ...
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Verizon to debut Linux phonesMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Verizon Wireless is backing a free operating system that competes with programs from Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Qualcomm Inc., and expects the system t...
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Algonquin police chief's pneumonia improvingMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Algonquin Police Chief Russell Laine is edging out of the woods when it comes to his month-long battle against double pneumonia, a family spokesman said Wednesday. Docto...
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Warning labels would have 'chilling effect,' critics argueMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Stricter warning labels proposed for toys containing a legal amount of lead would have a "chilling effect" on consumers, one suburban lawmaker argued Tues...
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McHenry County's insurance move pays offMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - With health care costs dropping as much as $1.5 million from a year ago, McHenry County's decision last year to handle its employee medical insurance in-house is proving...
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Tyson CFO leaving for Walgreen postMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGDALE, Ark. -- Tyson Foods said Tuesday Chief Financial Officer Wade Miquelon is leaving the company to take a similar job at Walgreen Co., the nation's largest ret...