Spring Grove
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High-tech presents for the modern momMay 04, 2008 11:00 pm - You can always get Mom a new mobile phone, laptop or digital camera. But for a truly remarkable Mother's Day, what about a robot? Or an outfit made of special fabric tha...
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Lake County begins taping statements in child abuse casesMay 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Jeffrey Harrison of Grayslake occupies a somewhat unique place in Lake County criminal justice history. Harrison, 32, is accused in the Feb. 17 predatory sexual assault ...
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47 years of riding the railsMay 04, 2008 11:00 pm - You may have seen him through the years on the train to work. After 47 years of service, Union Pacific engineer Eugene "Gene" Picchiotti has called it quits for retireme...
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Fox Valley in 60 secondsMay 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Cary seeks FEMA grant It cost Cary thousands of dollars when workers responded to a pair of severe snowstorms Feb. 5 and 6. And officials they hope to get some of that m...
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Staging, redesign firm relies on Web siteMay 03, 2008 11:00 pm - When GraceAnn Simoni started her interior redesign and home staging business in 2001, her Web site was the only calling card she had on the Internet. It still is. "There...
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Going green to clean schoolsMay 03, 2008 11:00 pm - The environmentally friendly glass cleaner used in Northwest Suburban District 214 has been leaving streaks. There's an easy fix -- some simple adjustments in how a new ...
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It may be legal to keep your seat, Paul. But it isn't rightMay 03, 2008 11:00 pm - We don't really know what happened at the home of Carpentersville trustee Paul Humpfer last May. Only Paul and his estranged wife, Jackie, know the true details. But we ...
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Emmylou Harris to play at arboretumMay 02, 2008 11:00 pm - The Morton Arboretum hopes that if you have a good time out in its trees, you'll learn to love the green leafy things. There can't be a better way to do that than to sit...
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Charge upgraded to murderMay 02, 2008 11:00 pm - A McHenry County grand jury has upgraded the charges against a man accused in the death of his infant daughter. Eighteen-year-old Salvador Avila of Woodstock was indicte...
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Pressured to reject recall? No, they sayMay 02, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Suburban lawmakers defended their opposition to a state recall proposal Friday, saying it was bad public policy and no political influence was involved. "...