Vernon Hills
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Illinois' suburban and Christian schools win 'Blue Ribbon' honorsOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - The U.S. Department of Education has awarded nearly 20 Illinois schools blue ribbons for academic achievement. The No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon School Program honors...
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Crystal Lake woman delivers triplet girlsOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - It wasn't quite the same odds as winning the lottery or drawing a royal flush, but to Katie Coss the result was just as sweet. The 29-year-old Crystal Lake mo...
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Winchester House sued for negligenceOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - An 82-year-old former Wildwood woman is suing Winchester House in Libertyville for negligence that she says led to her sexual abuse. The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in L...
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Police think they've cracked 1999 slayingOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - DNA evidence and clues from a cell phone helped police solve the drug-related slaying of a Park City man reported missing eight years ago, authorities said Wednesday. Fe...
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Briefs: Airline flight delays lower in AugustOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- U.S. airlines improved their on-time flight arrival rate to 71.7 percent in August, a small increase from July, which ranked as one of the industry's worst...
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Audience to pick town's first IdolOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Seventeen area youths think they have the voice to earn the title of Mundelein Idol. But it will be the audience that will decide Saturday night. Hosted by Mundelein Hig...
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Woodland leaders optimistic about upcoming budgetOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Although expenditures are projected to top revenue, an upbeat note was sounded for a new budget approved at Gurnee-based Woodland Elementary District 50. "It's a very po...
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'Missing' Lake Zurich child found safe at homeOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - It's a story parents of one 6-year-old Lake Zurich boy will likely recall with amusement years down the road. But for more than an hour Wednesday morning, they were livi...
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Brave Six Flags birds get the wormsOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Imagine 130,000 mealworms slithering, sliming, twisting and twirling in your hair, down your neck and along every inch of exposed skin. You'll have the chance to s...
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Motorola details layoff expensesOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Schaumburg-based Motorola Inc. has spent around $343 million for severance and other costs related to eliminating 5,100 jobs so far this year, the company said in a fili...