Vernon Hills
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Stable ACT scores can't mask concernsAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Why are so few Illinois high school graduates prepared for basic college-level academics? And how can matters be improved? Those again emerge as the most important quest...
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Ingleside man faces another burglary chargeAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - A former Ingleside man who pleaded guilty to a 2004 house burglary that police say set the stage for the murder of a 16-year-old girl is again charged with burglary. Lak...
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Changing jobs creates 401(k) decisionAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Summer is often a time of transition. Many employees switch jobs during the summer and many often wonder: Should I let the money I've accumulated in my com...
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Are your toys safe?Aug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - At Zimmermann True Value Hardware Store in Buffalo Grove, manager Tom Brinkman on Tuesday used an instant test for lead on two Mattel toys, a plastic Diego doll and a ma...
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Housing values holdAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - The number of homes and condominiums sold during the second quarter continued to slide in the Chicago region, especially in Lake and McHenry counties where sales plunged...
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ACT scores climb, but not college readinessAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Six years after Illinois required that all high school juniors take a college entrance exam, state ACT scores plateaued at last year's record high and more students grad...
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This group earned pink slips, not raisesAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Only a governor operating in left field and a legislature operating in the financial twilight zone could subject Illinois residents to such governmental ineptitude as we...
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It's Stanford for Warren's BootheAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Stanford's picturesque university boasts about 43,000 trees. It's about to get another. Sarah Boothe, Warren's 6-foot-5 incoming senior pivot, made a verbal commitment l...
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Condell Hospital sets sights on Level IAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Condell Medical Center plans to begin expanding its emergency department today, setting the stage for the hospital to become a Level I trauma center. But Condell officia...
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Two schools unite to train students to be future leadersAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - What does a Lincolnshire public high school with more than 4,500 students and an all-boys Catholic high school with fewer than 1,000 students in Burbank, Ill., have in c...