Wheeling
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Reed's shot lifts Prospect; BG rolls aheadJan 19, 2008 10:00 pm - For the second time this season, Prospect stunned Wheeling with a last-second basket to win a Mid-Suburban East boys basketball game. In November, Jason Leblebijian's 3 ...
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Brookfield Zoo giraffe dies Saturday in freak accidentJan 19, 2008 10:00 pm - A popular giraffe at Brookfield Zoo died in a freak accident that has "devastated" staff, officials said Saturday. Dusti, an 11-year-old male, was found tangled in a rop...
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Mt. Prospect kids build on last yearJan 19, 2008 10:00 pm - A group of seventh graders from Lincoln Junior High School in Mount Prospect, proved that practice does indeed make perfect. After finishing second with their robot last...
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Sawyer, Chicago's 2nd black mayor, dead at 73Jan 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Former Chicago Mayor Eugene Sawyer, who served only briefly but during a deeply divisive period in city politics in the late 1980s, has died. He was 73. Sawyer, the c...
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Grease fire at Arlington Heights restaurantJan 19, 2008 10:00 pm - A grease fire broke out at Boston Blackie's restaurant Saturday night, forcing customers out about 9 p.m. The Arlington Heights Fire Department was at the restaurant at...
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Bigger, stronger, faster -- over the counterJan 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Anabolic steroids get the bulk of attention. Yet, the main focus of a new state drug testing program for high school athletes won't be illegal steroids, but the shakes, ...
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Briefs: Apartment complex soldJan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - The Park Place apartment complex in Hoffman Estates has been sold for $66 million. The deal for the three-building, 642-unit complex was brokered Dec. 17 and finalized l...
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Works pays off as Meadows earns dual winJan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Swimming is truly an endurance sport. The alarm clock going off before 5 a.m., the countless laps in the pool, the grueling hours of weight training. And for Rolling Mea...
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Stroger storiesJan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Friends spoke fondly of John Stroger Friday, even those who opposed him politically. Their remembrances included stories of Stroger the man without regard to political i...
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Ex-prostitute details working life at hearingJan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - A former prostitute described in detail Friday how she was recruited into the escort service Michael Spencer is accused of running. Her testimony took place during the 3...