Cook County
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Officials want lawmakers to restore fundingOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- In Prospect Heights, state budget cuts jeopardize a flood-control project. In Downers Grove, they mean an agency working with the developmentally disabled...
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It worked for Marcia Brady, but not for this bunchOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - When you grew up in the 1960s and '70s, you learned a lot by watching TV. "M*A*S*H" taught us war can be funny. "I Dream of Jeannie" and "Bewitched" taught us good blond...
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Hoping to keep rollingOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - The game of golf is really no different than learning how to ride a bike. As more bike riding is done, the training wheels come off and away the rider goes. Hampshire fr...
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Leaders turn up heat on stateOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Local leaders stood on the crumbling steps of Elgin's secretary of state office Monday to urge Illinois officials to pass a capital bill that would provide $25 billion f...
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Thai restaurant pioneers cuisine in South ElginOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - A statue of a beautiful woman dressed in a traditional Thai costume, her hands in a praying position, greets you as soon as you open the door to Thai Town Restaurant. Bu...
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Walgreen profit takes rare dipOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Shares of drugstore chain Walgreen Co. tumbled Monday after the usually solid retailer's fourth-quarter fell sharply short of expectations, causing its first earnings de...
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Search on for new fire chiefOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Buffalo Grove started a search to replace its fire chief and may have a new head of the department in 90 days. The village board on Monday voted to hire the PAR group f...
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IRS gets involved in CrossingsOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - The latest twist in the lingering soap opera that is the development of Naperville Crossings on the city's southwest side involves the Internal Revenue Service. In-fight...
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St. John's offers individual instruction in multi-grade settingOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - At the turn of the 20th century, one of every three American children was educated in a one-room schoolhouse. Through ever-mushrooming communities, most of those schools...
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Mt. Prospect approves cafe over objectionsOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Overturning an earlier decision, Mount Prospect plan commissioners have given the go-ahead for a new cafe to open near Prospect Avenue and Pine Street. Neighbors on Pine...