Cook County
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Sunset Park soccer fields closed for testingSep 12, 2007 11:00 pm - The Sunset Meadows basin has been closed while Arlington Heights Park District officials test the water for possible contaminants. Some water samples recently came back ...
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Volunteers plant project to help Waukegan growSep 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Sunflowers have stretched to 6 feet and a variety of herbs and other plants have been carefully cultivated as an antidote to urban blight in Waukegan. It may not seem li...
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GOP congressional race grows in 8th DistrictSep 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Gurnee now officially has two residents in the running to represent the 8th Congressional District. Kirk Morris, 49, late this morning announced his entry into the Repub...
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Pair raise awareness about suicide preventionSep 12, 2007 11:00 pm - She's only a freshman in college, but Liz Plywaczewski has already lost multiple friends to suicide in the last two years. Among young people between the ages of 10 and ...
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The total packageSep 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Whether comedian Bill Mellberg impersonates George Bush or Bill Clinton, audience members tell him, "Oh, you look just like him." Yet, the balding, bespectacled Mellberg...
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Des Plaines festival celebrates Mexican holiday with food, danceSep 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Des Plaines will once again say "Viva Mexico" on Saturday in celebration of Mexican Independence Day. Lake Park will provide the scenic setting for the 12th annual fiest...
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Briefs: Man injured in bed fireSep 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Man injured in bed fire A man set his bed on fire after falling asleep while smoking around 8:25 a.m. Saturday in an apartment at 940 E. Old Willow Road in Prospect Heig...
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Shelter Inc. to host 20th anniversary ballSep 12, 2007 11:00 pm - In 1988, Shelter Inc. began its annual Charity Ball with a dream -- by gathering together the business community of the Northwest suburbs, Shelter could build a larger B...
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Pastor recalled for his love of peopleSep 12, 2007 11:00 pm - In the last year of his life, the Rev. Calvin William Robinson of Prospect Heights was visited daily by friends and family. Whether Rev. Robinson was at his house, in a ...
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Golf outing to benefit Cody's CanteenSep 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Fox Lake officials are calling on golfers to tee up for the second annual Cody's Canteen Golf Outing on Friday at Fox Lake Country Club. The event, which kicks off at 1...