Cook County
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Lombard man, 80, convicted of sexual assaultSep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - A DuPage County judge today convicted an 80-year-old Lombard man of sexual assault. Guiseppe Metallo was accused of inappropriately touching a woman who was taking care...
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Crystal Lake plane crash victims identifiedSep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - The McHenry County Coroner's office today identified the two men who died Monday when their plane crashed shortly after takeoff from the Lake in the Hills airport. David...
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Smooth first day for new Mundelein schoolSep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - The first day of class is enough to give any kid butterflies. But when an entirely new school opens, students, teachers -- even district officials -- anxiously await the...
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Fighting foreclosureSep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Tall grass. Homes in disrepair. For-sale signs clustered in a single neighborhood. Suburban leaders say they are concerned when they see these things -- red flags that f...
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Man with dangerous past escapes mental health centerSep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - A man with a history of armed robbery and homicide has escaped from the Elgin Mental Health Center. Tobert Walls, 32, escaped from the center's forensic unit about 8 p.m...
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Theft from athletic locker room under investigation in GrayslakeSep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Authorities are investigating a theft from the Grayslake North High School boys' athletic locker room that may have involved up to six victims. Tim Warner, a Grayslake p...
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Water, sewers stuck in limboSep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Control of a sanitary district that provides water and sewer service to hundreds of Campton Hills residents appears to be in limbo. The Wasco Sanitary District currentl...
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Four indicted in Antoine Walker robberySep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - A grand jury indicted four men in the armed robbery of Miami Heat forward Antoine Walker. Two of the men had been charged previously in the robbery of another NBA player...
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Volunteer brings Elizabethan history to life authenticallySep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - For 20 years, commoners have rollicked about in Elizabethan England at the Bristol Renaissance Faire in Wisconsin. Through a re-creation of a summer day in 1574, when Qu...
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Wishing modern life was a little less like fakery of the moviesSep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Moviemakers call it the suspension of disbelief, and getting us to do it is a primary skill of the best of them. They cajole or shock or entertain us into deciding that ...