Cook County
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Brawler gets 10 days in jail for violationAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - A 21-year-old Burlington Township man was sentenced to 10 days in jail for violating his probation stemming from his involvement in the 2005 fatal Plato Township brawl. ...
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Briefs: Duchossois buys Heath ZenithAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - ELMHURST -- Duchossois Industries Inc. said Wednesday it has acquired DESA's Heath Zenith division in Bowling Green, Ken., as a part of its ongoing global growth initiat...
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Sears executive loved Indiana -- and to laughAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Richard P. Robinson of Geneva had a serious job, as vice president and general counsel for Sears Merchandise Group. That didn't mean he couldn't take a joke. Co-workers ...
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Festival has food, fireworks and plenty of funAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - The Labor Day weekend means one thing to Schaumburg area residents: Septemberfest. It is one of the largest festivals in the Northwest suburbs, offering live music on tw...
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Festival puts a little Irish into Labor DayAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Kevin Horton of Mundelein first performed at Paddy's on the Square as a young step dancer with the McNulty Irish Dancers. He's still kicking up his heels in jigs and ree...
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Route 83 partially reopens through Long GroveAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Route 83 has mostly reopened, as crews work to control a gas main break that occurred this morning at Half Day Road. Still closed are two northbound lanes where Route 83...
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Dist. 303 should focus on the basicAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - I was sitting with a group of parents last weekend discussing D303 and not one parent in the room had anything positive to say about our district. We were rehashing some...
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Palatine woman wants dogs backAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - A Palatine dog owner who was fined after her two Rottweilers attacked a woman last month is wondering why she still hasn't gotten the pets back. Police say the dogs are ...
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Dist. 214 teacher had front seat at the Berlin AirliftAug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - His name doesn't appear in the history books, but Michael A. Titre played a lead role in the Berlin Airlift of 1949, when Allied planes bypassed a Soviet blockade to fly...
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500 homes hurt in flood, stormsAug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - More than 500 Kane County homes were affected by last week's floods, public health officials said Tuesday. Some 514 single-family homes, 50 mobile homes and 15 apartmen...