Cook County
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History comes alive with 'Grave Discussion'Jul 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Mount Prospect has been described as a bedroom community that developed along the Northwestern Railroad line, but a closer look reveals some mighty colorful characters w...
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BirthsJul 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Births Northwest Community •Faith Marian Hoberg, June 28 to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hoberg, Gilberts. Sister of MaKena. Grandparents: Mr. and Mrs. Al Scherler, Avon, Ohio;...
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DuPage Fair-minded eventsJul 18, 2007 11:00 pm - ̢ۢComplete schedule of events The unofficial theme for this year's DuPage County Fair could be "change and tradition." The much-loved annual festival opens at 8 a.m. W...
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Schaumburg your baseball champsJul 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Baseball Flyers Orange champs: The Schaumburg Flyers Orange 11U baseball team won the MSBL B League tournament championship. In the opening game, the Flyers came from be...
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SCARCE founder teaches the importance of recyclingJul 18, 2007 3:39 pm - Editor’s note: The following article originally was published on July 18, 2007 when the Daily Herald named Kay McKeen one of DuPage County’s 10 Most Influential Environm...
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Left Lane Drivers group sends messageJun 21, 2007 11:00 pm - In my last column, I wrote about a new grassroots group, Left Lane Drivers of America. Their mission is to kindly and gently let slow drivers know that the left lane is ...
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Juror who voted to spare Luna's life 'at peace' with her decisionMay 19, 2007 11:00 pm - The lone juror whose vote spared Juan Luna's life in the Brown's Chicken trial last week is praying for the families of seven people slain in a Palatine restaurant 14 ye...
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What it was like to be a Brown's jurorMay 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Serving as a juror on one of the most highly publicized cases in the Chicago area isn't as glamorous as it may sound. Justice comes before comfort. Twelve panelists tapp...
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Families' reactions reflect split views of justiceMay 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Some had hoped desperately for this. Others had wished publicly for Juan Luna's death, their eyes watering over when jurors said no. But the grief-stricken families of t...
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Trial 'took a toll on us all'May 17, 2007 11:00 pm - For five weeks, they've sat in the same chairs and listened to tearful testimony and gruesome details of the bloody case. They couldn't sleep. They couldn't see their fa...