Cook County
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Suburbanites get in on the 'Halo' hypeSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Toby Dillman doesn't consider himself a sucker for marketing hype. But when it comes to the video game series "Halo," well, let's just say he's stocked up with all the g...
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Hoffman Estates residents blast state budget cutsSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - The pleas came in the forms of letters from children and testimonies from mayors and school officials. They didn't care if Gov. Rod Blagojevich favored his political all...
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Trial focuses on where to draw line in sportsSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - In the midst of an intensely heated third period, authorities say, David Micek turned a Hoffman Estates floor hockey game into a jury question. Raising his stick above ...
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Buffalo Grove to look at church's music academySep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - The Buffalo Grove plan commission will be looking at claims that a church in town is violating zoning codes by offering a music academy. Rob Sherman, who lives near the...
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Diamond composed of Beethoven's hairSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - The next time you think about Ludwig van Beethoven, forget about the piano or his famous lilting Moonlight sonata or even his powerful Symphony No. 9. Think of his shock...
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School leaders balance security, accessibilitySep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Three shootings in six days struck schools in Colorado, Wisconsin and rural Pennsylvania last year. Far more routine and discreet, the pressures of cyber-bullying and o...
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Bartlett's new train station on trackSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - The Metra station in downtown Bartlett dates back to 1873, making it the oldest operating depot on the line. It's a distinction officials have been looking to drop for y...
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Study finds we lose 2 days a year to commutingSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - What would you do with an extra 46 hours this year? Relax with the family? Extend that vacation? Sleep in? Instead, you spend that much time or more sitting in the car s...
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Iowa man indicted for sending pipe bombs to investment firmsSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - The Iowa man accused of mailing two dud pipe bombs from Rolling Meadows to investment companies in hopes of driving up stock prices has been indicted on federal securiti...
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Woman pleads guilty to theft chargeSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - A Palos Heights woman accused of stealing money from a Schaumburg company pleaded guilty to the charge Monday. Renata M. Noworul, 35, of 9739 S. 90th Ave., was sentence...