Will County
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Flu fears to close Larkin High School for a weekMay 02, 2009 11:00 pm - An Elgin high school became the latest suburban school in to cancel classes, as the number of probable cases of the H1N1 flu in Illinois grew to 85 Saturday. The number ...
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Unemployed network, learn at local librariesMay 01, 2009 11:00 pm - The impeccable color-coordinated jacket and skirt with matching stockings, the perfectly coiffed blond hair, the professional business bag toting her laptop, the fancy c...
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Low gas prices fuel Metra's survivalMay 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Low fuel prices will offset depressing sales tax figures, allowing Metra to get through 2009 without a fare increase, officials said. At a Friday meeting, Metra director...
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State backs off on swine flu testing; cases increase but remain mildMay 01, 2009 11:00 pm - No educator likes the idea of shutting a school down, even for one day. But in the cases of recent closures across the suburbs due to swine flu, school administrators sa...
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Metra may start taking credit cardsApr 30, 2009 11:00 pm - If credit card is your preferred method of paying for purchases, then Metra's not been your way to really fly. But the commuter rail agency is expected to take a giant s...
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Despite school closings, officials urge calmApr 30, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Sheer panic over swine flu may be unnecessary. With fewer than a couple dozen probable cases in Illinois and one death in the United States, overwhelming a...
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Fear of flying? Swine flu worries some , not othersApr 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Unlike Vice President Joe Biden who warned his family not to fly because of the possibility of catching swine flu in a confined space, Israel Barreto was boarding a plan...
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NWCH emergency room calm, but at the readyApr 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Dana Hagen,18, rushed her 11-month-old daughter, Kylie Kelly, into the emergency room at Northwest Community Hospital Thursday morning, worried that the baby had the cla...
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At least 42 swine flu cases in Illinois, most of them in suburbsApr 29, 2009 11:00 pm - The number of probable swine flu cases in Illinois increased dramatically Thursday, going from eight to at least 42, with most of the cases in the suburbs. State officia...
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Report predicts more suburbanites will fall into povertyApr 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Mary Ellen Durbin said there's an easy way to see how the recession has affected people in the suburbs - just look at her parking lot. "We had to hire a parking attendan...