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Des Plaines wants flood insurance discountsSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Adding a pumping station and buying sandbagging machines should translate into a discount on flood insurance for residents along the Des Plaines River, Des Plaines Mayor...
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Gunn makes it workSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Oh, for the love of a good-fitting pair of jeans. And one that, um, diminishes any unpleasant assets in the posterior region. That's all Amy Kalas wanted Saturday. Littl...
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Special ed teacher out on bondSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - A Schaumburg junior high teacher arrested on charges he mistreated students has posted $50,000 to get out of jail, according to information from the Cook County jail. Bo...
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Memorial Mass held for soldier killed in IraqSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - A soldier from Queens, N.Y., was remembered Saturday during a memorial Mass at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Naperville. Spc. Jonathan Rivadeneira, 22, was killed Sep...
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Construction accident knocks out powerSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - More than 6,000 customers were without electricity for slightly more than two hours Saturday after a construction crew hit an underground ComEd line near Springfield Dri...
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The common cold? Not any moreSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - It used to be called the common cold. Now scientists are starting to put some not-so-common names to the hundreds of viruses that make people cough, sneeze, wheeze and w...
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How the Internet will change libraries is at the front of my mindSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - One could make the case that libraries as we know them are an endangered species. Ordinary people are saying, "In the age of the Internet, when everyone has a computer,...
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Police searching for missing woman
Sep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Police have stepped up their search for a missing pharmaceutical company sales representative after finding the 28-year-old woman's car near an abandoned building. Naila...
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Palatine Public Library notesSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Guide to theater in DuPage County Alchemy Theatre Company Alchemy Theatre Company will present staged readings on the following dates at the Helen M. Plum Memorial Libr...
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Many legends abound about Abe Lincoln's digsSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - There is hardly a cave in Indiana or Kentucky that doesn't have graffiti stating, "Daniel Boone was here." Likewise, in Illinois, tales of Abraham Lincoln abound and mos...