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FoxComm status still up in the airSep 11, 2007 11:00 pm - FoxComm remains under the control of Fox Lake, at least for now. Fox Lake officials have agreed to bring in a consultant to help decide whether it makes more fiscal sens...
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Prairie Crossing board still bickering despite warningSep 11, 2007 11:00 pm - About two weeks ago, state education officials put bickering Prairie Crossing Charter School board members on notice that they must improve their performance. How well t...
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Dist. 89 might ask voters to maintain tax rateSep 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Glen Ellyn Elementary District 89 board members are expected to decide Monday whether to seek a tax increase on the February 2008 ballot. During a special meeting this w...
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8 residents of home displaced after W. Chicago blazeSep 11, 2007 11:00 pm - West Chicago fire officials are investigating the cause of a Tuesday morning blaze that devastated a county-owned housing facility for adults with mental disabilities. M...
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Jury awards whistleblowers $6.5 million
Sep 11, 2007 11:00 pm - DETROIT -- A jury ruled in favor of two former Detroit police officers Tuesday, awarding them $6.5 million in a whistleblower lawsuit that churned out allegations of mis...
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St. Charles school district hires a new legal teamSep 11, 2007 11:00 pm - The St. Charles school board is about to get some free legal advice. Six months' worth, actually. The board this week unanimously approved hiring an Arlington Heights-...
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Dist. 120 board making new plans for landSep 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Three years after it was lauded for buying a local golf course as a possible second campus, the Mundelein High School board plans to keep the links open, possibly indefi...
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China fears terrorism at '08 Olympics
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Police beatSep 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Geneva • Eight people left without paying their bill of $110.42 at 8:55 p.m. Sunday at Buffalo Wild Wings, 820 Commons Drive. The waiter said the group of four men and f...
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Mobster shouts to jury during closing argumentSep 11, 2007 11:00 pm - The day after a jury of seven women and five men found him guilty of racketeering, bookmaking and extortion, Oak Brook mobster Frank Calabrese Sr. hit his boiling poin...