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Little City residents to share harvest at festSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - A modest seed was planted in 1959 that grew into the Little City Foundation. The Palatine-based agency harvests services, programs and residential care for those with in...
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Winston taking part in Walk to School DaySep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Those who live near Winston Elementary School may notice a sea of green-clad kids walking to school on Wednesday. All students attending Winston Elementary have been ask...
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Woman's work earns recognition from groupSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Arlington Heights resident Katie Pope was the overall winner of the Barrington Orthopedic Specialists Values Award for the second quarter of 2007. Pope, a physician assi...
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'Green' practices focus of seminarSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - The Fox River Ecosystem Partnership presents a special watershed-wide Fox River Summit: Creating Green and Lean Communities from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Oct. 5 at Bodie H...
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Cool warming, but save economy
Sep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President Bush's climate meeting opened Thursday with its main problem on full display: The biggest polluters -- industrialized and developing nations alik...
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Senate tacks hate crime bill on war spending legislation
Sep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Democrat-led Senate on Thursday voted to let federal law enforcement help states prosecute attacks on homosexuals, attaching the provision to a massive...
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Group says money for mass transit helps economySep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Just maintaining the region's bus and rail system will cost $1.7 billion a year. Add another billion dollars to that tab to expand the system as the population grows. B...
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District 204 received good grades on the state report cardSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Quick read: "What does this mean? It means we have to work harder and try new approaches to make sure each student makes progress. It's our responsibility, simple as tha...
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Buffalo Grove restaurant accused of allowing harassmentSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - A Buffalo Grove restaurant is facing a sexual harassment lawsuit after former employees charged that a cook made sexual comments and touched them inappropriately. The E...
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Briefs: Field offsets footprintsSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - The Field Museum in Chicago is offering a way visitors can purchase credits to offset the carbon emissions generated by traveling to the building. Starting Tuesday, visi...