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Two hospitalized after Schaumburg Road crashAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - All lanes of Schaumburg Road were closed for three hours Friday afternoon between Knollwood Drive and Barrington Road after two cars collided at Pembroke Drive in Schaum...
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Amputee golfer helps others show they can playAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - The epiphany for Dennis Ithal came the first time he played golf after losing his left arm in a saw mill accident. He and his brother were about to tee off on a 125-yard...
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Wade, watch, worry as Des Plaines River risesAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - As she stares out into the water surrounding her Des Plaines summer cottage, Pat Green makes a decision. "Everything I own is in there," the 74-year-old Chicago woman sa...
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Free Wi-Fi coming to GenevaAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Computer users in Geneva could have access to free citywide wireless Internet access by the end of the year. The city council Monday signed a deal with Meshlinx to let t...
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Ladies put on their red hats, hit the townAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Seven hundred women in red hats filled the Palmer House Hilton ballroom in Chicago Friday evening, listening to Sue Ellen Cooper and Linda Murphy tell funny stories. Ev...
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Mount Prospect deals with storm aftermathAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Some of Mount Prospect's first streets -- Elm, Maple, Pine -- were named after trees. But one day after Thursday's severe storm, Mount Prospect residents had little need...
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Elgin keeps businesses aware of workAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Elgin's downtown facelift was bound to have an effect on local businesses. The city is spending an estimated $22 million over six years on sidewalks, lighting, water mai...
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Belgio family 'chairman' dies at 66Aug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Paul J. Belgio Sr.'s family called him the "chairman of the board." Father of eight, grandfather of 12, and assistant to the family business, Belgio Catering, the longt...
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Judge upholds charge in videotaping caseAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Rejecting claims of prosecutorial misconduct, a McHenry County judge Friday upheld the indictment of a Cary teen accused with two friends of videotaping a sexual encount...
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Take heart, flood of 1987 was much worseAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Current flooding in Chicago's suburbs is undeniably bad -- but we've been through worse. Rising waters are prompting comparisons to notorious floods from two decades ago...