Jean Murphy
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For ailing boy, it's been a busy year since Christmas Eve 'miracle'Dec 22, 2009 10:00 pm - A Christmas Eve miracle touched the lives of the DeVine family of Glenview and the extended Burlini family of Arlington Heights last year. A year later, the extended fa...
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Average owner can now afford the luxury of a heated floorDec 19, 2009 10:00 pm - In the United States, heated floors have long been considered a luxury, only available to the wealthy. The old systems, which pumped hot water through pipes beneath the ...
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Stock futures rise after Dubai bailoutDec 13, 2009 10:00 pm - Stock futures are indicating a higher opening on Wall Street Monday after Abu Dhabi provided a surprise $10 billion bailout to Dubai to help with debt repayments. The mo...
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World stocks up on $10 billion rescue for DubaiDec 13, 2009 10:00 pm - LONDON -- World markets mostly rose Monday after Dubai said it had received $10 billion in emergency funds from its oil-rich neighbor Abu Dhabi, helping to ease investor...
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Local firms dominate awards for kitchen, bathroom designsDec 11, 2009 10:00 pm - Look at any kitchen or bathroom created just for a homeowner, without regard to resale, and you learn a lot about that person. More than any other room in the house, the...
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Other area designers also take home awardsDec 11, 2009 10:00 pm - While two kitchen design firms in the Northwest and West suburbs captured the majority of the prizes in the recent Chicago Midwest "Design Visions" competition, four oth...
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Company takes the holiday hassle out of home decoratingDec 04, 2009 10:00 pm - The holidays are obviously upon us as you drive up and down streets and see the pretty colored and white lights adorning houses and businesses alike, transforming dreary...
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Market presents opportunity to be aggressiveNov 21, 2009 10:00 pm - Being a builder today is like playing a high stakes chess game. According to Mark Thomas, president of Shodeen Residential of Geneva, it is all about buying land in loca...
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St. Charles home inspired by historic governor's mansionOct 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Imagine living in a replica of one of America's great houses - the White House, Monticello, Mount Vernon, or, perhaps, one of the 50 state's governors' mansions. Since 1...
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I-355 extension opens region to next wave of developmentOct 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Thanks to the North-South Tollway's southern extension, which opened to traffic almost two years ago, more than a dozen communities and townships are poised for a buildi...