Madhu Krishnamurthy
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Stevenson grad hopes to make mark at U.N. climate conferenceDec 08, 2009 10:00 pm - Brandon Perlow has been an environmentalist at heart since the day in grade school when he planted a tree in his backyard for Earth Day. Now, the 22-year-old Stevenson H...
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Arlington Heights teen center stays open, for nowDec 07, 2009 10:00 pm - After dozens of Arlington Heights teenagers, parents and community members made impassioned pleas to the village board Monday night to keep the community's Teen Center o...
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Familiar nativity scene depicted 350 waysDec 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Susan Greeley doesn't know how her love for nativity scenes grew into a collection of more than 350 nativity sets from around the world. "I didn't set out to collect na...
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Community colleges could lose half of state fundingDec 03, 2009 10:00 pm - In a troubled economy where rising unemployment is forcing throngs of jobseekers to return to school, community colleges offer a beacon of hope as a low-cost educational...
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Maine East student hit by truck outside mall diesDec 02, 2009 10:00 pm - A Des Plaines-area youth run over by a pickup truck driven by another teen in a fight over a girl has died. Edgardo De La Torre, a 16-year-old Maine East High School sop...
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Elk Grove mayor: No municipal property tax increase next yearNov 30, 2009 10:00 pm - At a time when even retail mecca Schaumburg is buckling under economic pressure that could force the town's first municipal property tax, neighboring Elk Grove Village p...
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Des Plaines vows to make streets, neighborhood flooding 2010 prioritiesNov 28, 2009 10:00 pm - In river towns like Des Plaines, if you're trying to reduce flooding problems, you logically put your time and money into taming the river. While that makes a lot of sen...
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District 214 to appeal to FAA for funds to soundproof high schoolNov 26, 2009 10:00 pm - Township High School District 214 officials say they will appeal a Federal Aviation Administration decision not to grant funding for soundproofing Elk Grove High School ...
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Timing of Eid celebration poses difficult choice for MuslimsNov 25, 2009 10:00 pm - Fasting on Thanksgiving and not shopping on Black Friday may be retailers' worst nightmare and seem almost sacrilegious to some Americans. Yet, it's a decision millions ...
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Des Plaines boy home for Thanksgiving after transplantNov 25, 2009 10:00 pm - Exactly one month after Teddy Christiansen was admitted to a Minnesota hospital for a bone-marrow transplant, the 3-year-old is scheduled to be home today celebrating Th...