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Metra stepping up track inspections after derailmentsOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Metra is beefing up track inspections after discovering an inspector overlooked a misalignment that caused a pair of derailments earlier this month, officials said Frida...
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Candles are not that dangerousOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - I read yet another article on how dangerous candles are, this time by Jennifer Farrar in the Sept. 30 Daily Herald. I would like to offer some clarity on this issue on b...
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U.S. Steel permit a 'call to arms' for lawmakersOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - GARY, Ind. -- Illinois lawmakers are vowing to fight a proposed U.S. Steel Corp. water discharge permit that they fear could relax or eliminate limits on toxic chemicals...
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Lawmakers approve suburban tax reliefOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Suburban homeowners beset with skyrocketing property tax bills will continue to get help from lawmakers in a rare and reluctant political compromise among...
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Briefs: Sex abuse suspect indictedOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - An Elgin man was indicted by a grand jury this week on sex assault and abuse charges stemming from his alleged encounters with a girlfriend's 8- and 12-year-old daughter...
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Suburban district makes Ramadan a holidayOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - A string of red plastic lanterns adorns preschool classroom 138 at Harnew School in Oak Lawn, hung by a Muslim student to share an Arab tradition during the Islamic holy...
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Marathon director stands by his decision to cut race shortOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Five days after the warmest Chicago Marathon in history, the race's director defended his decision to end the run early amid brutal heat and humidity that sent scores to...
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Attorney praises state's registry overrideOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Legislators recently overrode Gov. Rod Blagojevich's August veto of a bill allowing judges to decide whether juveniles who committed sex crimes can be removed from the s...
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Panel says SIU chief shouldn't lose his jobOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - CARBONDALE -- The 1984 doctoral dissertation of Southern Illinois University's president included "inadvertent or unintended" plagiarism that can be easily remedied with...
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E2 asks city where liquor, money wentOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - It appears that Chicago police are confronted by yet another scandal. While officers guarded the closed E2 nightclub for a roughly 12-month period during 2003 and 2004, ...