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Hartford Metro Not Sharing In House Price Gains Early In '13
The median sale price of previously-owned single-family houses in the Hartford metro area didn't register the gains seen nationwide in the first three months of this year, according to a new report Thursday. The Hartford metro area's median sale price...Tags: Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Services and Shopping, Fairfield County, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Real Estate
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Tribune sued by former Countryside police chief
Momence police Chief Timothy Swanson, formerly the police chief in the suburb of Countryside, filed a lawsuit against the Chicago Tribune on Friday in response to articles about a police helicopter program he spearheaded. Swanson, of Bourbonnais, is...
Tags: Laws, Bourbonnais, Crime, Law and Justice, Freedom of Information Act, Momence
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Teen's injuries lead to warnings about potato guns
Aaron Williams was 15 when his friend invited him over to try out a new Christmas present — a potato gun constructed by hand from plastic pipe with hair spray as its propellent. Aaron said it was thrilling to watch as other teenagers balanced...
Tags: Shootings, Firearms, Ophthalmology, Potatoes, Health and Safety at School
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Plains join 30 music acts at Fort Lauderdale's inaugural Block x Blog festival
When Plains' frontman Michael McGinnis is working, he's holed up in the recording pit of Honor Roll Music, a studio-warehouse in Little Haiti. His 6-foot-3 frame is hunched over three side-by-side monitors, his eyes staring at the screen's mixing software...
Tags: Gaming, Nintendo Company Ltd., Festive Events, Fort Lauderdale, Personal Service
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Plainfield trustees approve money for ash borer battle
The Plainfield Village Board voted Monday to continue the town's battle against the insidious emerald ash borer, a hungry little insect that is laying waste to the municipality's trees. The board voted unanimously to allocate up to $60,000 for the...
Tags: Plainfield (Will, Illinois), Lifestyle and Leisure, Joliet, Science and Technology
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Late-winter snowstorm slams Central Illinois, not Chicago
Tribune reporterChicago appears to have dodged the worst of an early-spring snow system that is dumping six to 10 inches on Central Illinois, according to the National Weather Service. But according to State Police Sunday night, motorists traveling in Kankakee,...Tags: National Weather Service, Bloomington, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), Snow Storms
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Horse neglect rampant in Illinois, advocates say
CHICAGO - The four horses hadn't been visited in weeks. There was no water in their buckets, no hay in the stall. All of the animals looked dangerously thin. The horses' caregiver apparently had stopped showing up. So even though the horses were not...Tags: Politics, Beecher, Crime, Law and Justice, Conservation, Government Debt
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Chicago Crime Overnight Report
Tribune reporterA wrap-up of news from the Tribune's breaking news desk. • The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has issued an alert for three children missing from the area of Kankakee, Illinois who may have been brought to South Florida. Artistic Fletcher,...Tags: Chicago Fire Department, Key West
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Girls hoops blog | Some All-State questions
The Associated Press released its Class 3A and Class 4A All-State teams Wednesday. There were some surprises. When a bunch of voters based in different areas of the state are unable to see several teams and players, the final selections can be somewhat...
Tags: Elections, Huntley, Vernon Hills, Bloomington, Cary
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Girls hoops | Class 3A, 4A AP All-State teams announced
Here is the Class 3A Illinois girls basketball all-state teams, as voted on by a statewide panel of sports writers and broadcasters and compiled by John Radtke of the (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald. CLASS 4A FIRST TEAM Linnae Harper, Young (Sr., G, 85...
Tags: Huntley, Vernon Hills, Bloomington, Cary, Highland Park (Cook, Illinois)
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Kelly easily wins Democratic race to replace Jesse Jackson Jr. in Congress
Clout StreetFormer state Rep. Robin Kelly easily won the special Democratic primary Tuesday night in the race to replace the disgraced Jesse Jackson Jr. in Congress, helped by millions of dollars in pro-gun control ads from New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's...Tags: Elections, U.S. Congress, Jesse Jackson, Jr., Crime, Law and Justice, Michael Bloomberg
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Low turnout in race to replace ex-Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.
Tribune reportersChicago election officials report turnout is low in the primary election to find a successor to disgraced former Democratic U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. As of 1:45 p.m., turnout was about 11 percent among sampled city precincts, according to the...Tags: Elections, U.S. Congress, Jesse Jackson, Jesse Jackson, Jr., Michael Bloomberg
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