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DuPage Sheriff's Office: If you've got $$$$, we've got homes

chicagotribune.com

The quantity, size and quality of foreclosed homes on the auction block in DuPage County have increased thanks to the ongoing housing crisis. And buyers with checks in hand are finding good deals.

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Darryl Swint Made popular 1 day 6 hours ago
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Think your WiFi is fast? WiMax is coming to Chicago

Think your WiFi is fast? WiMax is coming to Chicago

chicagotribune.com

Sprint's WiMax network — also called 4G — should debut for consumers across Metro Chicago in late 2009.

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Blago's a fighter all right ...

Blago's a fighter all right ...

chicagotribune.com

Back before he was trading blows in the media with the state legislature, the Democratic Party and Patrick Fitzgerald, a youthful Rod Blagojevich was lacing 'em up in a Gold Gloves boxing tourney.

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Darryl Swint Made popular 1 day 7 hours ago
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Want to re-live the Winter Classic minus the cold?

Want to re-live the Winter Classic minus the cold?

beachwoodreporter.com

Our friends at the Beachwood Reporter give an extensive recap of the 'Hawks battle with the Red Wings at the NHL Winter Classic from the Friendly Confines.

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Darryl Swint Made popular 1 day 7 hours ago
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Workout without excuses at Park District Fitness

chicagoparkdistrict.com

Through Jan. 16, you have no excuses to not get started on that summer bod today. At 60 Chicago Park District fitness centers throughout the city, admission is free.

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Darryl Swint Made popular 1 day 8 hours ago
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Coping with the downturn: a Hanover Park success story

Coping with the downturn: a Hanover Park success story

suntimes.com

Kathy Sullivan, a single mother of two, budgets her way through the economic crisis despite having lost her job at Sears.

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Darryl Swint Made popular 1 day 8 hours ago
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OTL #118- Local Xmas Tunes and the Chicago Polar Bears Swim

OTL #118- Local Xmas Tunes and the Chicago Polar Bears Swim

outsidetheloopradio.com

Mike Stephen and Andy Hermann play DJ with some local Christmas music, and they talk with a member of the Chicago Polar Bear Club about their dip in Lake Michigan on New Year’s Day.

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outsidetheloopradio Made popular 5 days 4 hours ago
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Ask The Parking Ticket Geek - Holiday Edition

theexpiredmeter.com

Some moron calling himself the Parking Ticket Geek gives advice on fighting their Chicago parking tickets in a weekly column.

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The Official Blagojevich Blog Guide

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The web's first guide to blogs about Rod Blagojevich.

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Black women in the U.S. appear to be shrinking

chicagotribune.com

Call her The Incredible Shrinking African-American Woman.

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Rock out on New Year's Eve: Chicago show picks

examiner.com

A selection of shows going on around Chicago on New Year's Eve.

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Chicago drinks inspired by Blago

Chicago drinks inspired by Blago

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The pay-for-play accusations against Gov. Rod Blagojevich inspired the creativity of local bartenders. Around the city, various liqueur concoctions were created in his honor.

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Darryl Swint Made popular 2 weeks 1 day ago
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Proposal in print

Proposal in print

suntimes.com

Cleveland accountant Alan Paszt picked a Chicago business trip and newspaper ad to pop the question to his girlfriend. "We just get along so well.

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Darryl Swint Made popular 2 weeks 1 day ago
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Who cares about this election?

Who cares about this election?

gapersblock.com

North Chicago has two open city council seats for the third and fourth ward. Now only if they could find two candidates to run for them. Independents can file to run by Jan. 26.

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Shacking 101 @ U of C

gapersblock.com

Thanks to a student-led drive, male and female students at the University of Chicago will be able to live together.

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Darryl Swint Made popular 2 weeks 1 day ago

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