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Gas sippers unite – then buy one
Q: Why can't our politicians get the word "conservation" out of their mouths? We need a mind-set change, and the media should be leading the way. I've read many of your columns over the years and recall zero instances where you had anything good to...Tags: Crossovers and SUVs, Consumers, Buffalo Grove, General Motors Corp., Vehicles
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Gas sippers unite – buy one
Q: Why can't our politicians get the word "conservation" out of their mouths? We need a mind-set change in this country, and the media should be leading the way. I've read many of your columns over the years and recall zero instances where you had...Tags: Crossovers and SUVs, Vehicles, Streamwood, Auto Trends, Heavy Engineering
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Mulch garden to keep weeds at bay
SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNEQ: Heavy spring rains resulted in a bumper crop of weeds in my garden beds this year. Is there anything I can do to reduce the numbers of new weeds next year? — Leanne Conover, Evanston A: Applying a 2- to 3-inch layer of organic mulch to...Tags: Chicago, Evanston
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How long is your commute to work?
Rebecca Thiessen of Downers Grove, stay-at-home mom I'm a stay-at-home mom now, but 30 to 40 miles is my limit. Kevin Johnson of Downers Grove, day trader I took the train to the Board of Trade for years, and I'm glad to not have to be doing that...Tags: Kevin Johnson
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Panorama suburbano
CONDADO DE MCHENRY Sospechoso habría buscado contratar a asesino a sueldo Como el cofundador de una empresa de comunicación inalámbrica, Edward F. Bachner IV, fue descrito como quien aportó un "entusiasmo contagiante" al negocio. Pero en una...Tags: Lakewood, Bolingbrook, Joliet
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Bolingbrook men plead not guilty to juvenile pimping charge
Two Bolingbrook men pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of juvenile pimping. Downers Grove police investigators set up a sting operation after seeing an ad on Craigslist, a popular Web site, that seemed to be seeking customers for a prostitution front,...Tags: Police Arrests, Lakewood, Prosecution, Bolingbrook, Police
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Smart Home's missing link
Thank you for your article on the Smart Home at the Museum of Science and Industry ("Get smart," Chicago Tribune Magazine, June 15). Although the house is beautiful and energy efficient, it is not "smart." A truly "smart home" today is handicap...Tags: Museum of Science and Industry
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WaMu cutting 50 jobs in suburbs
Tribune staff reporterWashington Mutual Inc. is cutting 50 jobs in Downers Grove and Vernon Hills as part of a 1,200-employee layoff initiated by the Seattle-based financial institution. Twenty of the local layoffs will occur in Downers Grove and 30 in Vernon Hills, WaMu...Tags: Loans, Layoffs and Downsizing, Unemployment, Washington Mutual Inc., Vernon Hills
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Downers Grove OKs bonds to fix flooding
Special to the TribuneStorm-water flooding that has plagued Downers Grove for nearly two years is prompting village officials to try for a solution with $25 million in bonds. The measure passed 6-1 this week. Commissioner Sean Durkin opposed the ordinance because the...Tags: Floods, Bodies of Water, Water Restrictions, Rivers
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Calendar
'Cookie Monsters': Buffy Feinstein's class focuses on the snickerdoodle; for parents and children ages 4-12. $5. 4 p.m. Thursday. Whole Foods Market, 1640 Chicago Ave., Evanston. Register, 847-733-1600. Randolph Street fest: Chefs Sotero Gallegos of...Tags: Glencoe, Barnes & Noble Incorporated, Claude Monet, Evanston, Chicago Botanic Garden
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