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    Ex-wife: Peterson said he'd kill me, too
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    The parade of people with bad things to say — or bad things they claim to have heard other people say — about Drew Peterson looks to be at an end, unless prosecutors decide to pull one more onto the stand.<br><br>
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    Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:01 CST
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    Joliet volunteers promote census early
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    The Joliet Complete Count Committee, which is pushing for as accurate a count as possible, confirmed Tuesday that it will do a door-to-door blitz in east and near west side neighborhoods later this month to raise awareness about the 2010 census.<br><br>
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    By <a href="mailto:bokon@stmedianetwork.com?Subject=Story.Response">BOB OKON</a>  bokon@ stmedianetwork.com
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    Gains, trains and automobiles in Joliet
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    The city has a lot of grand plans for downtown Joliet, none of which seem more important than making sure there are enough parking spaces. At a joint Joliet-Will County meeting last week, city officials presented plans and a slide show for what is conceived as a downtown of the future -- with a modern transportation center, a new courthouse complex and even a county government campus stretching from Chicago Street to the Des Plaines River.<br><br>
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    Phone-store robbers hit Joliet shop, shoot worker
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    An employee was shot as three men robbed a wireless phone store Monday night. Police Cmdr. Ben Billups said the 27-year-old victim was the only employee working upfront around 8:50 p.m. at T-Mobile, 2520 W. Jefferson St.<br><br>
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    Romeoville crash kills driver
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    Aisha Y. Walker, 28, of Joliet, died Tuesday after a four-car accident on Illinois 53, one-quarter mile north of Airport Road in Romeoville.<br><br>
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    From Staff Reports
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    Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:01 CST
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    Water/sewer fee hike likely in Plainfield
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    Residents' water and sewer costs will likely increase by 10 percent to 15 percent this year.<br><br>
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    By <a href="mailto:jlundquist@stmedianetwork.com?Subject=Story.Response">JANET LUNDQUIST</a>  jlundquist @stmedianetwork.com
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    New Lenox targets vacant buildings
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    After numerous revisions, New Lenox trustees on Monday night unanimously adopted an ordinance on monitoring and maintaining vacant buildings.

The owner must register the property within 30 days of it being vacated and re-register every year to provide updated contact information.<br><br>
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    By <a href="mailto:slafferty@southtownstar.com?Subject=Story.Response">SUSAN DeMAR LAFFERTY</a> slafferty@southtownstar.com
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    Home rule status hinges on census
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    In Homer Glen this spring, the magic number will be 70.

That's the number of residents that could decide the fate of the village's home rule status once this year's census figures are added up.<br><br>
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    Activists plead for closure of local canals
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    Permanently severing a man-made link between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River system is the only sure way to protect the lakes from voracious Asian carp, scientists and activists told a congressional panel Tuesday.<br><br>
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    Coroner disagreed with CSI team on Savio
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    <b id="red"></b>The deputy coroner who took the Kathleen Savio death call testified in a Will County courtroom today that state police Crime Scene Investigator Robert Deel told him there was nothing "we need to be looking for here," prompting him to abandon the suspicious death protocol.<br><br>
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    By <a href="mailto:jhosey@stmedianetwork.com?Subject=Story.Response"id="up">JOE HOSEY</a> jhosey@stmedianetwork.com
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    Tue, 9 Feb 2010 12:00 CST
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