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Farming wind
River North-based company navigates renewable energy economy
03/10/2010 10:00 PM
Drive a couple of hours southwest of Chicago, down a two-lane county road, through cornfields and cow pastures and into a town called Tiskilwa, Ill. Skyscrapers disappeared miles ago. Follow the bend in the road and look out the passenger-side window. Strategically placed on the hill, several 400-foot, white wind turbines peek through the hazy, gray fog. Even the snow on the ground seems off-white in comparison.
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City soup
A piece of the census pie
Time to stand up and be counted
03/10/2010
The U.S. Census Monitoring Board estimates that 76,819 people in Cook County were not counted in the 2000 census. That’s nearly enough bodies to fill Wrigley Field twice.
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Healthy eats
Dissatisfied with after son’s food in the South Loop, couple starts company
03/10/2010
Two years ago, husband and wife team Jason Weedon and Danielle Hrzic investigated their son’s lunch menu at his private preschool in the South Loop and were disappointed with what they saw. They wanted something better, and decided to intervene.
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Strollin' and strummin'
03/10/2010
Recession-style love means divorce
03/10/2010
THERE ARE COUPLES staying together because they don’t have enough assets to share in a divorce, but for others love recession-style means splitsville.
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