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dailyherald.com — A Des Plaines man and a Chicago man are accused of attempting to deal at least a kilogram of heroin after one of them ditched police on a high-speed chase but was later caught hiding at Yorktown Center mall in Lombard, according to a federal complaint filed Tuesday.

dailyherald.com — The Elk Grove Village Board heard public input on whether the village should allow video gambling. The board will decide whether to lift the village's ban at its June 19 meeting. Some residents and industry experts supported gambling, while others did not.

dailyherald.com — The Des Plaines City Council Monday night approved preliminary plans for a massive parking garage and a 180-room hotel on a long-vacant property near O'Hare International Airport. Plans include a 7-story parking deck, a roughly 4,000-square-foot fast-food restaurant that may include a drive-through, and a 9-story hotel on a nearly five-acre, formerly city-owned property at the northeast corner of Mannheim and Higgins roads, just south of the Jane Addams Tollway.

dailyherald.com — Article posted: 5/22/2012 6:46 PM Few would disagree that rules against bullying are a good thing. Only when they have the potential to clash with a person's right to free expression do they become a cause for concern. Somehow on Tuesday, that reasonable distinction escaped the Illinois Senate.

dailyherald.com — A St. Charles man who the city says has had an unfinished construction project lingering since the 1970s has been found in contempt of court. Clifford McIlvaine faces fines and possible jail time on June 22 when sentenced for missing numerous dates on a construction schedule he and the city agreed upon.

dailyherald.com — The value of shaming Kane County Board members who engage in unethical behavior will be the main focus of ongoing debate over the county's law that governs proper behavior for elected officials.

dailyherald.com — Greg Brown, CEO of Schaumburg-based Motorola Solutions, said Tuesday's news of Google closing its acquisition on Motorola Mobility was part of a strategy he offered about four years ago. While the close of the deal was "wonderful news" and "confirmation of what we believed all along," Brown said, "that was a brutally tough journey with lots of ups and downs."

dailyherald.com — Motorola Mobility's CEO Sanjay Jha was quickly replaced today after Google's acquisition of the Libertyville-based company was final. Here's what's next for the smartphone maker.

dailyherald.com — A Daily Herald editorial reflects on the significant increase in accident risk that occurs when teens drive with friends in the car: The onus for improving the safety odds rests on the teen, the friends, the parents and state law.

dailyherald.com — Tourism is up in St. Charles, according to new statistics unveiled Monday night. City officials took action to make sure it stays that way. One of the city's unions also negotiated a raise for its members.

blogs.dailyherald.com — The Washington, D.C.-based Sunlight Foundation just released its new analysis detailing the grade level at which members of Congress speak. The report uses the Flesch-Kincaid test, which awards a higher-grade level for using longer words and more complex sentences.

dailyherald.com — It happened yet again. Last week, prosecutors in the Lake County State's Attorney's Office dropped sexual assault charges against a man who has been in prison for two decades. Bennie Starks, 52, of Chicago was exonerated by DNA evidence. He becomes the fourth such wrongfully prosecuted man exonerated by DNA evidence in Lake County.

dailyherald.com — Article posted: 5/20/2012 5:00 AM Sometime after the last drink is poured tonight, the lights will be turned off and the door locked for what might be the last time at the old Mineola Hotel in Fox Lake.

dailyherald.com — Three years ago, Elaine Nekritz chose to cross arguably the most powerful man in Illinois politics: House Speaker and Democratic Party Chair Michael Madigan. It's a move she cites now as the defining moment of her legislative career. The Northbrook Democrat says she wasn't sure how Madigan would react.

dailyherald.com — Coca-Cola Co. had to win a complaint at a United Nations agency last year to get control of an adult website called pornforacoke.com. Online name theft is called cybersquatting -- and companies with recognizable brand names say it is about to get much worse.