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Auto sales shift into higher gear

An improving economy, freer-flowing loans and a pent-up demand for more fuel-efficient, tech-savvy vehicles to replace old clunkers drove Americans to buy more new cars and trucks in 2012 than they had since 2007. Chicago-area auto dealers and some industry experts expect 2013 to be …Read More

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  • Prairie State College hires new director
  • Brothers’ artwork displayed at Crete Public Library
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  • Homewood-Flossmoor area
  • Homewood Acres a fire department in name only, but officials hope to change
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  • GSU, CN Railroad announce partnership
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  • AAUW hosts math, science event for Southland girls
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  • Recycling truck fire closes 167th Street in Orland Hills
  • Tinley Park cell phone store robbery ends with New Lenox area crash

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