Storm spawns mysterious fish in driveways

07/14/11 One wacky report of fish showing up on a Buffalo Grove driveway after Monday's storm leads to more reports of fish showing up on driveways in Gurnee. No one is saying that it's raining fish, but something is happening.

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CHESS Stephen Dann

07/17/11 Arpad Elo (1903-92), professor of physics at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wis., was one of the forefathers of the U.S. Chess Federation, hosting the American Chess Association's 1935 open event in Milwaukee and issuing the first of what would become the USCF yearbooks in that year. In 1960, his Elo system replaced the Harkness rating system, and in the past 50 years the term "Elo" has ...

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Political Briefs

07/18/11 Newton announces: Lake County Board member Jim Newton of Lindenhurst announced Monday he will run to retain his District 3 seat next year. Newton, a Republican who was unanimously appointed in March to complete the term of state Sen. Suzi Schmidt, R-Lake Villa, after the former longtime board chairman was elected to the Legislature, voted last month to decrease the yearly salary for board ...

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