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Several historic buildings around Bel Air may be declared surplus and sold off by the town and county, in efforts to put properties back on the tax rolls and jettison expensive renovation or maintenance projects.

LAS VEGAS -- The World Series of Poker has been dealt its final nine. As for a winner, come back in November These players aren't household names yet -- save one or two among truly hardcore card fans -- but with four months of publicity and time to mull their game and study their opponents, nobody will sit down at the final table in November an unknown.

The rumbling of cement trucks and sound of heavy machinery filled the morning air on Wednesday, July 15 as members of the Essex County Building Trades, Local Four of the Bricklayers Union, supervised the pouring of the first of four loads of concrete needed for the slab floor of the new Disabled American Veterans building on Mill Street in Belleville.

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San Mateo County homeowners are selling their houses for an average of $105,000 less than they were at this time last year, new data shows, proving that even the state's second-wealthiest county is not immune to the ongoing housing-market meltdown.

As home prices continue to drop, would-be buyers are waiting on the sideline, and local real estate watchers said many are waiting in rental properties.

Former Arlington Oakridge soccer player Bruno Guarda has opted to turn pro in Major League Soccer rather than return for his senior year at SMU next fall.

Illustration by Chris Haley Editor's Note: Arlington-based comic book editor Jason Rodriguez is sending us his dispatches from a cross-country trip investigating the comics scene around the country. Read Part I and Part II . History lesson: In the early 1990s a bunch of people said, “Wow! Amazing Fantasy #15 (first appearance of Spider-Man) originally sold for 12 cents. Forty ...

The Illinois House of Representatives' top Republican Tom Cross (R-84th) and local legislators and candidates laid out a seven-point plan to fix the state's finances and stem corruption in one of three statewide town hall meetings yesterday (Tuesday) in Arlington Heights.

On a sunny Wednesday afternoon, gamblers crowd the endless banks of slot machines at Elgin's Grand Victoria Casino as sounds of clanking coins, bleeps and upbeat music flood the hall.

Chicago Daily Herald, IL - Jul 19, 2008Rod Blagojevich and key lawmakers want to add hundreds of slot machines to racetracks, including Arlington Park, and add one casino in Chicago and ...