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Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
A 25-year-old Des Plaines man was sentenced at the Skokie courthouse today to 80 years in prison in the kidnapping and brutal stabbing death of another man in a dispute over drugs, prosecutors said. Ken Sharples was found guilty of first-degree murder and kidnapping earlier this year in the March 2005 death of Stephen Trafford, 24, also of Des Plaines , said prosecutors. They said Sharples...
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Marathon Pundit (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
I'm hoping this toppled Obama stimulus "campaign sign" on the corner of Oakton and River Road in Des Plaines portends a successful Election Day for the Republican Party. Technorati tags: photography photos Barack Obama Obama arra government Illinois Chicago democrat des plaines Northwest Chicago Suburbs
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Market Wire (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
DES PLAINES, IL (MARKET WIRE) Schawk, Inc. (NYSE: SGK), a leading provider of brand point management services, enabling companies of all sizes to connect their brands with consumers to create deeper brand affinity, today announced plans to release third-quarter 2009 financial results on Monday, November 9, 2009, after the market closes.
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
DES PLAINES, Ill., Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- UOP LLC, a Honeywell (NYSE: HON) company, announced today that it signed a memorandum of understanding with China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) under which the two companies will collaborate on a range of biofuels technologies and projects in China.
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Green Car Congress (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne has commissioned of a compact gasification pilot plant in Illinois; the pilot plant is the first step toward global commercialization of the technology. ( Earlier post .) Key design features of the compact gasification system. Click to enlarge. The commissioning was held at the Gas Technology Institute in Des Plaines, Ill., where the pilot plant for the compact gasifier...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
DES PLAINES, Ill., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Envergent Technologies LLC, a Honeywell (NYSE: HON) company, announced today that Italian power company Industria e Innovazione has selected the Envergent RTP® rapid thermal processing technology for the development of a facility to convert biomass into pyrolysis oil for renewable power generation.
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The Houston Business Journal (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Houston-based , or ZEEP, is partnering with engine builder on a compact gasification pilot plant in Illinois.Pratt & Whitney, ZEEP, , and the have come together to test commercialization of gasification technology at the pilot plant at the Gas Technology Institute campus in Des Plaines.The plant, which will convert carbon-rich materials like coal or biomass into synthesis gas, will be officially...