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Business, News, Press Releases - Feb 8, 2010 12:10 - 0 Comments

Rolling Meadows’ development situation improving, mayor says

A maker of Blackberry phones – Research in Motion – is a bright spot in the business climate of Rolling Meadows.

Patrick Marry, vice president of product development for RIM, joined Mayor Ken Nelson and his annual economic development update before the Rolling Meadows Chamber of Commerce Friday.

Good news from Nelson included the fact that Northwest Community Hospital will use the vacant Sears Hardware store on Kirchoff Road near the Jewel, and that the grocery store will have a facelift. Full Press Release…

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Entertainment, Lifestyle, News, Press Releases - Feb 5, 2010 11:08 - 0 Comments

Cities clamp down on bikini baristas

EVERETT, Washington — Coffee shops in the Seattle area introduced “bikini baristas” three years ago, hiring attractive young women to serve up steamy espressos and lattes while wearing as little as a G-string and pasties.

But cities are now taking a closer look at the “sexpresso” stand craze after police investigations revealed that some baristas were serving coffee with a side of something not even legal at many strip clubs.

Five bikini baristas in Everett, north of Seattle, are accused of charging up to $80 to let customers fondle or photograph them as they put on erotic shows — sometimes in view of passing traffic. Full Press Release…

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News, Politics, Press Releases - Feb 8, 2010 14:48 - 1 Comment

Walsh, local activists center stage at Tea Party event

As he campaigned for the Republican nomination in the suburban 8th House District, Joe Walsh’s mantra was he was “a tea party conservative first and a Republican second.”

That approach – reaching out to voters who feel angry and disenfranchised by the U.S. government, especially the people who participated in tea party protests last year – worked for Walsh when he handily won the GOP nomination Feb. 2.

It also earned him some attention this past weekend when he attended the National Tea Party convention in Nashville, Tenn. Full Press Release…

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