Arlington Heights police received a report about 9:17 p.m. Wednesday of a residential burglary/vehicle burglary in the 2600 block of Cedar Glen. Police received a report that the homeowner heard his garage open overnight. Later he notice that change, phone chargers and other electronic devices missing from two vehicles in the garage.

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Arlington Heights firefighters fighting an interior attack for a fire apparently caused by a lightning strike on North Drury Lane about 2:30 a.m. Friday, May 4, 2012.

Firefighters on the driveway prepare to go to the roof of a duplex to ventilate the roof and fight the fire with a line on the roof.

Arlington Heights firefighters put a quick stop on a roof and attic fire that was apparently caused by a lightning strike about 2:30 a.m. Friday. Did you hear the thunder? Even though the rain and thunderstorms were ending, an intense, bright flash and cloud-to-ground lightning strike hit the area and apparently caused serious house fire. The heaviest thunderstorms trained south of the northwest suburbs but affected Schaumburg, Hoffman Estates, Morton Grove, Lincolnwood, Harwood Heights and other suburbs south of Arlington Heights were hit with hail, heavy rain, high winds and intense lightning.

The Arlington Heights lightning strike was nature’s encore for our area, which only experienced moderate rain and no severe thunderstorms. The stormy weather was almost finished when the duplex house on Drury Lane was hit, and seven residents had to evacuate their homes. See the report on the fire, including video, at The Cardinal Duplex House Fire After Lightning Strike on Drury Ln, Arlington Heights; 7 Residents Escape …

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Arlington Heights police responded about 1:17 PM Thursday to a report of a theft in progress at Best Buy, 615 East Palatine Road. Police received a report that a male/white suspect was cutting open CD packages with a knife and attempting to steal CDs.

The retail theft suspect was reported as a male/white in his 30s or 40s with dark hair, glasses, a maroon shirt, and tan cargo pants.

The suspect was apprehended at about 1:22 PM. Police transported an adult male in custody to Arlington Heights Police Department Headquarters. The suspect’s gray Dodge Durango was towed to a police holding area.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch was issued for northeast Illinois and other areas.

Expires 7:00 PM CDT on May 03, 2012
Statement as of 1:10 PM CDT on May 3, 2012.

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of

northeast Illinois
southeast Wisconsin
Lake Michigan

The Severe Thunderstorm Watch is ffective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 110 PM until
700 PM CDT.

Hail to 2 inches in diameter… thunderstorm wind gusts to 70
mph… and dangerous lightning are possible in these areas.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area. Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce tornadoes.

The rebuilt World Trade Center becomes New York City’s tallest skyscraper on Monday. Workers will erect steel columns that will make its unfinished skeleton a little over 1,250 feet high, taller than the Empire State Building observation deck.

Compare to 21 Tallest Skyscrapers in the World

The world’s tallest buildings, according to EMPORIS …

Burj Khalifa … 2,717 ft in Dubai

Makkah Clock Royal Tower … 1,972 ft in Makkah

Taipei 101 … 1,671 ft in Taipei

Shanghai World Financial Center … 1,614 ft in Shanghai

International Commerce Centre … 1,588 ft in Hong Kong

Petronas Tower 1 … 1,483 ft in Kuala Lumpur
Petronas Tower 2 … 1,483 ft in Kuala Lumpur

Nanjing Greenland Financial Center … 1,476 ft in Nanjing

Willis Tower … 1,451 ft in Chicago

Kingkey Finance Tower … 1,449 ft in Shenzhen

Guangzhou International Finance Center … 1,435 ft in Guangzhou

Jin Mao Tower … 1,380 ft in Shanghai

Two International Finance Centre … 1,362 ft in Hong Kong

Trump International Hotel & Tower … 1,362 ft in Chicago

Princess Tower … 1,358 ft in Dubai

Al Hamra Tower … 1,352 ft Kuwait City

23 Marina … 1,296 ft in Dubai

CITIC Plaza … 1,283 ft in Guangzhou

Shun Hing Square … 1,260 ft in Shenzhen

The Domain … 1,253 ft in Abu Dhabi

Empire State Building … 1,250 ft in New York

Also in Chicago …
The Aon Center in Chicago is 1,136 ft
The John Hancock Center in Chicago is 1,128 ft

A redesigned website for Arlington Heights School District 25 is scheduled for release on May 4, 2012. The website will be hosted by Edline — defined as a third-party Learning Management System (LMS) provider.

Edline provides website services that area integrated at the district, school and classroom level. Services include online learning and mass notification. So far the details of the of online learning services that will be integrated with District 25 have not been clarified.

Last October Edline merged with Blackboard Inc. — a leading provider of online learning. Blackboard Inc. provides enterprise software and mobile applications, communications and commerce services, primarily to the education industry. Blackboard is best known as a developer of learning software for higher education, K-12, and professional education institutions.

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