Goeken's PolyBrite International of Naperville, Ill. looks to leapfrog the little fluorescents with energy-saving bulbs that rely on light-emitting diodes, which are glowing semiconductor chips.

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Over three years Helgesen interviewed hundreds of ordinary American women in Naperville, a prosperous suburb near Chicago, Illinois.

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Believe it or not, Detroit comes in one place ahead of Chicago-Joliet-Naperville , Ill.

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The Naperville, Ill. provider of school bus and public transit services is still recovering from its own wreck.

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In an hour (or two, with traffic) you'll reach a cluster of former farm villages called Oak Brook, Lisle and Naperville.

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In Lisle and Naperville, vacancy has risen to 15% , compared with national averages of 12% for suburbs and 10% for downtowns.

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