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JEFFREY WESTHOFF REVIEWS ‘IRON MAN 3’ HHH 1/2 ALSO • Sounds: CL’s Jori Parys finds her niche with R&B music • On Stage: ‘M*A*S*H’ star Loretta Swit takes Woodstock stage • Meet Your Bartender: Carrie Granatelli of Firewood in McHenry • 5 Faves: Things that excite us

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Strong Marengo offense tops Richmond-Burton, 14-7

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FIRE IN CRYSTAL LAKE AREA

Flames destroy home

Agenda is full for Ill. legislators Pensions, concealed carry on list for next four weeks By KEVIN P. CRAVER kcraver@shawmedia.com

Photos by Sarah Nader – snader@shawmedia.com

Firefighters watch Wednesday as a home burns at 3217 Carrington Drive in Crystal Lake. The fire began about 3:30 p.m. and quickly spread to three other homes. A ruptured natural gas line in the area complicated the firefighting effort.

Two firefighters hurt as blaze spreads across street By EMILY K. COLEMAN ecoleman@shawmedia.com CRYSTAL LAKE – All that remains of 3217 Carrington Drive is its fireplace and chimney. Officials are investigating what caused a fire Wednesday afternoon at the home in unincorporated Crystal Lake. The blaze spread to three homes across the street. Two firefighters were taken to Centegra Hospital – McHenry with heat-related injuries, said Battalion Chief Chris Olsen of the Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Department. No residents were injured. Courtney Lefevre, a senior at Prairie Ridge High School, was home when the fire started, but she was not hurt. The residents of the houses across the street also were not hurt. When firefighters from departments in McHenry, Kane

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Courtney Lefevre (front), who was in the house when it caught fire, watches her home burn Wednesday. There were no fire hydrants in the area, said Battalion Chief Chris Olsen of the Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Department.

To view video and more photos from the fire in the Crystal Lake area, visit NWHerald.com.

and Cook counties arrived at the scene at 3:29 p.m. Wednesday, the house was engulfed in flames and embers blown across the street by the wind caught three more homes on fire, Olsen said. The fire had spread between the first house and the second house within 10 minutes, said Jim Clark, who lives on nearby Remington Drive. Clark had gotten home shortly before the fire spread to the other homes. Due to the extent of the damage at the initial house, firefighters first worked to

State legislators have one month left in which to tackle legislation before the end of the spring session. The House and the Senate plan to meet 24 days in May until the session adjourns May 31. Barring special meetings, they will not reconvene until the fall veto session. Once that deadline comes and goes, legislation passed the rest of this year requires a three-fifths majority for legislation to take effect before June 1, 2014. The following is a list of issues that state lawmakers face in these final four weeks. • PENSION REFORM: Both the House and Senate have passed legislation aimed at getting a grip on the state’s crushing unfunded pension liability, which stands at about $97

JACOBS BASEBALL EDGES McHENRY McHenry grabbed a one-run lead in the top of the seventh, but Jacobs capitalized on a series of errors to secure a 3-2 win in their Fox Valley Conference Valley Division baseball game Wednesday. The loss knocks the Warriors (15-9 overall, 9-4 FVC Valley) to one game behind division leader Huntley. For more, see page C1.

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McHENRY: Students at Hilltop learn about world cultures through annual Discovery Day. Local&Region, B1

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Related An Illinois House panel approved Michael Madigan’s pension plan Wednesday. PAGE A3

FBI: 3 helped bomb suspect The ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON – Three college friends of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were arrested and accused Wednesday of trying to protect him by going into his dorm room and getting rid of a backpack filled with hollowed-out fireworks three days after the deadly attack. The three 19-year-olds were not accused of any role in the bombing. But in a footnote in the court papers outlining the charges, the FBI said that about a month before the tragedy, Tsarnaev told two of them

See BOMBING, page A6

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At a glance Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev, both 19, were charged with conspiring to obstruct justice by concealing and destroying evidence. Robel Phillipos, 19, was charged with lying to investigators.


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