All Stories from January 4, 2013 (Change date)
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Oak Brook company wins injunction on birth control mandateJan 04, 2013 3:01 pm - A federal judge in Chicago has temporarily blocked the U.S. government from requiring a Oak Brook-based, for-profit company to provide its workers with health insurance ...
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McHenry County judge chosen for Daley nephew’s caseJan 04, 2013 3:01 pm - McHenry County Judge Maureen McIntyre will preside over the involuntary manslaughter case of a nephew of former Chicago Mayor Richard Daley. McHenry County Chief Judge M...
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Wheeling candidacy objections withdrawn FridayJan 04, 2013 2:41 pm - Challenges filed against two Wheeling candidates by a fellow candidate were withdrawn Friday, a day before the scheduled hearing before the village’s electoral board. Fo...
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Municipalities need more flexibilityJan 04, 2013 1:48 pm - Missing from the national conversation on “the fiscal cliff” is the other cliff: the one facing city governments. Estimates of infrastructure, pension and health care co...
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Jessica Chastain: ‘I want to do it all’Jan 04, 2013 1:46 pm - NEW YORK — “I want to do everything!” Jessica Chastain, 35, is getting animated. Even though she’s managed to pack more films into an 18-month period than would seem ph...
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Quinn: Shifting pension costs to schools put offJan 04, 2013 1:39 pm - A controversial plan to have local schools pay for teachers’ pensions will be put off for now, Gov. Pat Quinn said Friday. Just one day before what is expected to be a m...
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Charges reduced for one of three accused in 2012 Aurora rapeJan 04, 2013 1:33 pm - Prosecutors have downgraded charges against one of three Aurora men accused of a sexual assault of a 25-year-old Joliet woman in August 2012. Kane County prosecutors las...
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Illinois tollway revenue up in 2012, despite boycott threatsJan 04, 2013 1:24 pm - They swore to boycott the Illinois tollway after rates spiked in 2012, but everything from bad weather to kamikaze deer to sheer convenience kept many drivers on toll ro...
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Hoffman Estates High School promotes elementary readingJan 04, 2013 1:03 pm - To help get elementary students excited about reading, Hoffman Estates High School students traveled to seven local elementary schools to put on assemblies to encouragin...
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Cook County Forest Preserve to host photo meet-upsJan 04, 2013 1:01 pm - The Forest Preserve District of Cook County will host a series of photo meet-ups designed for photographers of all skill levels. Sessions will take place at 10 a.m. on t...