Cook County
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Keep up the patriotism on Election DaySep 11, 2011 5:00 am - I couldn’t help but notice the crescendo of patriotism as we approached the observance of the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack. TV news reported ...
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New Wheeling turf dedicated Sept. 16:Sep 11, 2011 12:00 am - The new synthetic turf at the Wheeling High School stadium will be dedicated at 7:20 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16. The turf has been a joint project of Northwest Suburban High ...
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Northwest suburbs mourn, reflect and rememberSep 11, 2011 12:00 am - In the auditorium of Buffalo Grove High School, the 10th anniversary of 9/11 was commemorated with stirring music by Howard Green and the Buffalo Grove Symphonic Band. I...
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'Suspicious' package in Arlington only holds stolen papersSep 11, 2011 12:00 am - A suspicious bag on an Arlington Heights street turned out to be harmless but was stolen property, police said Sunday. Police were called Saturday afternoon after a woma...
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Buffalo Grove seeking new park board memberSep 11, 2011 12:00 am - Buffalo Grove Park District Commissioner Jeff Weiss has resigned from the post he was first appointed to in 2010. Weiss replaced his wife Martha on the board. He was the...
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4 arrested at massage parlor in LansingSep 11, 2011 12:00 am - LANSING, Ill. — Four women have been charged with prostitution after a Cook County vice squad’s investigation of a massage parlor in Lansing. Eun Kyung Clark was charged...
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Beamer, Shanower recalled at local memorial eventsSep 11, 2011 12:00 am - Todd Beamer helped secure the first U.S. victory in the war against terrorism, one of his former teachers said Sunday. Beamer, a former Wheaton resident, was a passenger...
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Video: Suburban residents open up about 9/11 memoriesSep 10, 2011 11:00 pm - They are fathers, mothers, wives, Muslims and rescuers. Across the suburbs, people were touched by 9/11.
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Debt percentages are fuzzy mathSep 10, 2011 5:00 am - I am writing in regard to the letter by Raleigh Sutton in Fence Post Sept. 3, titled “Who has gotten us in deeper debt?” Sutton lists the percent increase or decrease in...
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A government divided cannot standSep 10, 2011 5:00 am - A recent “Jeopardy!” question caused me to reread Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. The last line particularly struck me as relevant now — “and that government of the people...