Cook County
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Schaumburg Septemberfest parade packs Summit DriveSep 05, 2011 12:00 am - Keith Hinkle showed up at 6 a.m. Monday to stake out a prime location on Summit Drive for his family and friends to watch Schaumburg’s Septemberfest Labor Day Parade. Hi...
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Former Wheeling Twp. assessor dies at 82Sep 05, 2011 12:00 am - Those who remember former Wheeling Township Assessor Dolores C. Stephan say she was dedicated to making sure taxpayers had a local resource to answer their assessment-re...
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Hanover Park murder suspect dies in hospitalSep 04, 2011 12:00 am - Jeffrey Ferrigan, named a “person of interest” in last month’s slaying of his wife in Hanover Park, died at 10 a.m. Sunday in a Joliet hospital, authorities said. The 50...
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Buck up, kids; we had it worseSep 03, 2011 5:00 am - Really? Really? I have read several comments about how U-46 is routing buses this year for schools. Some parents are complaining about how their child has to walk up to ...
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Buying American leads to job creationSep 03, 2011 5:00 am - Why worry about jobs going to Asia — if you’re driving a Toyota? My friends wring their hands about “everything is coming from Asia,” but half of them own foreign-brande...
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Who has gotten us in deeper debt?Sep 03, 2011 5:00 am - The conservative forces are blaming Obama for a huge increase in the national debt. But is he really so bad? Let’s compare: Ÿ Truman, minus 21.7 percent Ÿ Einsenhower, p...
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Elgin factory's machine catches fire, no one hurtSep 03, 2011 12:00 am - A fire at an Elgin factory did at least $25,000 in damages Friday night, fire officials said. At 5:45 p.m. the Elgin Fire Department was dispatched to the Ball Corporati...
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‘Bye Bye Birdie’ opens Sept. 16 at Cutting HallSep 03, 2011 12:00 am - TesserAct Theatre Ensemble presents “Bye Bye Birdie,” a musical featuring the music of Charles Strauss and lyrics by Lee Adams, playing Friday, Sept. 16, through Sun...
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Mt. Prospect 9/11 remembrance at 11 a.m. SundaySep 03, 2011 12:00 am - Ten years after the events of Sept. 11, 2001, citizens of Mount Prospect will come together in a commemoration ceremony to honor the victims who lost their lives on that...
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District 300 students protest SearsSep 03, 2011 12:00 am - It’s not just leaders in Carpentersville-based Community Unit District 300 that are dissatisfied with Hoffman Estates-based Sears Holdings Co. A group of high school stu...