Cook County
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Toll hike likely, but rival plan to be debated, tooAug 24, 2011 11:00 pm - All indications are tollway drivers should prepare for a rate hike effective Jan. 1. With a discussion scheduled for today on the Illinois tollway's proposed $12 billion...
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Facts getting in way of writer’s pointAug 24, 2011 5:00 am - Facts getting in way of writer’s point A response to Lazlo Stephan’s letter Aug. 11, “Higher taxes on the ‘rich’ is no solution”: “Class warfare” is a subjective te...
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We cannot tolerate Walsh much longerAug 24, 2011 5:00 am - We cannot tolerate Walsh much longer Joe Walsh is the biggest embarrassment in office today. He is an embarrassment A) to his child for not paying his child support...
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Arlington Heights store evacuated due to truck fireAug 24, 2011 12:00 am - An Arlington Heights shop near the intersection of Rand and Palatine roads was evacuated Wednesday when a truck in the loading dock caught fire, officials said. Firefigh...
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Glitch leaves local lottery winners without cashAug 24, 2011 12:00 am - The Illinois Lottery could use some of Brian Ringle's luck. A glitch with a new operating system that went live Sunday kept lottery winners from receiving their promised...
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Schaumburg police dog takes ‘early retirement’Aug 24, 2011 12:00 am - Schaumburg’s police dog, Thunder, will take early retirement next month due to the imminent promotion of his handler. And town officials hope Thunder’s replacement, who ...
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Barrington Lyric lectures resume in SeptemberAug 24, 2011 12:00 am - As the new opera season prepares to debut, the Barrington Chapter Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Outreach Community Education Program will again sponsor lectures provided by L...
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Read between lines when comparing tollsAug 24, 2011 12:00 am - The article showing Illinois tollway per-mile charges lower than those of Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts was misleading. The Illinois toll roads serve a s...
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Carpentersville trustees to developer: finish work in subdivision or let usAug 24, 2011 12:00 am - Carpentersville village board members have found a Bartlett-based developer in default of its obligations to make various public improvements on an east side subdivision...
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9 arrests in Chicago sex trafficking investigationAug 24, 2011 12:00 am - Chicago authorities say nine people arrested on sex trafficking charges enslaved girls as young as 12. Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez on Wednesday announced ...