Cook County
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Quade criticism way off baseAug 27, 2011 5:00 am - Barry Rozner’s article on Mike Quade and the Cubs organization was joke. Mike Quade is a dedicated manager, and his resume supports his accomplishments. Sixteen years at...
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95-year-old tells the story of how Schaumburg beganAug 27, 2011 12:00 am - Palatine man remembers Pure Oil paving into farms in the '50s
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14-year-old drowns in WilmetteAug 27, 2011 12:00 am - A 14-year-old boy Evanston boy was pronounced dead Saturday night after rescuers pulled his body from the water at a Wilmette beach, officials said. The boy died at 7:2...
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Sex offender charged with taking minor to Elgin parkAug 27, 2011 12:00 am - An Elgin man who is a convicted and registered child sex offender was charged Saturday with illegally taking an 8-year-old boy to a local park. Grant Parker, 41, of East...
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Blue Tulip sign goes missing in ElginAug 27, 2011 12:00 am - Sacre bleu! Who dared to steal the wooden Blue Tulip sign this week that, for the North East Neighborhood in Elgin, has grown to symbolize community spirit for 15 y...
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Suburbs fight to keep foreclosed homes maintainedAug 27, 2011 12:00 am - Christine Winter lives on an upscale block just outside of St. Charles, but you wouldn't know it by looking out her window. She shares a view many suburban residents cou...
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Pennsylvania group protests in Palatine against civil unionsAug 26, 2011 1:00 am - Amongst the steady blare of car horns in support and occasional obscene gestures in derision, 10 men from the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and P...
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Will tollway expansion create 120,000 jobs?Aug 26, 2011 12:00 am - A $12 billion capital plan that would create thousands of jobs seems like a panacea for the metropolitan region’s woeful unemployment rate of 10.5 percent. But predictin...
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Harper men’s cross country has high hopesAug 26, 2011 12:00 am - The Harper College men’s cross country team toes the starting line today at 10 a.m. in the Harper Invite. There is a new voice leading the cross country program this se...
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Hanover Park murder victim feared for her safetyAug 26, 2011 12:00 am - Frightened of her husband and alarmed for her safety, Jennifer Gustafson recently began each day by alerting one of her friends she was fine. But friends didn’t get that...