Cook County
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Lawyer sentenced to work release for removing his electronic monitoring deviceAug 22, 2011 12:00 am - A Chicago lawyer who unlawfully removed his court-ordered GPS monitor was sentenced Monday to 60 days in a work-release program that allows him to leave confinement for ...
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Stop what Obama is doing to AmericaAug 21, 2011 5:00 am - Stop already! Everything would be rosy for our president if his predecessor didn’t mess everything up. He’d fix the economy if he could raise the debt ceiling and spend ...
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The indigent aren’t being representedAug 21, 2011 5:00 am - Doesn’t it seem wrong to expect seniors, children and students to tighten their belts while Exxon-Mobile makes millions a day in profits, the top-10 hedge fund managers ...
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Community organizing a noble pursuitAug 21, 2011 5:00 am - Regardless of the many crises we find ourselves in these days, I will always be proud to be an American. My father (and also my oldest sister) became an American citizen...
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‘Retrial’ of Lincoln killer conspirator plannedAug 21, 2011 12:00 am - Theatrical retrials of a woman who was among those executed for conspiring to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln are planned for this fall in Chicago and Springfield....
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Grant will help U-46 draw more girls to science, mathAug 21, 2011 12:00 am - Elgin Area School District U-46 will use a national grant to pilot a program this fall to get more students — particularly girls — interested in science, technology, eng...
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State keyboard push could cut into cursive writingAug 21, 2011 12:00 am - Editor's note: To clarify this story published Aug. 21, state board of education officials said Illinois has never required cursive as part of the elementary curricu...
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La Pieta replica unveiled at Barrington churchAug 21, 2011 12:00 am - The sculpture of Mary holding a dying Jesus in her arms now rests below an image of her own mother, Anne, in the Gathering Space of St. Anne Catholic Community Church in...
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Ceremony marks effort to integrate Chicago beachAug 21, 2011 12:00 am - Associated Press Holding hands and singing inspirational songs, dozens of people including state leaders attended a ceremony Saturday to mark the 50th anniversary of eff...
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FBI uses GPS to find Evanston bank robbery suspectAug 21, 2011 12:00 am - The FBI says a robbery suspect managed to get away with cash from an Evanston bank, but he also got something he hadn’t bargained for — a GPS tracking device. Lawrence B...