Cook County
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Trial begins in Elgin car ramming murderAug 08, 2011 12:00 am - About 4 p.m. Nov. 8, 2009, Vetedia James was standing on her porch in Elgin when she heard a loud crash near the three-story apartment complex on the 200 block of Center...
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Band's van, equipment stolen after LollapaloozaAug 08, 2011 12:00 am - The band "Portugal. The Man," which performed at Lollapalooza Sunday night, is trying to prevent whoever stole their van and attached trailer from selling off tens of th...
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Elgin workshop to offer career planning assistanceAug 07, 2011 1:00 am - Submitted by ECC Individuals in need of career planning assistance can participate in a career discovery workshop offered by Elgin Community College's Career Services Of...
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House out of power? Car could be tooAug 07, 2011 12:00 am - The recent storm (tornado?) that ripped through Mt. Prospect left our home without electrical power for some three long days. We lost some food and had minimal damage. T...
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Police reportsAug 07, 2011 12:00 am - Elgin Ÿ A scratch approximately 8 feet long damaged the paint on the driver’s side of a 2005 Ford F150 sometime between 1:15 and 6 p.m. Saturday while the truck was...
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Realtors aid veterans in need with housing helpAug 07, 2011 12:00 am - Kathleen Ricketts Hager was sitting with her late husband, Ken Hager, at the National Association of Realtors convention in 2004. Together, they watched other real estat...
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Unpaid child support tells us who Walsh isAug 07, 2011 12:00 am - I just read Mrs. (U.S. Congressman) Joe Walsh’s December 2010 verified petition for $115,000 of unpaid child support. It is 55 pages, with exhibits. It says that Joe sti...
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Thanks for the Dow nosedive, tea partyAug 07, 2011 12:00 am - The people of the whole world held their collective breath while the tea party took our financial future hostage by manufacturing a crisis. In resolving the hysteria, Sp...
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Stability no argument against gay marriageAug 07, 2011 12:00 am - Larry O’Neill of Palatine supports a ban on gay marriage and civil unions (Fence Post, June 18) because he has “carefully thought through the implications for our countr...
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Barrington takes first step toward underpass beneath CN tracksAug 07, 2011 12:00 am - Barrington officials Monday plan to authorize a $3.5 million preliminary engineering study for an underpass beneath the Canadian National Railway tracks at Route 14. The...