Cook County
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Opportunity in unkempt propertiesJul 01, 2011 3:00 am - The June 15 article about good news on Schaumburg foreclosure rates improving is indeed positive, yet the numbers remain too high to signal any recovery or turnaround in...
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Weather safety is your responsibilityJul 01, 2011 3:00 am - Our former home in Cincinnati was in the path of the deadly F-4 Montgomery-Blue Ash tornado. Most people did not hear the sirens. There was no roaring train sound. For o...
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Dissolve NATO and bring spending homeJul 01, 2011 3:00 am - Bob Gates, the outgoing Secretary of Defense, gave members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization a stern warning to step up their military and political support, oth...
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Arlington Hts.: Don't save your parade spotJul 01, 2011 1:00 am - Arlington Heights' annual Fourth of July parade is so popular it has led to “blanket compromises” for spectators. Hoping to ease, but not altogether eliminate, the pract...
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Police reportsJul 01, 2011 12:00 am - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
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Cook County pulls plug on “Project Shield”Jul 01, 2011 12:00 am - Cook County officials have ended “Project Shield,” a security program designed to equip 128 municipal police departments with cameras in squad cars and at stationary loc...
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ECC students capture medals at national contestJul 01, 2011 12:00 am - When John Halwix completed his sheet metal contraption at this month’s SkillsUSA competition in Kansas City, Mo., he didn’t quite know what it was. Halwix had followed t...
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Retired teachers not living luxuriouslyJul 01, 2011 12:00 am - I would like to reply to Ken Kitzing’s letter, “Public pensioners have a sweet deal” in the June 15 Fence Post. After graduating from Northern Illinois State Teachers Co...
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Fox Valley police briefsJul 01, 2011 12:00 am - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
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The SoapboxJul 01, 2011 12:00 am - Leave it to experts: Yes, you've heard it often, but it's time again for that annual reminder: Leave the fireworks to the experts. They put on a much better show ...