Cook County
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OTTO celebrates 50 years of success, giving backJun 18, 2011 12:00 am - It was 1961, and Jack Roeser had grown tired of working for someone else. So the Barrington resident walked away from the engineering job that paid him $32,000 a year — ...
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Rauschenberger shows real leadershipJun 17, 2011 1:00 am - There has been much talk lately about the lack of leadership within the ranks of our elected officials. It also has often been said that integrity is doing the right thi...
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Illinoisans denied right to self-protectionJun 17, 2011 1:00 am - Contrary to the assertions of Coleen Daley of Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence that concealed handguns will not make us safer, they already do. Between 800,000 ...
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Dann in reel life: So it's a hobo? With a shotgun?Jun 17, 2011 12:15 am - Reel Life mini-review: ‘Hobo With a Shotgun' Here's a blood-soaked, unabated urban revenge fantasy rendered in such over-the-top excesses that it becomes an adults-...
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Media biased when covering gay issuesJun 17, 2011 12:00 am - In 1981, Robert Lichter and Stanley Rothman released a blockbuster survey of 240 journalists about their political and social views and found that only 24 percent of the...
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Fox Valley police briefsJun 17, 2011 12:00 am - Elgin Ÿ A wallet containing $150 in cash was stolen from a Ford Explorer parked on Haverman Court between midnight and 6 a.m. Thursday, police said. Keys to the veh...
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Inverness man wants to build a fence to block coyotes following attackJun 17, 2011 12:00 am - It may finally be nice outside, but Derrick Czapla says his 2-year-old daughter won’t be playing on the backyard playground anytime soon. The Inverness man fears for his...
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Elgin man guilty of attacking Fox River joggersJun 17, 2011 12:00 am - A 21-year-old Elgin man was found guilty Friday of attacking two women on the Fox River bike trail in Elgin in September and December 2009. Judge Allen Anderson took les...
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Family-friendly Rosemont hosts porn conventionJun 17, 2011 12:00 am - Having lost its bids to land a casino, Rosemont has worked to promote itself as a family-friendly destination with events like comic book conventions, family movie night...
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Authorities: Inmate stole from DuPage jail fundJun 17, 2011 12:00 am - When Shaun Smith was released from DuPage County jail in December, he walked out with a check for about $5 that he had remaining in a commissary account for inmates. It...