Cook County
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Fight Back for Shannon Mac set for FridayJun 21, 2011 12:00 am - Like so many mothers who've experienced the loss of a child, Cindy McNamara remembers a particular prayer she repeated in the grief-stricken days that followed daughter ...
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Harper offers career shadowing for kidsJun 21, 2011 12:00 am - Harper College is putting kids to work this summer. A new offering through the college's popular InZone program — a summer enrichment and sports camp for children — allo...
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Contest opens to name Schaumburg ball teamJun 21, 2011 12:00 am - The owners of Schaumburg’s prospective new minor league baseball team launched a contest Tuesday for the public to help name the team. The contest comes as the investmen...
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Judge: Schaumburg man’s arrest legalJun 21, 2011 12:00 am - A motion to throw out the arrest of a man accused of robbing a Schaumburg business at gunpoint in 2009 was denied Tuesday, moving the case toward trial later this summer...
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Gas numbers don’t add upJun 21, 2011 12:00 am - When crude oil was $147 per barrel regular gasoline was about $4.30 per gallon. Now crude oil is about $100 per barrel and regular gasoline is about $4.30 per gallon. Us...
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Elgin to celebrate new U.S. citizensJun 21, 2011 12:00 am - Addy Enriquez moved to the United States with her parents when she was 14. She was coming from Guatemala City and not at all pleased with the decision to move north. No...
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Show support for COD journalistsJun 21, 2011 12:00 am - The replacement of College of DuPage professor Cathy Stablein as adviser to the Courier student newspaper is a thinly veiled attempt to get rid of a highly skilled, awar...
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Indian Trails hires search firm to help find new directorJun 21, 2011 12:00 am - The Indian Trails Public Library District has hired Miriam Pollack + Associates to help in its search for a new library director. The district will pay the Northbrook f...
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Kaptain holds ‘Listening Session’ in ElginJun 21, 2011 12:00 am - In an effort to engage the community and increase transparency concerning the workings of the city of Elgin, Mayor David Kaptain addressed residents online and in person...
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Judge sends Hoffman Estates man to jailJun 21, 2011 12:00 am - A Cook County judge on Tuesday revoked the bond of a 21-year-old drunken driver whose friend died last year in a car crash on the Jane Addams Tollway. After the accident...