Cook County
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Free lunches for Elgin youthJun 13, 2011 12:00 am - As kids turn off their alarm clocks for the summer and leave their textbooks behind, some feel the loss of the free lunch program offered by schools. For the third year...
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Truth in sentencing drains Illinois fundsJun 13, 2011 12:00 am - Results of a study of the truth-in-sentencing law have been sent to every senator and representative in the state of Illinois. Truth in sentencing costs taxpayers a grea...
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Des Plaines begins bike network improvementsJun 13, 2011 12:00 am - Des Plaines began implementation of the first stage of its bike network this week to coincide with Bike to Work Week, June 11 through 17. Workers will be installing wayf...
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Banks insensitive to despositorsJun 13, 2011 12:00 am - The May 15 Wall Street Journal Sunday section in the Daily Herald should be required reading for every high school and college student in America. The banking industry’s...
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Taxpayers lose if gambling expandedJun 13, 2011 12:00 am - I am no self-righteous puritan; if it feels good do it, so long as no harm occurs to others. But expanded casino gambling does nothing more than a stack the deck against...
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Mount Prospect man sentenced to three years for sexually abusing a teenJun 13, 2011 12:00 am - In exchange for his guilty plea to aggravated criminal sexual abuse, a 22-year-old Mount Prospect man was sentenced to three years in prison Monday. Jorge Jimenez, of th...
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Boy struck by van in PalatineJun 13, 2011 12:00 am - A young boy was injured after being struck by a van while he attempted to cross Northwest Highway in Palatine late Monday afternoon, police said. The boy attempted to cr...
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COD percussion instructor melds music, magicJun 13, 2011 12:00 am - College of DuPage Applied Music Coordinator Michael Folker started his music career playing in his high school marching band. Since then, he has perfected his playing an...
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Police reportsJun 13, 2011 12:00 am - Elgin Ÿ A garage door window was smashed out sometime between 4:30 and 6 p.m. Sunday while it was parked in the 300 block of Liberty Street in Elgin, according to p...
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Free lunch locationsJun 13, 2011 12:00 am - The City of Elgin’s Parks and Recreation Department, in cooperation with the Northern Illinois Food Bank and several local churches, will offer free lunches to kids youn...