Cook County
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Des Plaines police warn of home invasion scamsJun 06, 2011 12:00 am - Des Plaines police are warning senior citizens to beware of scams involving men who represent themselves as electric company employees after two recent home invasions. O...
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Author's job of balancing nature and suburbs mirrors ThoreauJun 06, 2011 12:00 am - When author Tom Montgomery Fate talks about working on his new book during one of his solitary nights in the cabin his family helped build in the Michigan woods, it's ea...
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Chronic distracted driver, crossing guard know texting dangers firsthandJun 06, 2011 12:00 am - Mary Aguilar runs a pet service out of her home and spends four hours a day driving to those appointments. Her contacts call her cellphone to book her, often while she's...
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Budget impasse could cost 52,000 jobs, halt road projectsJun 06, 2011 12:00 am - Road and bridge construction projects around the suburbs could be halted this summer — along with 52,000 jobs statewide — if lawmakers don't return to Springfield to app...
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Attempted robbery at Des Plaines hotelJun 06, 2011 12:00 am - A masked man dressed in black, holding a gun demanded money from an employee at the Comfort Inn O'Hare in Des Plaines, but left empty-handed less than a minute later, ac...
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Elgin’s U-46 to unveil new-look report cardsJun 06, 2011 12:00 am - “Talks too much in class.” “Contributes frequently to class discussions.” Those are the kind of formulaic phrases parents are used to seeing on elementary school report ...
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Elementary teacher brings the Arctic to ElginJun 06, 2011 12:00 am - Answering the question “Where did you grow up?” can be complicated for Ani Smith. The answer is a list rather than a single place: Urbana, India, Indonesia, Arizona. Smi...
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The Bard goes to the moviesJun 06, 2011 12:00 am - Several Lake County and Northwest suburban movie theaters will show four classic Shakespeare titles this summer and fall. Shakespeare’s Globe London Cinema Series will b...
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Glen Ellyn policy would require COD to file reportsJun 06, 2011 12:00 am - Glen Ellyn officials say four new buildings at the College of DuPage may have been inspected, but they want proof. The demand would be part of a village policy statement...
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Streamwood police investigate Sunday shootingJun 06, 2011 12:00 am - Streamwood police continue to investigate a gang-related shooting that took place just after midnight Sunday outside a home on the 0-99 block of Streamwood Boulevard. No...