Cook County
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Too much payback goes on in CongressFeb 04, 2011 11:00 pm - Too much payback goes on in Congress The U.S. Congress with its 535 members is the most effective, counterproductive and insidious special interest group in this co...
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Seal the borders before reforms startFeb 04, 2011 11:00 pm - Seal the borders before reforms start Estimates of the number of illegal immigrants range between 11 million and 22 million — maybe more. Nobody knows for sure. Bef...
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Blizzard taps suburban snow funds, but fails to bust budgetsFeb 04, 2011 11:00 pm - As bad as the blizzard was, with costs still being tallied up, suburban leaders say it's not a civic budget buster — not yet, anyway, and not if the groundhog's predicti...
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Gun threat leads to DUI charges for Arlington Heights manFeb 04, 2011 11:00 pm - Police arrested a 24-year-old Arlington Heights man early Saturday after management of a Mount Prospect bar said he threatened to shoot another customer. Daniel Chiguil ...
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Rt. 83 at Foster now open after rolloverFeb 04, 2011 11:00 pm - Route 83 near Bensenville reopened in both directions Saturday afternoon, after being shut down so emergency crews could remove a truck that rolled over carrying 43,000 ...
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If you're not too sore to clap, give snowmobilers a handFeb 04, 2011 11:00 pm - By Burt Constable Admittedly, those hours behind a desk have made me a little soft. But my shoulders ache so much from digging out from under this week's snow that it hu...
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Local cheerleading squads big winners at stateFeb 04, 2011 11:00 pm - Competition was tight at the IHSA cheerleading championships, with state titles decided by percentage points. But in the end, suburban teams delivered and many came home...
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Cognitive skills key in concussion recoveryFeb 04, 2011 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Diagnosing concussions is no easy task. Dr. Elizabeth Pieroth of the Des Plaines-based Midwest Center for Concussion Care said physical signals such as hea...
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Blizzard is third-worst in historyFeb 04, 2011 10:00 pm - The blizzard that stranded drivers, shut down workplaces and kept suburban snowblowers humming for days last week wasn't the biggest in Chicago-area history. But it was ...
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Spotlight set on students' concussionsFeb 04, 2011 10:00 pm - House to debate requiring schools to hold meetings for athletes, parents