Cook County
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Naturally 7 to harmonize at ECCJan 28, 2011 11:00 pm - Naturally 7 will bring the band to the Elgin Community College Arts Center on Friday, Feb. 4. The sounds of guitars, turntables, harmonicas, drums and other instruments ...
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Our lawmakers tell us what they want to achieveJan 28, 2011 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Given the state's sorry financial condition, it can be tough to catch state lawmakers talking about much else. But there are other priorities. And as the l...
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Water agency pays $2.4 million to departing employeesJan 28, 2011 5:00 am - It cost taxpayers almost $2.4 million when 78 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago employees quit late last year rather than lose some accrued fina...
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Kirk pushes banning federal funds to move Gitmo detainees to U.S.Jan 28, 2011 12:00 am - U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk is introducing legislation to permanently ban the use of federal funds to transfer Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United States. Kirk, a Highland Pa...
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High-speed chase on I-90 ends in RockfordJan 28, 2011 12:00 am - Two men were taken into police custody following a high-speed chase that started in Forest Park, continued through the Northwest suburbs and ended in Rockford Friday aft...
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This is not ‘Obama’s debt’Jan 28, 2011 12:00 am - A political cartoon Jan. 23 depicted a Land of Oz in which President Obama, as Dorothy, stands next to a house labeled “debt,” which has crushed Uncle Sam, playing the r...
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Buffalo Grove police: Santa with ax a student film projectJan 28, 2011 12:00 am - Buffalo Grove police Cmdr. Steve Husak admitted being shocked Thursday night when his department was called with claims that Santa Claus was running around a neighborhoo...
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Death penalty as revenge? Sure.Jan 28, 2011 12:00 am - In answer to the Fence Post letter dated Jan, 21 by Linda Sobieski of Elburn, you have hit the nail square on the head. How many people does one have to kill to deserve ...
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Katy Perry tickets go on saleJan 28, 2011 12:00 am - Following is a list of recently announced shows. Prices do not reflect service fees. Henry Rollins, Mercury Theatre, 3745 N. Southport Ave., Chicago: spoken word. Ticket...
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Lake in the Hills man convicted in federal car fraud schemeJan 27, 2011 11:00 pm - A federal jury has convicted a Lake in the Hills man for his part in defrauding customers and lending institutions of a combined $2.3 million through a car-buying scheme...