Cook County
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Preckwinkle to Dart: Why is 20% of your staff on medical leave?Jan 26, 2011 11:00 pm - County president challenges sheriff to make budget cuts
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Bond denied in sawed-off shotgun slayingJan 26, 2011 10:00 pm - CHICAGO — Chicago authorities were holding a Maywood man without bond in the shotgun slaying of his former girlfriend's nephew. Circuit Court Judge Donald Panarese Jr. ...
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Subway sandwich clerk fought 'violent criminal'Jan 26, 2011 10:00 pm - After fighting off a thief described by Des Plaines police as a violent criminal, Subway sandwich store clerk Jose Santiago of Palatine said he didn't feel like a hero. ...
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Allstate questioned by SEC over investment lossesJan 26, 2011 10:00 pm - Allstate Corp., the insurer suing Bank of America Corp. for selling faulty mortgages, was asked by its regulator last year why the company hadn't taken losses on some of...
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Arlington Heights man dies after striking treeJan 26, 2011 10:00 pm - The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office spokeswoman said an autopsy is scheduled Thursday for a 79-year-old Arlington Heights man that was found dead Wednesday afterno...
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CTA considers closing "el" stopsJan 26, 2011 10:00 pm - CHICAGO — The Chicago Transit Authority, which wants to renovate its aging rapid transit lines in far northern Chicago and suburban Evanston, says it is considering the...
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Night life: Anyway's offers Monday specialsJan 26, 2011 10:00 pm - Take Sunday off Take it easy on this week's day off of football. Hit Monday up instead at Anyway's Pub. Specials include $3 pints of 312 Urban Wheat Ale, $3.50 22-o...
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Book notes: Lo Bosworth comes to NapervilleJan 26, 2011 10:00 pm - • Lo Bosworth, actress from MTV's “The Hills” and previously of “Laguna Beach,” will sign copies of her new book “The Lo-Down” and meet fans at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 28, a...
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Northlight delivers a potent examination of survivalJan 26, 2011 10:00 pm - Of all the skills an African woman possesses, the most crucial may be her ability to survive. Danai Gurira articulates that in painful detail in “Eclipsed,” a convincin...
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Couple plans Mexican restaurant in WheelingJan 26, 2011 10:00 pm - Turns out the biggest thing Claudia Ramiro wanted to change at her restaurant was the one thing she couldn't. “That red roof,” she said. “There's nothing we can do to ch...