Cook County
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Jails struggle with role as makeshift asylumsJul 14, 2014 5:00 am - The numbers, posted daily on the Cook County sheriff's website, would be alarming at an urgent care clinic, let alone a jail: On a Wednesday, 36 percent of all new arriv...
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'Polar' air coming overnight, with low around 53Jul 14, 2014 1:01 am - With the chance of storms in the afternoon passing without real precipitation, the attention now turns to the "polar" air that will make for good sleeping weather withou...
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Visitor trapped in Cook County jail files lawsuitJul 14, 2014 1:01 am - A man who was trapped in a room at a Chicago jail for about 30 hours, during which he yelled and pounded on walls to get someone's attention, filed a lawsuit Monday, cit...
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Elgin man identified as pedestrian killed near Hoffman EstatesJul 14, 2014 1:00 am - Authorities today identified Gabriel Gutierrez-Gomez of Elgin as the pedestrian struck and killed by a vehicle early Monday morning near Hoffman Estates. Gutierrez-Gomez...
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'I prepared myself to die.' Survivors recall Flight 232 crashJul 13, 2014 8:00 am - Business traveler Sumit Roy felt lucky to snag an early United Airlines flight back to Chicago from Denver. He settled into Seat 23J and joked with a Citibank colleague....
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Storms rumble through areaJul 12, 2014 11:00 pm - Heavy rains soaked the suburbs late Saturday night. At 11:35 p.m., the National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for central and southern Cook County and eas...
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Dawn Patrol: Autopsy today on infant; West Chicago man not guiltyJul 11, 2014 5:01 am - Autopsy today on 1-month-old girl An autopsy will be performed today on the body of a 1-month-old girl discovered dead inside a Prospect Heights condominium yesterd...
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Polar vortex next week? Not likely, but it's going to be coldJul 11, 2014 1:01 am - Dire predictions of the return of the dreaded polar vortex to the Chicago area next week might have been a bit exaggerated, but you can expect to feel cooler than normal...
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Man trapped in Cook County jail feared death, attorney saysJul 11, 2014 1:01 am - A man who was trapped in a Cook County jail visiting room for about 30 hours last weekend tried yelling and kicking to get someone's attention, then using a key to try t...
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Chicago upgrading to 4G in subwaysJul 11, 2014 1:00 am - Chicago plans to upgrade wireless service to 4G in its subways and other underground transit facilities. Much of Chicago's commuter train network is elevated above stree...