Cook County
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2nd arrest in large Gilberts cocaine, pot bustJun 04, 2014 1:01 am - A 50-year-old Elgin man was the second person arrested May 28 when authorities raided a home in Gilberts and seized more than 15 pounds of cocaine and 24 pounds of marij...
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Legal arguments in Chicago focus on secret recordsJun 04, 2014 1:01 am - A federal appeals court in Chicago heard rare oral arguments on Wednesday related to surveillance questions raised by disclosures from onetime government contractor Edwa...
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Storms expected to hit Chicagoland move southJun 04, 2014 1:01 am - Heavy rain and severe weather expected Wednesday morning has shifted and moved south of the city, officials from the National Weather Service said Wednesday. Now, light ...
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Two people dead in Bartlett ID'dJun 04, 2014 1:01 am - The deaths of two people found inside a Bartlett townhouse have been ruled a murder-suicide, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. Bartlett police disc...
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Slain Bartlett soldier's family blasts defense secretaryJun 04, 2014 1:00 am - The family of slain Bartlett soldier Matthew Martinek is blasting U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's assertion that he is unaware of any U.S. soldiers perishing while ...
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Bail set at $150,000 in Elgin Tower arson caseJun 04, 2014 1:00 am - Bail was set at $150,000 Wednesday for a homeless man accused of setting a May 11 fire at the Elgin Tower Building, authorities said. Tommy W. McBurney, 58, has been cha...
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Dawn Patrol: Defendant admits 'wildly slashing'; Cary motorcyclist killedJun 03, 2014 5:00 am - Triple-murder defendant admits to 'wildly slashing' family D'Andre Howard admitted yesterday while testifying in his own defense that he began "wildly slashing" fou...
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D'Andre Howard guilty in Hoffman Estates murdersJun 03, 2014 1:01 am - Convicted Tuesday of stabbing to death three members of his ex-fiance Amanda Engelhardt's family in their Hoffman Estates home, D'Andre Howard faces mandatory life in pr...
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Fire damages industrial building in SchaumburgJun 03, 2014 1:01 am - A fire at the Taurus Tool and Engineering company forced the closure of Estes Avenue in Schaumburg between Wright and Mitchell avenues Tuesday morning and the business i...
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Dawn Patrol: Cary girl killed by tree; Blackhawks eliminatedJun 02, 2014 5:00 am - Cary girl, 11, killed when falling tree lands on tent The identity of the 11-year-old Cary girl killed in a Wisconsin state park early yesterday morning will be rev...