Cook County
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Metra officials vent at lack of state funding actionAug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - After sitting on a waiting list for nearly two decades, 22 deteriorating bridges on Metra's UP-North Line still need replacement, agency officials said Friday while vent...
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More Metra riders, fewer trains on timeAug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - As ridership continues to skyrocket, more commuters hopped on Metra this June than in any other month in the agency's 22-year history, but train tardiness may be becomin...
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RTA chairman's pay could doubleAug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - The transit system's chairman could have his pay doubled thanks to a provision tucked into a massive tax hike measure aimed at saving the region's train and bus system. ...
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Bike patrol to check for kids in cars at courthouseAug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Cook County sheriff's police this week began patrolling courthouse parking lots on bicycle -- a beefed-up surveillance effort authorities say will help them spot childre...
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Carpentersville man nabbed in drug bustAug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - A Carpentersville man accused of being the leader of a wholesale drug ring operating in the western suburbs was arrested by the FBI Friday morning. Frank Affatigato, 45,...
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Hastert 'the speaker' will always be 'Coach' in his hometownAug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - The crowd was much younger in 1976. More boisterous. Thinner. The occasion happier. But the feelings about the man behind the podium haven't changed that much. "I was a ...
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Soapbox: The new Randhurst; what's bugging you?Aug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - The Randhurst Shopping Center has been such an integral part of the Northwest suburbs for decades. Here's hoping that plans to build it anew as Randhurst Village are suc...
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Briefs: Syclo delivers array of mobile solutionsAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - HOFFMAN ESTATES -- Syclo, a developer of mobile computing solutions, announced that benefits of the recently released IBM Maximo for Oil and Gas version 6.3 product are ...
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Briefs: Hospital briefly loses powerAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights lost power in some of its buildings between 10 and 11 a.m. Thursday. At no time during the outage were patients at risk...
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Defendant: I was a loan shark, not killerAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - With a voice that sounded more like Mr. Rogers than Tony Soprano, accused mobster Frank Calabrese Sr. took the stand in his own defense Thursday, denying he took part in...