Cook County
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Des Plaines mayor: Hartmarx can make Olympic uniformsJul 18, 2012 6:07 pm - Des Plaines Mayor Marty Moylan has a solution to the controversy over the U.S. Olympic Team’s Opening Ceremony uniforms being manufactured in China — have presidential s...
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Mathias event helps people find unclaimed assetsJul 18, 2012 5:37 pm - Do you suspect you might have unclaimed assets being held by the state? State Rep. Sid Mathias will host a “Cash Dash” program 5-7 p.m. Thursday, at Longfellow Elementar...
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Ceramic horses stampede into BarringtonJul 18, 2012 5:06 pm - More than two dozen painted horses are riding through Barrington again this summer, part of an effort to raise money for the Barrington Area United Way while also puttin...
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‘Spies Traitors, Saboteurs’ new exhibit at Holocaust MuseumJul 18, 2012 2:44 pm - Most Americans remember the moment they learned that terrorists had attacked the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, and regard that day’s events as a turning point that fo...
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Board of Review analysts charged in bribe schemeJul 18, 2012 1:35 pm - Two Cook County Board of Review analysts are charged with accepting a $1,500 bribe to reduce property tax assessments on residential properties. Thomas Hawkins, 48, and ...
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Des Plaines approves gun shop relocationJul 18, 2012 11:37 am - The Des Plaines City Council recently approved a conditional-use permit allowing Maxon Shooter Supply and Indoor Range, 1226 Rand Road, to relocate to an industrial/manu...
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Dawn Patrol: Flirting with 90; theater for Hawthorn MallJul 18, 2012 5:00 am - Temperatures fail to reach 100 Although temperatures fell short of the forecast 100s yesterday, the high reached 99 degrees at O’Hare International Airport. Don’t e...
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Some suburban police departments more top heavy than othersJul 17, 2012 11:00 pm - With 10 of the 26 sworn police officers in Wauconda holding supervisory positions, even Mayor Mark Knigge believes the department might be a little top-heavy. “At some p...
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Marks out for now but may be write-in for 33rd District Senate raceJul 17, 2012 2:51 pm - Doug Marks, a Libertarian candidate in the 33rd Senate District, has thrown in the towel in his fight to stay on the ballot even before the State Officers Electoral Boar...
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Feeling hot, hot, hot? Hotter days may lie aheadJul 17, 2012 2:00 pm - Getting tired of 100-degree temperatures? Thus far, Chicago and the suburban area has seen four 100-degree days this summer, just three shy of breaking a record set in 1...