Cook County
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Alvarez sides against Orr, with clerk’s blessingJun 14, 2012 5:50 pm - In the wake of two lawsuits claiming Cook County Clerk David Orr violated same-sex couples’ constitutional rights by not issuing marriage licenses to them, State’s Attor...
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Tax preparer pleads guilty to fraudJun 14, 2012 1:16 pm - A South suburban tax preparer has pleaded guilty to federal tax fraud worth $2.8 million. Federal prosecutors said Thursday that 48-year-old Michael Singleton of Homewoo...
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Parents of blindfolded, bound children held on bailJun 14, 2012 1:15 pm - LAWRENCE, Kan. — A man and woman from the Western suburbs face felony child abuse and child endangerment charges after police said two of their five children were found ...
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Dawn Patrol: Joe Walsh vs. Joe Walsh; Schmidt love triangle?Jun 14, 2012 5:00 am - Eagles’ Joe Walsh takes aim at Rep. Joe Walsh Joe Walsh, the Eagles guitarist, is jumping into the 8th Congressional District race to support Tammy Duckworth’s bid ...
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Northlake couple arrested after children found blindfolded, bound outside WalmartJun 13, 2012 7:41 pm - Two adults from West suburban Northlake are in custody in Lawrence, Kan., after police reported finding children bound and blindfolded in a Walmart parking lot where a f...
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Police torture panel files 3 new casesJun 13, 2012 5:28 pm - A commission that said its work investigating alleged police torture cases was far from over when state lawmakers cut off its funding weeks ago has filed three new cases...
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Streets of Woodfield sold to Dallas companyJun 13, 2012 3:28 pm - Dallas-based Cypress Equities has purchased Streets of Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg from developer Joseph Freed & Associates LLC of Chicago for $118 million. The 713,260...
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Blizzard Bash celebrates one of ECC’s foundersJun 13, 2012 8:39 am - While Harry Blizzard was not born or raised in Elgin, he has enthusiastically claimed the city as home over the last half-century — much to the benefit of several Elgin ...
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Why tax burden went up for Cook County homeownersJun 13, 2012 5:30 am - How can tax bills go up when home values are going down? The question has had homeowners all over the suburbs shaking their heads in the last few years. In suburban Cook...
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Unpaid tickets, tuition? Tax refund or lottery prize could be dockedJun 13, 2012 5:30 am - If you owe money in water bills or college tuition, you could see it come right out of your state paycheck or state tax refund and go into the coffers of your local vill...