Cook County
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Gail Borden joins Provena to offer family food programMar 30, 2012 11:22 am - Pineapple orange slushies, French toast fingers, yogurt and granola berry parfaits and a snack called “creepy spiders” are on the menu for 10 Elgin families about to sta...
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Naperville cops arrest Elk Grove man in counterfeit DVD caseMar 30, 2012 10:00 am - An Elk Grove Village man was arrested by Naperville police after a two-month undercover investigation found him selling counterfeit workout DVDs on Craigslist, authoriti...
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Rock meets funk? It's Kool, Van Halen opener saysMar 30, 2012 6:00 am - Even Robert "Kool" Bell was "caught by surprise" when the hard-rocking Van Halen asked his veteran funk ensemble, Kool & the Gang, to team up for a 52-city tour. Then ...
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Mega Millions by the numbersMar 30, 2012 5:30 am - Barbara Gonzalez, chairwoman of Roosevelt University's department of mathematics and actuarial science, helps us calculate the odds of winning the $500 million Mega Mill...
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Schaumburg Township defends closing Spectrum centerMar 30, 2012 5:30 am - Despite a public outcry Wednesday over the closing of the Spectrum Youth Center, Schaumburg Township Supervisor Mary Wroblewski remains convinced the services can be rep...
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Co-workers hoping to hit record Mega Millions jackpotMar 30, 2012 5:30 am - Groups of co-workers in suburbs hope to share record Mega Millions jackpot
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Soldier part of a strong, quiet generationMar 30, 2012 5:00 am - I went to the funeral of local World War II vet Robert Thomas Jackson today. He was typical of his generation: lived through the Depression, went of to fight in the war,...
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Dawn Patrol: Mount Prospect sewer collapse; Elgin fireMar 30, 2012 5:00 am - Sewer collapse could tangle Mount Prospect traffic for weeks A usually busy stretch of Mount Prospect roadway could be shut down for up to three weeks, after worker...
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Far-right groups behind Florida’s lawMar 30, 2012 5:00 am - Much is being said about the killing of teen Trayvon Martin by “neighborhood watchman” George Zimmerman in the Orlando, Fla., suburb of Sanford. Zimmerman’s advocates cl...
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Thank you, Raja, for tryingMar 30, 2012 5:00 am - Thank you, Mr. Raja Krishnamoorthi, for all your hard work and for conducting a classy campaign. I appreciate your effort to try to get elected as the 8th Congressional ...