Cook County
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State fines Des Plaines’ Rivers Casino $25,000Mar 23, 2012 10:55 pm - Rivers Casino in Des Plaines has been fined $25,000 for offering awards to a small number of self-proclaimed gambling addicts in the Illinois self-exclusion gambling pro...
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Three charged in West Chicago synthetic pot bustMar 23, 2012 7:29 pm - An undercover crackdown on synthetic marijuana led to the arrest of three men at two West Chicago gas stations, police said Friday. Officers made the arrests after execu...
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Lawsuit filed in Oak Brook DUI crash that injured mom, two girlsMar 23, 2012 7:28 pm - A lawsuit was filed Friday on behalf of two 6-year-old girls and an Oak Brook woman who were badly injured in head-on crash last fall as they drove home after seeing “Th...
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Former ECC president Appel diesMar 23, 2012 5:05 pm - For some leaders, having a predecessor roaming the hallways on campus might have been unnerving. But for Robert Appel, the second president of Elgin Community College, t...
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Suburbs working to flip switch on electrical supplyMar 23, 2012 3:54 pm - Though suburban residents voted largely in favor of electricity aggregation in referendums Tuesday, the process of translating that into customer savings won’t be as qui...
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Deer Park to sue Kildeer for breach of contractMar 23, 2012 11:55 am - Deer Park officials have authorized their attorney to sue the village of Kildeer for breach of contract and fraud over a contract for police service which Deer Park term...
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Elgin 2011 projected deficit might turn into a surplusMar 23, 2012 10:42 am - A projected 2011 budget deficit of $1.74 million in Elgin’s general fund doesn’t seem to have panned out. Preliminary numbers for Elgin’s total revenues and expenditure...
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Schaumburg ISU student died of seizure disorderMar 23, 2012 9:00 am - Two students — a 19-year-old Schaumburg woman and 19-year-old Wilmette man — were found dead in unrelated cases in their respective dorm rooms at Illinois State Universi...
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Lisle pianist to add Latin flair to COD jazz concertMar 23, 2012 8:12 am - Move over wind section, there’s a new guy in town. Local artist and pianist Jose Valdes joins the DuPage Community Jazz Ensemble’s oversized big band for a performance a...
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COD students tackle story of doomed lovers in 'Romeo and Juliet'Mar 23, 2012 6:00 am - Actors memorize lines. They learn sword fights. But replicating the naiveté of youth, that's a challenge. There's a purity — an unlearned love — that takes the stage wi...