Cook County
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Caring for aging parents:Feb 18, 2012 11:00 pm - State Rep. Carol Sente will host a Children of Aging Parents Symposium from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 27 at the Highland Park Health and Fitness Center in Buffalo G...
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Elgin street reopened after gas leak repairedFeb 18, 2012 11:00 pm - Elgin police closed Congdon Avenue between Preston Avenue and Iroquois Drive Sunday as they worked with the fire department to deal with a natural gas leak. The leak in ...
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Rosemont's new venue hiring hundredsFeb 18, 2012 11:00 pm - Many jobs are hard to find. That isn't true, however, of the jobs at The Park at Rosemont. The village of Rosemont kicked off a three-day job fair Sunday to fill hundred...
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Suburban mentors help students find successFeb 18, 2012 10:00 pm - Ric Noreen, a retired Kraft executive from Vernon Hills, always wanted more children. And in many ways, Jeremy Thomas, the 16-year-old Maywood boy he mentors through LI...
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Reform would bring uniformity to sex ed classFeb 18, 2012 10:00 pm - Most students in Illinois public schools already are learning about the facts of life, but some legislators say lessons vary widely and are, in some cases, erroneous. A ...
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10th District hopefuls split on Occupy MovementFeb 18, 2012 10:00 pm - Although largely identified as a liberal effort, the Occupy Movement is viewed differently by the Democrats running for the 10th congressional district seat. Ilya Sheym...
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Candidates oppose shifting pension burdenFeb 18, 2012 7:00 am - Local control of pension funds may sound good on paper, but the idea of the state shifting the burden of millions of dollars in teacher retirement costs onto school dist...
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Rolling Meadows want to fine parents for kids' crimesFeb 18, 2012 7:00 am - The cost of parenting is going up in Rolling Meadows. The city is preparing to levy fines against parents whose minor children commit crimes in Rolling Meadows, and to r...
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Man charged with punching bus driver in Hanover ParkFeb 17, 2012 11:00 pm - A Chicago man is being held in Cook County Jail on an aggravated battery charge after he attacked a Pace bus driver in Hanover Park, authorities said. David Wiggins, 41,...
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Schaumburg concedes $9 million to ash borerFeb 17, 2012 11:00 pm - Some of Schaumburg's smallest residents, ash borers, are proving disproportionately costly in the village services they're generating. Schaumburg is embarking on a 10-ye...