Cook County
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10th District candidates bash super PACs, but one would take the cash anywayFeb 12, 2012 10:00 pm - Editor's note: To clarify, the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 decision in the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission case held the government cannot ban independent p...
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Elk Grove group inspires Latino girls to reach for collegeFeb 12, 2012 4:30 am - A few years ago, the idea of going to college was just a dream for Jessica Sanchez, Gaby Vaca and Alma Rios. No one in their families had gone to college, there was litt...
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Officials: Stevenson’s drug problems universalFeb 12, 2012 4:30 am - The scope of a drug sale investigation at Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire last week drew intense public interest. But at the end of it, the charging of only two st...
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Starbucks shops will highlight povertyFeb 11, 2012 11:00 pm - As I read the article on Starbucks’ plan to open 50 stores this year in India, I quietly imagine the wealthy and perhaps middle class sitting at a cafe drinking a latte ...
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$54 an hour for landscapers is nutsFeb 11, 2012 11:00 pm - Recently I read in your opinion section a piece named “State should back off wage push.” This article was about the problems the state of Illinois creates for its many m...
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A tax by any other name is still a taxFeb 11, 2012 11:00 pm - It’s just a little thing, but might I ask you folks at the Herald to start talking about taxes like they are real? You refer in your articles to grants from the federal ...
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DUI charge filed in Schaumburg crashFeb 11, 2012 10:00 pm - A 60-year-old Schaumburg man was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and disobeying a traffic control device after causing a crash on Saturday night in S...
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New Goodwill store in Des Plaines is 25th in the suburbsFeb 11, 2012 7:00 am - YouTube Yet, more than 100 eager shoppers lined up for the 8 a.m. Friday opening of a Goodwill Store Donation Center at 1521 Lee St. in Des Plaines. Nearly 500 people h...
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An idea for a fairer capital gains taxFeb 11, 2012 5:08 am - At the risk of having my liberal and conservative friends get all huffy about what I’m about to say, they need to put aside all the propaganda and double talk they hear ...
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Don’t blame chefs for obesity epidemicFeb 11, 2012 5:08 am - I’m writing in response to Ms. Beauvais’ letter on Jan. 29 about Paula Deen. I’m getting sick and tired of this “food snob/elitist” attitude that people have about her. ...