Cook County
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Local Boy Scout executive retires amid financial challengesFeb 10, 2012 4:30 am - The Northwest Suburban Council of the Boy Scouts of America's highest-paid employee has retired ahead of schedule amid dwindling financial reserves, officials said. The ...
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Report on PPA offered new insightFeb 10, 2012 4:00 am - My comment is regarding Burt Constable’s article Jan. 29 on Primary Progressive Aphasia. My mother passed away at age 86 in 2008 due to kidney failure, six months after ...
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Avoid hysteria about religionFeb 10, 2012 4:00 am - Someone said to me that the possibility of the U.S. having its first non-Christian president is a sign of the apocalypse. This is the latest of numerous comments I have ...
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A mention of Kirk would’ve been niceFeb 10, 2012 4:00 am - It certainly would have been a very thoughtful “leadership” quality if the president had taken a few seconds out of his “I did this” and “I’m going to do that” speech, c...
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Dawn Patrol: 1,000 attend slain Naperville teacher’s serviceFeb 10, 2012 4:00 am - Teammates, colleagues and students from Naperville go to Brown Deer, Wisconsin, to attend services for Shaun Wild, stabbed to death in a Naperville bar. A Lombard woman is one person who could benefit from a federal mortgage fraud settlement with the country’s largest banks. An unidentified body is found in Park Ridge.
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Snow starts to build in suburbs as afternoon rush approachesFeb 09, 2012 11:00 pm - As predicted, snow came down at different strengths in different suburban areas on Friday. Fluffy flakes fell lightly for a few hours in Lake County, but then around 1 p...
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Schaumburg High performs Oscar Wilde classic, ‘Earnest’Feb 09, 2012 11:00 pm - Two performances remain of the Oscar Wilde classic, “The Importance of Being Earnest” on Saturday, Feb. 11 at Schaumburg High School. The drawing room comedy will be per...
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Buddy birthday bash is agency’s big fundraiserFeb 09, 2012 11:00 pm - Come celebrate The Buddy Foundation’s 17th birthday party at Moretti’s Ristorante, 1799 S. Busse Road, Mount Prospect, from 5-8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23. Your donation of ...
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Man found dead in Park Ridge had been strangledFeb 09, 2012 11:00 pm - A man who was found dead near train tracks in Park Ridge had been strangled, authorities said Friday. Someone noticed the unresponsive man lying in a parking lot at 2:18...
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Sheriff suggests tweaking immigrant hold policyFeb 09, 2012 11:00 pm - Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart is suggesting the policy that forbids his office from informing federal officials when the county jail is about to release suspected illegal...