Cook County
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6-year sentence in Elgin shootingJan 18, 2012 11:00 pm - An 23-year-old Elgin man was sentenced Thursday to six years in prison for a 2009 altercation in which his co-defendant shot at a car. At the time of the shooting, Marti...
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Think twice before banning boxesJan 18, 2012 11:00 pm - Collection boxes for the poor have been around for decades. Man-sized receptacles for old shoes and coats and books mostly, a place to drop off what you no longer need a...
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ECC honors Cassie Dumoulin for 1,000 pointsJan 18, 2012 11:00 pm - Cassie Dumoulin’s basketball career at Elgin Community College — all 46 games of it — has been nothing short of outstanding. So it was fitting Thursday night that Dumoul...
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Carpentersville parent wants answers about drug deal gone wrongJan 18, 2012 11:00 pm - At least one Carpentersville parent wants to know why police arranged an undercover drug transaction so close to her 10-year-old daughter's school. The drug bust gone wr...
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Simon pushing for more community college gradsJan 18, 2012 11:00 pm - A report released Thursday by Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon implores education leaders to find a way to increase the number of community college students who graduate with a deg...
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Viral Chicago video points to disturbing trendJan 18, 2012 11:00 pm - It seems to defy the logic of committing crimes in such way as to reduce the risk of getting caught: ruffians intentionally recording themselves on video beating and rob...
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I have nothing left to cutJan 18, 2012 11:00 pm - We were taught to budget — that you can’t spend more than you have. Many of us have lived by that rule, to save and invest for our golden years, only to find that what b...
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Des Plaines Theatre will show ’86 Super BowlJan 18, 2012 11:00 pm - A replay of the Chicago Bears’ 1986 Super Bowl victory will highlight a fundraiser hosted by the Des Plaines Deep Green Committee at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29 at the Des Pl...
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COD keeping football programJan 18, 2012 11:00 pm - College of DuPage football isn’t going anywhere. “That’s what we’re telling people,” COD athletic diretor Paul Zakowski said Thursday. The question arose after Midwest F...
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Schaumburg plans $20.6 million in road, infrastructure upgradesJan 18, 2012 11:00 pm - Schaumburg trustees Tuesday will consider an approximately $20.6 million capital improvement plan for the year ahead that includes structural repairs to the village’s co...