Cook County
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Illness is hidden cost of pollutionJan 14, 2012 4:00 am - The recent EPA regulations that require coal-fired power plants to reduce emissions of mercury and other heavy metals are called excessive because additional costs will ...
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Accountability, not just compromiseJan 14, 2012 4:00 am - I have a problem with your opinion on Dec. 22 and your position that the Tea Party is a faction of ideologues that “openly and stridently professes its opposition to any...
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Racial slur spray-painted at Bartlett HighJan 13, 2012 11:00 pm - Someone spray-painted a racial slur inside Bartlett High School, but in an area the public doesn't see, a district official confirmed Saturday. School leaders discovered...
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King prayer breakfast in Elgin enjoys record turnoutJan 13, 2012 11:00 pm - “Either everybody counts or nobody counts” were the words Traci Ellis returned to over and over again during the keynote address she delivered Saturday at the prayer bre...
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Youth at Cook County Juvenile center diesJan 13, 2012 11:00 pm - A boy in custody at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center on Chicago’s West side died Saturday after a “medical event,” officials reported. No information...
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Longtime Des Plaines volunteer, a ‘mother to all’ rememberedJan 13, 2012 11:00 pm - Elizabeth Ann “Betty” Wurster always made sure everyone was comfortable and baked spectacular cookies for just about any occasion, those who knew her said. “She baked co...
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Streamwood men charged in undercover operationJan 13, 2012 11:00 pm - Two Streamwood men where charged with cocaine-related offenses in an undercover operation lead by Schaumburg police last week. Alex N. Gigliello, 19, of the 4100 block o...
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Rolling Meadows teen charged with burglaryJan 13, 2012 11:00 pm - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
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Des Plaines woman dies after shoveling snowJan 13, 2012 11:00 pm - A 77-year-old Des Plaines woman who collapsed while shoveling snow Thursday died Friday, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office. After an autopsy, the de...
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Four-day Martin Luther King Jr. celebration starts tonight in ElginJan 13, 2012 4:30 am - The City of Elgin will host its most ambitious year of Martin Luther King Jr. celebrations yet with four days of events planned, as well as a communitywide food drive. ...