Cook County
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Couple with local ties among cruise ship missingJan 15, 2012 10:00 pm - The American Embassy in Rome now says 118 of the 120 Americans aboard the Costa Concordia have been accounted for, but a Minnesota couple with ties to Mount Prospect is ...
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Catholic school enrollment stabilizing, diocese saysJan 15, 2012 6:30 am - Catholic school enrollment in the Chicago archdiocese rose in the city last fall for the third year in a row, while continuing a slow decline in the suburbs, new reports...
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Simply don’t take your eyes off roadJan 15, 2012 4:00 am - We are finally concentrating on the killer subject of distracted driving. I shouldn’t have to define Distracted Driver Syndrome for you because you know you are guilty o...
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Personal beliefs should have no placeJan 15, 2012 4:00 am - Dear Citizens, Can you help me understand this current caricature of a Democratic government that we have today? I’m watching all this political debate, mudslung charact...
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Tea Party ‘Owls’ beat OWSJan 15, 2012 4:00 am - I believe, at age 83 and being a former union member, I’ll stick with the Tea Party Owls who promise to keep a sharp eye on the government and its spending. I’m not sure...
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Homelessness can be preventedJan 15, 2012 4:00 am - Your recent story about AnnMarie Walsh was of particular interest to me as she was a frequent client of Journeys from PADS to HOPE over the last five years. We are pleas...
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Shift focus to helping needyJan 15, 2012 4:00 am - Statistics show that if a person owns a car or has a roof over his head or get two meals a day, he is wealthier than 98 percent of the people in the world. So instead of...
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Kitchen fire causes smoke damage at Elk Grove businessJan 14, 2012 11:00 pm - An Elk Grove Village business suffered extensive smoke damage Sunday following a fire in a Touhy Avenue industrial building. Firefighters were called to the fire at 12:0...
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Suburban deaths ruled homicidesJan 14, 2012 11:00 pm - Police in the South suburbs are investigating the deaths of a man and a woman whose bodies were found in a Country Club Hills home. The Cook County medical examiner’s o...
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Martin Luther King essayJan 14, 2012 11:00 pm - Martin Luther King Jr. is famous for his “I have a dream” speech. He dreamed of peace for everyone, which meant eliminating racism. While much effort has been made so r...