Cook County
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Patrons can help library district by offering suggestionsJan 14, 2012 7:00 am - Officials want a new name for the Dundee Township Public Library District, one that better reflects the community it serves People of all ages who live within the distri...
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Social Security like a house of cardsJan 14, 2012 4:00 am - Since when is Social Security considered an entitlement? This was a policy designed by the Roosevelt administration to help people who have or had no retirement funds or...
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Make changes and take back AmericaJan 14, 2012 4:00 am - The economy is going down and our politicians are not listening to us. One solution is to stop sending billions and billions of dollars overseas to dictators and countri...
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The Soapbox: A few darts, a few laurelsJan 14, 2012 4:00 am - Lessons on drug addiction were heard: A drug-awareness forum presented by the Kane County sheriff’s office drew only parents who had children already victims of drug ad...
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Mom-daughter births a celebration?Jan 14, 2012 4:00 am - I recently read the story about a mother and daughter giving birth the same day: big picture, smiling, doting mothers, even the doctor was in there. How cute, I first th...
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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...