Cook County
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First, the good news about Iraq warJan 04, 2012 4:00 am - The good news is that after nearly nine years in Iraq our troops are coming home. The bad news is that after nearly nine years in Iraq we still don’t know how we are go...
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Look inward for source of our woesJan 04, 2012 4:00 am - How many Iranians conspired to sell worthless collateral debt obligations to municipalities and pension funds? How many homes were foreclosed by Iraqis? How many Syrians...
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Inexperience of Obama showing againJan 04, 2012 4:00 am - Thanks, Mr. President, you showed your true lack of experience and common sense once again. Your administration announced on Dec. 13 that it was cutting several hundred ...
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Dawn Patrol: Lake County stadium deal? Dead heat in IowaJan 04, 2012 4:00 am - Stadium deal for Lake County Fielders? Nobody talks Another peculiar chapter was added last night to the history of the 2-year-old Lake County Fielders. Fielders pu...
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Cut, yes, but cooperate and share painJan 04, 2012 4:00 am - One refrain of which we all must be tiring after, lo, these many years of this interminable economic downturn is this: “We need to make painful cuts.” We do. In many pla...
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Wheeling considers ban, restrictions for street solicitorsJan 03, 2012 11:00 pm - Wheeling officials are considering a measure that would ban — or at least restrict — solicitors on the village’s major roadways, for both safety and nuisance reasons. T...
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Two Elgin police supervisors named in wiretap suitJan 03, 2012 11:00 pm - Two Elgin police supervisors — who were suspended in the summer of 2010 for having an affair — recently were named as defendants in a federal wiretapping lawsuit. Former...
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New clerk at northern Illinois federal courtJan 03, 2012 11:00 pm - There’s a new clerk for one of the country’s busiest federal courts. Tom Bruton becomes the 14th person to assume the post in the nearly 200-year history of the U.S. Di...
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NW Symphony to feature CSO oboistJan 03, 2012 11:00 pm - The Northwest Symphony Orchestra, winner of multiple awards from the Illinois Council of Orchestras, will hold its second concert in its 60th anniversary season at 3:30 ...
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Brother of mauled Chicago jogger says victim recoversJan 03, 2012 11:00 pm - The brother of a Chicago jogger mauled by two pit bulls says the victim, who was once given a 50 percent chance of survival, is now expected by doctors to live. Gregory ...