Cook County
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Hoffman Estates wins sustainability awardJan 04, 2012 11:00 pm - The Village of Hoffman Estates recently received the 2011 Illinois Governor’s Sustainability Award for its efforts in protecting the environment and improving the econom...
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Places in the 'burbs to soak up this balmy weather — while it lastsJan 04, 2012 10:00 pm - Perhaps fifty degrees. On Friday. Right here. And 40s this weekend. It may be hard to believe, but we've barely touched freezing this winter. Temperatures are expected ...
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Real motive for getting troops home?Jan 04, 2012 4:00 am - I’ve attempted to find another U.S. president who, as part of his campaign promises, stated he would bring our troops home at a specific future time while those very tro...
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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...