Cook County
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Gacy book to become a movieDec 19, 2011 10:00 pm - The book “Defending a Monster,” written by John Wayne Gacy's defense attorney Sam Amirante and Lake Zurich attorney Danny Broderick, is being made into a movie — maybe e...
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Distracted driving in the suburbs: Few get caughtDec 19, 2011 10:00 pm - Editor's note: This is another in a series of occasional stories about the epidemic of distracted driving and efforts to curb it. Only a fraction of drivers who bre...
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Arlington Hgts. toughens penalties for dangerous animalsDec 19, 2011 10:00 pm - Following an October dog attack, Arlington Heights has changed the penalties for dangerous animals in the village, including that on a first offense, if serious enough, ...
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Oakton St. impassible during rush hourDec 19, 2011 4:00 am - I’d like to pass on “jeers” to Des Plaines. They have made it impossible to get through their town during rush hours on Oakton Street, between River Road and the Metra t...
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Suburbs filled with symphony orchestrasDec 19, 2011 4:00 am - I’ve been a Daily Herald subscriber since about 1984. I admire it greatly and never fail to read the Opinion page. In the Nov. 25 editorial, “Arts exist to lift spirits,...
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Does no one inspect finished roadwork?Dec 19, 2011 4:00 am - Two weeks ago, Old Buffalo Grove Road was repaved between Hintz Road and Buffalo Grove Road. It’s a little stretch of road, probably no more than 1/3 of a mile, that was...
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Could the events of 1929 revisit us?Dec 19, 2011 4:00 am - Now that another season of economic ups and downs is over, one wonders if the world is moving toward another economic and political disaster like the one in 1929. Not on...
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Smaller districts may be the answerDec 19, 2011 4:00 am - Your Dec. 11 editorial was right on (“A formula to end Illinois’ corruption”). What you didn’t say is how we get more democracy. The problem in Illinois is the size of t...
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Dawn Patrol: Elgin man dead in torched apartment; Kim Jong Il deadDec 19, 2011 4:00 am - Woman charged after Elgin man found murdered in torched apartment A 28-year-old Elgin woman has been charged with the murder of James S. Granger of Elgin, who was f...
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How dare Obama breathe and eatDec 19, 2011 4:00 am - How dare Obama breathe and eat A recent Fence Post letter criticizing how the Obamas have decorated the White House for Christmas shocked me into a new revelation. ...