Jake Griffin
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Mount Prospect man sentenced for child pornOct 03, 2013 2:00 pm - A 24-year-old Mount Prospect man received a two-year prison sentence after pleading guilty Thursday to possession of child pornography. In addition serving the prison te...
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School conference already costing some taxpayers moreOct 02, 2013 5:00 am - The annual school board and district administrators conference in downtown Chicago is more than a month away, but it's already cost Grayslake Elementary District 46 taxp...
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FBI bows out as lead in Tylenol murder investigationSep 27, 2013 3:00 am - The FBI says it's no longer leading a task force that unsuccessfully attempted to identify the person responsible for the deaths of seven people who ingested cyanide-lac...
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Marc Cohn talks touring, family and not sweating the small stuffSep 25, 2013 6:00 am - Marc Cohn is touring and he's taking requests. But don't bother asking for his signature tune, "Walking in Memphis," at his Elgin Community College Arts Center performa...
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Cook County building code inspections up 40% in a yearSep 23, 2013 5:06 pm - Annual inspections at businesses and multifamily housing complexes in unincorporated Cook County increased by 40 percent this year. Cook County Board President Toni Prec...
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What 167 state appointees cost taxpayers: $6.9 millionSep 18, 2013 5:30 am - Taxpayers spent nearly $6.9 million last year to cover the salaries and expenses of 167 appointed members of 23 state boards and commissions. And because the state is on...
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Naperville settles excessive force lawsuit for $435,000Sep 16, 2013 3:58 pm - Naperville officials have settled a lawsuit brought by a Lemont woman who suffered a torn rotator cuff when she struggled with police while her son was being arrested on...
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Preckwinkle’s cigarette crackdown nets $1.8 millionSep 12, 2013 1:38 pm - A crackdown on illegal cigarette sales has netted Cook County more than $1.8 million in fines since County Board President Toni Preckwinkle took office in 2010. The coun...
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Republican candidate announces bid to unseat DuckworthSep 05, 2013 5:46 pm - Backers of an Aurora woman have announced her candidacy to seek the Republican nomination for the state’s 8th District congressional seat currently held by Democrat Tamm...
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Schakowsky: ‘Shadow of Iraq’ slowing Congress on SyriaSep 04, 2013 2:32 pm - U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky believes there is more than enough evidence that the Syrian government used chemical weapons to kill hundreds of its citizens, but she understan...