Jake Griffin
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Sheriff: Elgin woman falsely claimed $656 million jackpotMay 01, 2012 5:32 pm - An Elgin woman is facing felony charges alleging she fraudulently claimed to have a winning ticket for the record $656 million Mega Millions jackpot March 30. Cook Count...
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Preckwinkle: Towns should annex unincorporated Cook CountyMay 01, 2012 10:11 am - A task force empaneled by Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is calling for municipalities to annex all unincorporated areas of Cook County to save the county ...
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Which suburbs' police officers make the most?Apr 24, 2012 11:00 pm - A bit of bad timing led to Hoffman Estates taxpayers covering one of the highest average salaries for police officers in the state. At $89,056.28, the average salary of ...
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Four face charges over 55 tons of bad cheeseApr 19, 2012 11:50 am - Four people are facing federal conspiracy charges after investigators claim they tried to sell 110,000 pounds of cheese containing salmonella, E. coli and other illness-...
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Longtime DuPage forest preserve fish expert diesApr 18, 2012 9:00 pm - Fishermen who ever cast a line in a DuPage County Forest Preserve District lake have Don LaBrose to thank for any luck they had. The longtime district fisheries biologis...
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Suburban residents leave $300 million in tax credits unclaimedApr 17, 2012 11:00 pm - Low-earning workers in Chicago and six suburban counties left an estimated $300 million in federal tax breaks on the table last year, and the Internal Revenue Service ex...
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ComEd plans joint operation centers to handle stormsApr 11, 2012 7:00 pm - ComEd officials announced plans Wednesday to enhance the company's response to widespread outages in the suburbs in the wake of complaints during last year's storm seaso...
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Cocaine-selling bust nets 14 arrestsApr 11, 2012 2:00 pm - Federal prosecutors announced drug charges Wednesday against 14 suburban residents stemming from a multijurisdictional 1½-year investigation. Six of the suspects face fe...
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Guillen ‘doesn’t think before he speaks,’ local Cubans lamentApr 11, 2012 5:30 am - Absurd, awful and even amusing were just some of the words suburban Cuban-Americans used to describe former Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen’s comments about Fide...
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Why we get two extra days to file tax returnsApr 10, 2012 5:30 am - Since April 15 falls on Sunday and workers in Washington, D.C. get Monday off because of Emancipation Day, Americans get two extra days to file their income tax returns ...