Jake Griffin
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Families with Packers fans? Ack!Jan 19, 2011 12:00 am - How suburban Bears fans handle enemies on home turf
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I-90 work stands to snarl summer trips “Up North”Jan 19, 2011 12:00 am - Getaways to Wisconsin via Interstate 90 will take a little longer this summer as Illinois Tollway officials are planning a $105 million resurfacing and repair project co...
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Airlines sue Chicago to halt expansion borrowingJan 17, 2011 10:00 pm - United and American airlines are suing the city of Chicago to stop a borrowing plan to finance expansion at O'Hare International Airport. The suit was filed Tuesday in C...
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Ban wouldn't clear death row; Cruz says that's the right thingJan 11, 2011 10:00 pm - Even if Gov. Pat Quinn signs legislation that would repeal the death penalty, it would have no bearing on 15 inmates on death row. And that's just fine with former death...
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Some bodies double-bunked at Cook morgueJan 11, 2011 10:00 pm - Cook County Medical Examiner Nancy Jones is blaming a confluence of unusual circumstances for causing the morgue to become so crowded recently that bodies were being dou...
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House fires are common this time of year: Here's how to avoid themDec 22, 2010 10:00 pm - Dry Christmas trees, overloaded electrical circuits, fires on the hearth and unattended candles, cooking or kids create plenty of chances that firefighters will be part ...
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1 in 13 local bridges 'structurally deficient'Dec 22, 2010 12:00 am - Drivers on a Milwaukee Avenue bridge just north of Libertyville can't see what's below — a pile of debris filled with hefty chunks of concrete that used to be part of th...
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Towns lag in bridge repairsDec 22, 2010 12:00 am - Municipalities lag far behind state and federal transit agencies when it comes to fixing structurally deficient bridges. About one in seven bridges maintained by local ...
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Water agency director leaves over retiree benefits reductionsDec 21, 2010 10:00 pm - Metropolitan Water Reclamation District picks lobbyist as interim leader
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Barrington schools worker held on $250,000 bondDec 21, 2010 10:00 pm - The Barrington District 220 maintenance employee accused of bilking the school district out of hundreds of thousands of dollars was ordered held on $250,000 bond Wednesd...