Jamie Sotonoff
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Observatories, clubs allow suburban families to see starsJan 28, 2012 5:00 am - Right now, Jupiter is in view. And starting this spring, Saturn and Mars will be visible on a clear night. The suburban sky is filled with interesting astronomical sites...
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Grieving parents share stories, insight on alcohol, drugsJan 23, 2012 11:00 pm - The Glenbard Parent Series gets national praise because it manages to do something few schools or organizations are able to consistently do: get parents to attend educat...
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Rise Against's punk rock passion originated in suburbsJan 23, 2012 10:00 pm - In the early 1990s, Joe Principe could usually be found at McGregor's in Elmhurst or at Metro in Chicago, seeing punk rock bands like Bad Brains, Bad Religion, Green Day...
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More young people having strokesJan 22, 2012 11:00 pm - Why would a relatively young, seemingly healthy person like U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk have a stroke? It happens all the time, local doctors say, and while Kirk is 52, the Cent...
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Suburban bloggers watch, worry about piracy legislationJan 19, 2012 4:30 am - Suburban bloggers are keeping a close eye on the evolving legislation aimed at cracking down on online piracy, fearing it could shut down their websites or threaten thei...
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Schneider: Revise county law on jailed illegal immigrantsJan 11, 2012 11:00 pm - Cook County Commissioner Tim Schneider of Bartlett hopes to amend the new ordinance that allows the county to release suspected illegal immigrants from jail without noti...
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Before Pine Valley, Walt Willey was a suburban guyJan 09, 2012 10:00 pm - If you shopped for shoes at Woodfield Mall in the summer of 1975, your salesman might have been "All My Children" star Walt Willey. "I worked at Morse Shoes. They're lo...
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Suspect in Hoffman murders files suit after jail fightJan 02, 2012 11:00 pm - D'Andre Howard, who is charged with killing three members of a Hoffman Estates family, has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit claiming Cook County jail workers failed ...
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Des Plaines native evolves into Geico CavemanJan 02, 2012 10:00 pm - Jeff Daniel Phillips didn't just evolve from a caveman like the rest of us. He became one for a series of popular TV commercials that put Geico Insurance on the America...
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Suburban police chiefs seek compromise with Cook CountyJan 01, 2012 11:00 pm - The West Suburban Chiefs of Police Association has joined the opposition to Cook County’s cost-saving plan to close its suburban courthouses on weekends. The county esti...