Ted Cox
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Pappas defends county hires who also work for herJan 12, 2011 10:00 pm - Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas concedes her county-paid driver and office cleaner are incorrectly titled as “project leader” and “analyst,” but she said their work i...
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Stir crazy? Go sports crazy! Plotting to see all the events in town this weekendJan 12, 2011 10:00 pm - All right, let's say the daunting prospect of two more months-plus of Chicago winter is driving you a little bit stir crazy. So you decide to go sports crazy instead by ...
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On TV: The end of 'Love'Jan 10, 2011 10:00 pm - HBO's polygamist drama “Big Love” returns, complete with a new title sequence, for its final season at 8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 16, on the premium-cable channel. But, to judg...
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Preckwinkle asks citizens how to improveJan 09, 2011 10:00 pm - Continuing an initiative begun in her transition period, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle today set up an online system to ask citizens for ways to improve g...
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Cook County Assessor Berrios denies wrongdoingJan 07, 2011 10:00 pm - Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios maintains he's done nothing wrong and observed the Shakman Decree on political hiring in largely overhauling the personnel in his new...
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Metra to launch 'quiet car' test run on Rock Island lineJan 06, 2011 10:00 pm - The Rock Island line is a mighty good road, to quote the song by Johnny Cash, and starting Monday it will be mighty quiet too, at least at the beginning and end of train...
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Feds, Ryan clash over secret hospital visitJan 06, 2011 10:00 pm - Prosecutors and attorneys for George Ryan clashed in court filings Friday over the disgraced former governor's visit to his wife's hospital bedside earlier in the week —...
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Cook Co. still has a chance to get federal flood relief fundsJan 04, 2011 10:00 pm - Cook County might yet recoup some federal funds to cover costs of home repairs after 2008 flooding — if President Toni Preckwinkle can undo some of the miscues committed...
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Ryan awaits word on possible releaseJan 04, 2011 10:00 pm - Federal prison policies allow for the possibility that former Illinois Gov. George Ryan could visit his ailing wife in the hospital, but how free he'd be in making the t...
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Health care faces Cook budget scrutinyJan 03, 2011 10:00 pm - Cook County's Health & Hospitals System was largely blamed for a $30.2 million countywide shortfall against more than $2 billion in projected revenues for the 2010 fisca...