Ted Cox
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Kirk joins calls for Stroger probeMay 25, 2010 11:00 pm - U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk has joined the calls for a deeper investigation into the administration of Cook County Board President Todd Stroger. The Highland Park congressman an...
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Claypool slaps Berrios over gaming billMay 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Independent Cook County assessor candidate Forrest Claypool charged Monday that Democratic nominee Joseph Berrios, working as a lobbyist for the video-poker industry, is...
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Dems propose major cuts to end budget impasseMay 23, 2010 11:00 pm - A group of 10 Democratic state legislators, most from the suburbs, proposed spending cuts meant to "spread the pain" of Illinois' budget crisis even as party leaders pre...
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Quigley calls for fed probe of Stroger's contractsMay 21, 2010 11:00 pm - The net of ongoing and potential investigations of lame-duck Cook County Board President Todd Stroger tightened around him Friday with U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley of Chicago ...
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Investigator hones in on Cook County contractsMay 20, 2010 11:00 pm - Lame-duck Cook County Board President Todd Stroger's administration faces an internal investigation over a new controversy involving eight no-bid contracts handed out la...
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ABC gets jump on summer replacementsMay 19, 2010 11:00 pm - ABC gets a jump on the summer replacement season with the return of "The Bachelorette" at 8 p.m. Monday, May 24, on WLS Channel 7. Ali Fedotowsky is the woman in search ...
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'24', 'Lost' to go out with a bang after proving network drama still viableMay 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Even more than most popular arts, television tends to bend to seemingly arbitrary decade demarcations. Maybe that's because the medium is so obsessed with staying au cou...
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Claypool, Berrios clash over new assessment systemMay 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Cook County Commissioner Forrest Claypool is taking issue with how the board of review is handling the transition to the so-called 10-25 assessment system. "It's designe...
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Cook Co. board fails to topple Stroger veto of hiring freezeMay 18, 2010 11:00 pm - The Cook County Board failed to override President Todd Stroger's veto of a hiring freeze Tuesday when two co-sponsors of the measure abandoned it in the final roll call...
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Bridal shop owner told to make restitution -- in prom dressesMay 16, 2010 11:00 pm - A Wheaton man has pleaded guilty to shortchanging the state $250,000 in sales tax - to the benefit of girls attending their high-school proms for years to come. Dale Bud...