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Cook might bet on taxing slot machines, video gambling
Tribune reportersCook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is considering a new tax on every slot machine and video poker game in the county as she puts the final touches on the budget proposal she will present Thursday, aides said. Owners of gambling devices would be...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Local Government, Pat Quinn, Illinois Governor, Louis I Lang
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Fire Chief: Smoking a possible cause of fatal Des Plaines fire
Special to the TribuneInvestigators are trying to determine if smoking in bed caused the fire in northwest suburban Des Plaines early Monday that claimed the life of 48-year-old Sandra Lupy and destroyed the home where she lived with her father, according to Fire Chief Alan...Tags: Fires
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NSU Project: All-time NSU football rosters
The American News has been and is continuing to work on a project of the history of Northern State football: 1902-2012. The project will be published in its entirety in the Oct. 5 edition of the American News. Here is a preview of the all-time NSU...
Tags: Butterfly Ballots, Saint Petersberg (Russia), Greenwood, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Wood Dale
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Convicted sex offender sentenced in attempted luring case
Tribune reporterA convicted sex offender who was once the subject of a Tribune investigation about attempted child abduction was sentenced to 4 ½ years in prison today after he tried to kidnap a 12-year-old boy last year in Elmwood Park, according to the Cook County...Tags: Elmwood Park, Crimes, Punishment, Maywood (Cook, Illinois), Trials
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Sheriff's office: Gang member found with AK-47-style weapon
Tribune reporterA north suburban man faces felony and misdemeanor charges after Cook County sheriff’s officers found an unloaded AK-47-style weapon behind his home following a dispute with his neighbor, officials said. Timothy Bogacki, of the 4000 block of Touhy...Tags: Crimes, Weaponry, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice
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Convicted sex offender found guilty of trying to lure boy
Tribune reportersA convicted sex offender was found guilty today of felony attempted child abduction charges in Cook County Criminal Court after he tried to abduct a 12-year-old boy last July in Elmwood Park. Judge Thomas Tucker convicted Jeffrey Jewitt, 30, after a one-...Tags: Crimes, Criminals, Maywood (Cook, Illinois), Crime, Law and Justice, Kidnapping
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Man apparently electrocuted on Blue Line third rail
A West Side man was apparently electrocuted this evening in Forest Park when he made contact with the electrified third rail in a CTA train yard. Ray Lynch, 66, of the 3500 block of West Van Buren Street, was found on the electrified rail in the 700...
Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, Forest Park
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First reports this summer of West Nile in humans
Two women in Cook County have been infected with the West Nile virus, the first such reports this year, according to health agencies. The two woman are both in their 60s and both are still hospitalized, according to Amy Poore, a spokesperson for the...
Tags: West Nile Virus, Health Organizations, Viral Diseases and Infections, Rolling Meadows, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Woman killed by bus remembered as 'go-getter'
Tribune reportersDonna Halstead rubbed shoulders with some of the most powerful people in the state, worked for the first female Supreme Court chief justice in Illinois and joked around with homeless men who hung around her West Loop apartment. Halstead, 76, was killed...Tags: Lawyers, Richard M. Daley, Illinois Department of Transportation, Judges, West Loop
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Report: Rivers Casino makes $35M in May
TribLocal - Elgin » NewsThe Rivers Casino in Des Plaines made $35.2 million last month and continues to outpace other riverboats in the state, according to figures released by …... -
Illinois Medicaid's managed care effort stumbles
It can take years for people with cerebral palsy, autism, schizophrenia or Down syndrome to find trusted physicians to oversee their health. Now, families and advocates say, those medical relationships are being threatened as Illinois rolls out a new...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Mount Prospect, Nursing Homes, Medical Services, File Sharing
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