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Borizov trial seen as successful test of cameras in state courtrooms
Their deliberations completed, the jurors marched into the courtroom, and the judge asked if they had reached a verdict. The foreman said they had. Soon the clerk read from the signed verdict forms: "We, the jury, find Johnny Borizov guilty of first-...
Tags: Darien (DuPage, Illinois), Illinois Supreme Court, Arts, Television Industry, Witnesses
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Tribune subscriber class-action suit settled
Tribune reporterThe Chicago Tribune began mailing out a proposed offer Thursday to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by two subscribers who claimed the newspaper illegally charged increased rates to subscribers' credit and debit cards. The suit, filed in December...Tags: Chicago Tribune
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Latest Indiana news, sports, business and entertainment
PURDUE-PLANE INTO FENCE Plane found in Purdue airport fence; pilot safe WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — The pilot of a small plane that veered into a fence at the Purdue University Airport says the aircraft was experiencing engine trouble before the...Tags: Renewable Energy, Barack Obama, Punishment, Wind Power, Judges
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County to reopen part of juvenile jail that was shut last year
Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle is temporarily reversing her signature initiative to shrink the Juvenile Detention Center because a federally appointed administrator says there are too many youths being detained there to safely reduce its size....
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Local Government, Prisons, Justice System
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Preckwinkle dealt setback in effort to shrink juvenile detention center
Clout StreetCook County President Toni Preckwinkle is temporarily reversing her signature initiative to shrink the Juvenile Detention Center because a federally-appointed administrator says there are too many kids being detained there to safely reduce its size....Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Prisons, Local Government, Justice System
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Lawsuit: Baseball coach coerced college player into sex
A former Concordia University Chicago student has filed a lawsuit against the school and its former baseball coach alleging the coach coerced him into performing sexual acts more than a dozen times while promising to help him get drafted by a major league...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Baseball, Laws, College Baseball
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Illinois Republican chairman search down to nine
Clout StreetIllinois Republican leaders identified nine finalists Monday to replace Pat Brady as state GOP chairman, including several contenders who have been defeated in past elections. The list could be narrowed even further when the 19-member state central...Tags: Cook County Board of Commissioners, Republican Party, Pat Brady, Elections, Parties and Movements
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Calvin R. Sutker, 1923-2013
As a Cook County Board commissioner, Calvin R. Sutker gained support from his fellow county commissioners to bring the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center to Skokie. As a Skokie village trustee, he helped pass the first open housing law in...
Tags: University of Chicago, World War II (1939-1945), Skokie, Cook County Forest Preserve, U.S. Army
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Lawsuit alleges hockey enforcer died after NHL doctors gave him painkillers
The family of a veteran National Hockey League player has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit in Chicago, alleging the league was responsible for his being supplied with excessive amounts of painkillers during six seasons as an "enforcer." The lawsuit, filed...
Tags: Laws, New York Rangers, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, Minnesota Wild, Sports
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Boogaards file wrongful death suit
ReutersThe Sports Xchange Boogaards file wrongful death suit Derek Boogaard's family filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the NHL, according to multiple reports. The family claims the league is responsible for the brain damage that Boogaard sustained during...Tags: Laws, ESPN (tv network), New York Rangers, Minnesota Wild, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
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3 Illinois insurers liquidated after 10-year process
Tribune reporterA decade after they began to wind down operations, a group of three insurers doing business in Illinois is being liquidated. Illinois Department of Insurance Director Andrew Boron said liquidation orders were entered Friday in Cook County Circuit Court...Tags: Insurance
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Environmental laboratory receives accreditation, and more
News briefs from St. Charles, Batavia and Geneva. St. Charles Collection for crisis center Sensible Threadz, 208 S. Kirk Road, is collecting food items in May for the Community Crisis Center in Elgin. Customers to the discount retail and resale...Tags: Local Elections, Energy Saving, Elections, St. Charles (Kane, Illinois), Human Interest
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May 15, 2013
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