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Taxpayers not responsible for pension debt
What kind of mess have our state lawmakers got us into now? Illinois’ pension problem dwarfs the retirement problems of all other states. This state has a $100 billion unfunded liability or a $45,000 or more debt for every family that resides in...Tags: Interior Policy, Pension and Welfare, Crime, Law and Justice, Boeing Co., 401K
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Dr. Patrick Staunton, 1928-2013
Patrick Staunton traveled from impoverished western Ireland in the early 1950s and rose to a leadership role in the treatment of the mentally ill in Illinois, always mindful of his boyhood as the son of a country doctor who treated patients, delivered...
Tags: Mental Health, Health, Behavioral Conditions, Colleges and Universities, Psychiatry
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McHenry: A slice of relaxed life
Driving north toward Wisconsin, McHenry says you are almost there. But it is more than the roadside sunglasses hut and signs offering wintertime boat storage — it's the Wisconsin-like essence.
Fifty-five miles northwest of the Loop, this is a...Tags: Cook County Government, Lifestyle and Leisure, Employment, Employment Opportunities, Crime, Law and Justice
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When that lonesome whistle blows, rail fans know where to line up
![By day, Chicagoan Ted Wolff is a landscape architect. Off duty, he is a member of what he calls an invisible subculture. Known as "rail fans," "trainwatchers" or the self-deprecating term "foamers" (because they foam at the mouth when they see favorite trains), they like to spend their free time trackside, Wolff said, watching trains come and go.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-03/60355717-30073801.jpg "By day, Chicagoan Ted Wolff is a landscape architect. Off duty, he is a member of what he calls an invisible subculture. Known as "rail fans,\" \"trainwatchers\" or the self-deprecating term \"foamers\" (because they foam at the mouth when they see favorite trains), they like to spend their free time trackside, Wolff said, watching trains come and go.")
By day, Chicagoan Ted Wolff is a landscape architect. Off duty, he is a member of what he calls an invisible subculture. Known as "rail fans," "trainwatchers" or the self-deprecating term "foamers" (because they foam at the mouth when they see favorite...Tags: Railway Transportation, Union Pacific Corporation, Crime, Law and Justice, Leslie Mann, Brighton Park
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State studying new regulations for special education
Decades-old limits on the size of special education classes would disappear along with restrictions on the number of disabled students in traditional classrooms under proposals being pushed by state education leaders. The proposed changes could affect...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Justice System, Trials, Teachers, McHenry
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Support growing to close Guantanamo prison -U.S. senator
ReutersWASHINGTON, June 9 (Reuters) - Republican Senator John McCain said on Sunday there is increasing public support for closing the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and moving detainees to a facility on the U.S. mainland. "There's renewed impetus....Tags: Republican Party, Dianne Feinstein, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp
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Five killed in Oklahoma tornadoes, storms move northeast
ReutersBy Heide Brandes OKLAHOMA CITY, June 1 (Reuters) - Tornadoes killed five people in central Oklahoma including a mother and her baby and menaced Oklahoma City and its hard-hit suburb of Moore, before the storm system tracked northeast early on Saturday....Tags: St. Louis, National Weather Service, Weather Warnings, Highway Transportation, CNN (tv network)
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Cinco muertos por tornados en Oklahoma
ReutersPor Heide Brandes OKLAHOMA CITY, EEUU, 1 jun (Reuters) - Cinco personas murieron en el centro de Oklahoma, entre ellos una madre y su bebé, por el paso de unos tornados que amenazaron Oklahoma City y su suburbio de Moore, muy afectado por otro fenómeno...Tags: Tornadoes
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Western Union boycott divides
![The resentment some Mexicans feel toward the money service that has become their lifeline is apparent in a flier making the rounds on both sides of the border. "Western Union, your fees are a rip-off," it says, showing the image of a masked bandit.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/alternatethumbnails/story/2007-10/33347740.jpg "The resentment some Mexicans feel toward the money service that has become their lifeline is apparent in a flier making the rounds on both sides of the border. "Western Union, your fees are a rip-off,\" it says, showing the image of a masked bandit.")
Tribune staff reportersThe resentment some Mexicans feel toward the money service that has become their lifeline is apparent in a flier making the rounds on both sides of the border. "Western Union, your fees are a rip-off," it says, showing the image of a masked bandit. The...Tags: Litigation, Migration, Demonstration, Crime, Law and Justice, Local Government
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Historical cannon rededicated to honoring war dead
In 1979, about a month before leaving his home in Chicago's western suburbs to join the Army, Jon Meinholz led a group of volunteers in refurbishing a 19th century cannon at Montgomery's Riverside Cemetery. The 17-year-old touched up the old weapon,...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Theodore Roosevelt, Spanish-American War, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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19th-century cannon gets second life in Montgomery
Tribune reporterIn 1979, about a month before leaving his home in Chicago’s western suburbs to join the Army, Jon Meinholz led a group of volunteers in refurbishing a 19th-century cannon at Montgomery’s Riverside Cemetery. The 17-year-old touched up the old...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Theodore Roosevelt, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Spanish-American War, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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Richard Linklater finishes trilogy with 'Before Midnight'
CHAMPAIGN -- Richard Linklater's sneakers squish-squish- squished against the wet tiles. We were walking the perimeter of the Illini Union, on the campus of theUniversity of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. It was a stormy night in April, and students...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Entertainment, Movies, Owen Wilson, Champaign (Champaign, Illinois)
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