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Cook County is the biggest county in the state of Illinois and includes Chicago and many of the surrounding suburbs in the northeast corner of the state. According to the U.S. Census, the county covered about 945 square miles and its population was 5,288,655 in 2006. The county was named after Daniel Pope Cook, a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives in the early 1800s. Toni Preckwinkle is the Cook County Board President.
Cook County is the biggest county in the state of Illinois and includes Chicago and many of the surrounding suburbs in the northeast corner of the state. According to the U.S. Census, the county covered about 945 square miles and its population was 5,288,655 in 2006. The county was named after Daniel Pope Cook, a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives in the early 1800s. Toni Preckwinkle is the Cook County Board President.
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Body Of Missing Northwestern Student From L.I. Found In Harbor
PIX11.com | @pix11mikeA mother's worst fears have come true. The body of a 18-year-old Northwestern University student who had been missing since last weekend has been found. University official Alan Cubbage made the announcement during a Thursday night news conference. "A...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Northwestern University, Teaching and Learning, Students, Cell Phones
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Closing arguments in sheriff's discrimination suit
Closing arguments are set to begin at 10 a.m. in the federal lawsuit accusing Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart and others of discrimination.
21 sheriff's deputies filed the suit, claiming they were harassed and passed over for promotions after they supported...Tags: Discrimination, Elections, Politics, Social Issues, Trials
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Employees sue Cook County sheriff for discrimination
Opening arguments are expected Monday afternoon in a federal trial stemming from a lawsuit accusing Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart of political discrimination.
The suit was filed by 21 employees from the department's elite Special Operation Response Team,...Tags: Discrimination, Elections, Employees, Politics, Social Issues
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Emanuel wants Downtown wireless
WGN NewsDowntown Chicago will be completely wireless, if Mayor Rahm Emanuel has his way. The mayor has instructed officials to look into the cost and technology needed to turnthe entire downtown into a wireless network zone. The Mercantile Exchange and the...Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Mayor, Local Government, Chicago, Chicago City Hall
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Man arrested for CTA pickpocketing
WGN NewsA Chicago man with more than 100 previous arrests is now being held in connection with a spree of pickpocketing on the CTA Red Line. Christopher Brown, 50, was arrested Monday, after the Chicago Tribune reported two similar pickpocketing incidents to...Tags: Photography Supplies and Services, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Transit Authority, Photography and Video, Services and Shopping
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Cook County: 6 deaths since Wednesday linked to heat
Tribune reportersCook County authorities say the deaths of six people since Wednesday are linked to the heat. On Thursday, the medical examiner's office reported that two men, one from Lincoln Square and the other from Maywood, were the first deaths in the county to be...Tags: Heart Problems, Health, Obesity, Behavioral Conditions, Maywood (Cook, Illinois)
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Kale takes the spotlight as foodies hail its health benefits
After years of being relegated through the purgatory of forgotten foods, kale has found itself in the spotlight for the first time in decades and is ready to prove it belongs there permanently. A crop of the ancients, kale has been cultivated for over 2,...
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Lorem Test
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Weight loss pioneer: 'Drop the fork!'
Five minutes with Weight Watchers founder Jean Nidetch:
Weight loss pioneer Jean Nidetch, who once weighed 214 pounds, founded the Weight Watchers organization in 1963 after following an eating regimen prescribed by the New York City Board of Health. Now...Tags: Weight Loss, Health, Illinois, India, Obesity
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Had to flee or 'I might be dead,' victim says of racial attack
Tribune reportersJoshua Merritt said he had no reason to be suspicious when one of his friends texted him, asking him to hang out with two other teenagers they both knew. But after Merritt, 17, arrived at the home of one of the boys in Chicago’s East Beverly...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Lisa Madigan, Morgan Park, Justice System, Lawyers
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First Illinois governor to do time was known as 'Mr. Clean'
A former Illinois governor was sentenced to prison last week. That's about a once-a-decade event here since the 1970s.
Flashback readers know that Illinois' culture of corruption began long before that, notably with Gov. Len Small in the 1920s, but the...Tags: Arlington Park, Health, Executive Branch, Politics, Trials
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Daylight saving time: 2 steps forward, one hour back
When you turned back by one hour your clocks, watches, microwaves and thermostats this morning, most of the nation did the same. It wasn't always so simple.
In fact, for decades, the fight over "fast time," "summer time," "Wilson time," "war time,"...Tags: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, Evanston, Standards, Easter, Oak Park
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