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updated: Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:50 am

Skokie News

Local news for Skokie, IL continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

Yesterday | Daily Herald

Police: Crime group behind bank fraud

Two men with ties to a Polish crime group used stolen identities to secure about $100,000 in loans to buy expensive cars, jet skis and all-terrain vehicles, Des Plaines police said.

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Related Topix: Chicago Metro, Chicago, IL, Des Plaines, IL

Thu Jul 17, 2008

The Deerfield Review

Updated 7/17: Wilmette surveillance nets arrests

Stepped-up surveillance and alert residents have led to several arrests in areas of Wilmette hit with repeated thefts and burglaries in recent months, police said today.

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Related Topix: Maple Park, IL, Wilmette, IL, Drugs, Evanston, IL

Sun-Times News Group

Teen held in jail in baby's death

A state prosecutor laid out a gruesome case in a Skokie courtroom July 10 against a 17-year-old Evanston man charged in the child-abuse death of an 11-month-old infant, Clarashea Hebron, who was found Monday ...

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Related Topix: Death Penalty, Evanston, IL, Cook County, IL

Tue Jul 15, 2008

Antioch Review

Some therapists say face time is essential

Some skeptics of on-line therapy point to the primacy of face-to-face interaction in the psychotherapeutic process.

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Related Topix: Wilmette, IL, Antioch, IL

Sun Jul 13, 2008

Playbill

Hollis Resnik Will Be Two Edies in Chicago Grey Gardens

The Chicago premiere of Grey Gardens, the musical portrait of the eccentric aunt and cousin of Jackie Onassis, will star Windy City theatre royalty Hollis Resnik in the dual middle-aged roles of Edith and Edie ...

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Fri Jul 11, 2008

Chicago Tribune

Teen pleads guilty to hacking New Trier High School files

A Glencoe teenager pleaded guilty Wednesday to hacking into the computer system at New Trier High School and was sentenced to a year of supervision, 50 hours of community service and $320 in court costs.

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Related Topix: Glencoe, IL, Computer Security, Science / Technology, Cook County, IL, Computers, Standardized Testing, Education

Thu Jul 10, 2008

Antioch Review

Go Girl Go: Growing in mind, body, and spirit

Ariyel Bariffe firms up her grip on a handhold before pulling herself up slowly along the "canyon" wall, searching for a ledge on which to rest her left foot.

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Related Topix: Evanston, IL, Antioch, IL

Chicago Tribune

Teen charged in baby's killing

An Evanston Township High School student was charged with murder Wednesday for allegedly killing his girlfriend's 11-month-old daughter, authorities said.

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Related Topix: Cook County, IL, Evanston, IL

Wed Jul 09, 2008

Mount Prospect Times

Updated 7/9: Convicted sex offender charged again

Khieng Heng, a registered and convicted sex offender, has a July 17 preliminary hearing date in Cook County Court in Skokie after being arrested Tuesday for similar offenses.

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Related Topix: Cook County, IL, Des Plaines, IL, Mount Prospect, IL

Sun-Times News Group

Townships: Necessary or irrelevant?

For years, Roosevelt University professor David Hamilton has been arguing that we'd be better off without township government.

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Related Topix: Oak Park, IL, Lincolnwood, IL, Morton Grove, IL, Golf, IL, Glenview, IL

Mon Jul 07, 2008

Winnetka Talk

Updated 7/7: Chicagoan charged in aggravated battery

A 17-year-old Chicago man was charged with aggravated battery early Sunday in the shooting of a juvenile after an apparent dispute in the parking lot behind Burger King, at 1829 Dempster St.

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Related Topix: Chicago Metro, Cook County, IL, Evanston, IL, Winnetka, IL

Sun Jul 06, 2008

Taipei Times

Investors fear Chrysler headed for bankruptcy

New jeeps built by Chrysler are pictured on the lot at a dealership in Skokie, Illinois, on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Dodge Ram, Dodge

Fri Jul 04, 2008

Sun-Times News Group

Beneath Oakton Street, three waterways teem

Thousands of vehicles roar down Oakton Street every day, oblivious as they cross the Des Plaines River, the Chicago River and the North Shore Channel.

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Related Topix: Chicago, IL, Chicago Metro

Wed Jul 02, 2008

Chicago Sun-Times

The Hot Seat

June 30, 2008 BY CENTERSTAGECHICAGO.COM STAFF Talk2Us@CenterstageChicago.com Music 7:30 p.m. Monday at North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 N. Skokie Blvd., Skokie; $25 New York's Andy Statman is ...

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Related Topix: Andy Statman, Bluegrass, Black Entertainment, Hip-Hop, The Wu-Tang Clan, Celtic, Entertainment

Mon Jun 30, 2008

Antioch Review

Updated 6/26: Skokie cop hurt in collision

A Skokie police officer suffered non-life-threatening injuries Wednesday night when the SUV he was driving rolled after being struck by a car in the north suburb.

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Related Topix: Antioch, IL

Chicago Tribune

Cook County sales tax increase kicks in Tuesday

Starting Tuesday, shoppers in Cook County will notice an additional bite at the register.

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Related Topix: Cook County, IL, Chicago Metro, Schaumburg, IL

Mundelein Review

Nothing to sniff at Many factors of modern life behind the rise in anaphylaxis

When simple pleasures like enjoying Mother Nature or the bounty of field, stream or a local restaurant turn into a 24-hour Red Alert, anaphylaxis may well be the culprit.

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Related Topix: Glenview, IL

Sat Jun 28, 2008

Chicago Tribune

Grueling history lessons hit hard

In an effort to improve state-mandated Holocaust education, 17 middle and high school teachers hit the books this week for an intensive - and emotionally draining - seminar at Northwestern University.

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Related Topix: Evanston, IL, Education Etc., Family, Adolescents and Pre-Teens

Thu Jun 26, 2008

Packaging World

Chuck Cloud, of Cloud Packaging, has died

Charles E. "Chuck" Cloud, inventor and former principle owner of Cloud Corp., now Cloud Packaging, passed on June 14, 2008.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Inventions, Chicago Metro

Tue Jun 24, 2008

WBBM-AM Chicago

Woman Steals Dump Truck

A Glenview woman accused of stealing a dump truck in broad daylight Saturday from a job site in the North Shore suburb was ordered held on a $20,000 bond Monday.

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Related Topix: Glenview, IL, Cook County, IL

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