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updated: Sun Jul 06, 2008 04:11 pm

Cook County News

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12 hrs ago | Daily Herald

Cook County sales tax goes up today

It's a bittersweet time for Wayne Mikes of Mikes Bike Shop in Palatine. Raging gas prices have recently meant an influx of customers to his shop at 155 N. Northwest Hwy., but now the other shoe is about to ...

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Related Topix: Chicago Metro, Palatine, IL, Chicago, IL, Lake County, IL

Sat Jul 05, 2008

Journal Star

Chicago sales tax boost takes effect

Chicago's no Second City, at least not when it comes to sales taxes. A boost in the Cook County sales tax that took effect on Tuesday means people shopping in Chicago now pay a cumulative 10.25 percent levy - ...

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Related Topix: Chicago Metro, Chicago, IL, Steger, IL

Fri Jul 04, 2008

WBBM-AM Chicago

Woman Charged In Fatal Shooting Of Police Officer

Robin Johnson, 44, has been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Chicago Police officer Richard Francis.

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Related Topix: Chicago Metro, Federal Prisons, Metropolitan Correctional Center, Chicago, Violent Crime

Thu Jul 03, 2008

Chicago Tribune

Midlothian man admits to keeping kids in cage, police say

A Midlothian man was arrested Monday at a Posen gas station for keeping his two children in a cage in his pickup truck in order to control them, police said Thursday morning.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, Midlothian, IL, Posen, IL

WIFR

Chicago Police Officer Killed in Shootout

The Cook County medical examiner's office says 60-year-old Richard Francis was pronounced dead at Illinois Masonic Medical Center a little over an hour after the shooting this morning.

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NBC Channel 5

Body-Builder Sues Gay Newspaper, Bar For Leather-Clad Ad

An amateur body-builder is suing the Chicago Free Press and a North Side gay bar after the paper ran an ad featuring him clad in leather and chains, allegedly without his consent.

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Related Topix: Chicago Metro, Chicago, IL, Gay/Lesbian, Transgendered

Wed Jul 02, 2008

cbs2chicago.com

Driver's Brother Killed In DUI Crash

A man has been charged with drunken driving for a crash on the shoulder of the Bishop Ford Freeway early Saturday that killed his 22-year-old brother.

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Related Topix: Chicago, IL, Chicago Metro, Oak Lawn, IL

Chicago Sun-Times

Cop fatally shot by woman on NW Side

An on-duty Chicago police officer died early Wednesday after a woman took his gun and shot him near a Northwest Side police station.

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Related Topix: Chicago Metro, Chicago, IL

Chicago Sun-Times

Accused ex-cop is addict, court told

He's now also charged with possession of heroin. Chicago officers spotted him buying the dope on the platform at the Cicero Green Line L station about 7:40 p.m., police said.

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Related Topix: Chicago Metro, Cicero, IL, Chicago, IL, Oak Lawn, IL

Tue Jul 01, 2008

cbs2chicago.com

Elderly Man Beaten To Death At Nursing Home

An elderly man living in a South Side nursing home with a history of negligence and state-mandated fines was beaten to death, an autopsy determined Friday.

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Related Topix: Oak Lawn, IL

cbs2chicago.com

Teen Charged In Deadly Funeral Shooting

An 18-year-old man was charged with murder early Friday for the fatal shooting of man shot while riding in a funeral procession Monday on the Southwest Side.

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Related Topix: Oak Lawn, IL

Daily Herald

Woman killed by freight train in Berwyn

A spokesman for the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad says a woman using a walker was struck and killed by a Union Pacific freight train using one of the other railroad's line.

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Related Topix: Railroads, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Berwyn, IL

Mon Jun 30, 2008

Mount Prospect Times

Updated 6/30: Woman found dead behind library

Authorities are investigating the death of a Mount Prospect woman found dead in a vehicle at a Prospect Heights library.

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Related Topix: Mount Prospect, IL, Prospect Heights, IL

NBC Channel 5

Woman Fatally Struck By Train In Berwyn

A freight train fatally struck a woman Sunday evening in west suburban Berwyn . A train struck a woman near Oak Park and Stanley avenues, according to the Berwyn Fire Department .

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Related Topix: Berwyn, IL, Aurora, IL

Sun Jun 29, 2008

WBBM-AM Chicago

Pickup Slams Into Parked Semi, Kills Passenger

Cruz Brizuela, 22, is dead following a crash involving a pickup truck and a semi truck early Saturday on the shoulder of the Bishop Ford Freeway.

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Related Topix: Oak Lawn, IL, Chicago, IL, Chicago Metro

Sat Jun 28, 2008

WLS-TV Chicago

Some 5,000 pounds of fireworks seized

Cook County sheriff's police say they have seized a large cache of illegal fireworks from a Bridgeview trailer in a crackdown on the explosives before Independence Day.

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Related Topix: Bridgeview, IL

Chicago Tribune

Chicago man sentenced to 80 years for rape

A Cook County judge has sentenced a Chicago man to 80 years in prison because of his conviction earlier this year in the robbery, sexual assault and abduction of an Evanston woman.

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Related Topix: Chicago Metro, Evanston, IL

Fri Jun 27, 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, Skokie, IL

Thu Jun 26, 2008

WLS-TV Chicago

Report: Police shoot man who attacked officer

Police were apparently involved in a shooting in western suburbs early Thursday morning.

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Related Topix: Forest View, IL

Naperville Sun

Woman struggles to get repayment of stolen money

Jessie McDonald and her husband, Jim "Mac" McDonald, worked hard and saved hard during their 61 years of marriage.

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