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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: Science and Technology, Students, Northwestern University, Chicago, Cell Phones
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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: Weight, University of Chicago, Maywood (Cook, Illinois), Diseases and Illnesses, Obesity
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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: Egypt, Weight, Illinois, Obesity, India
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Insider tips for Sunday at Lit Fest
Tribune reporterThere are still six more hours of great bookish programming scheduled for Sunday at Printers Row Lit Fest. Among the great talks and panels, prolific and respected authors Richard Ford and Terry McMillan will both take the stage. Tomorrow should be a...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Richard Ford, Nelson Algren, Chicago, Human Interest
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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: Lisa Madigan, Lawyers, Culture, Crime, Law and Justice, Arts and Culture
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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: Politics, Illinois Governor, Lawyers, Lung Cancer, Crime, Law and Justice
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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: Easter, Energy Saving, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, Evanston, Woodrow Wilson
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April 17: Poll Results
WGN NewsMORNING NEWS POLL: Are you concerned about security in Chicago during the NATO summit? Yes: 40% No: 60% MIDDAY NEWS POLL: Until this scandal, were you aware of what the General Services Administration did with your tax dollars? Yes: 10% No: 90%...Tags: Politics, Egypt, NATO, Illinois, Elections
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Man slain, another wounded in Bronzeville shootings
A 25-year-old man was killed and a 34-year-old man was robbed and shot during separate attacks in the Bronzeville neighborhood Monday night, police said. The fatal shooting took place at 8:35 p.m. on the 600 block of East 45th Street, said Chicago Police...
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Shoes? Furs? Gift cards? Sheila Dixon ready to be roasted
The Baltimore SunThe purloined gift cards. The fur coats. The bicycling tours of the city with staffers. And, of course, the famous shoe incident. Former mayor Sheila Dixon's tenure in City Hall is ripe with material for comedians. On Thursday, seven comics and local...Tags: Comedy (genre), Egypt, Illinois, Marc Steiner, Sheila Dixon
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Teen charged in crash that killed police dispatcher
Tribune reportersA 16-year-old boy was charged this morning in connection with a fatal traffic crash that left a police dispatcher dead over the weekend. Marquis Harrison, of the 200 block of South Lotus Avenue, was charged as an adult with one count of first-degree...Tags: Crimes, Disasters and Accidents, Lawyers, Murder, Assault
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