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Payroll tax cuts? Not necessarily
All I hear these days are complaints that the federal government has raised taxes, dimishing take-home pay. That’s true: The payroll tax holiday was not extended. That holiday cut Social Security contributions and the like, amounting to a 2-...Tags: Government, Holidays, Executive Branch, Pat Quinn, Politics
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Color your world
Tribune reporterAbove the Grove Portage Trail at the River Trail Nature Center in Northbrook, the canopy of trees was taxicab yellow. With the sun pouring down from above, the colors glowed. Beneath them, we walkers gaped at the view, pointed our cameras and counted...Tags: Jackson Park, Garfield Park, Conservation, Columbus Park, Ryerson Incorporated
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Local leaders ask Metra for additional Heritage Corridor trains
Tribune reporterU.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski, D-Ill., and 22 local elected officials are urging Metra to add two rush-hour trains to the Heritage Corridor line – one morning inbound train and one evening outbound train, Lipinski’s office announced today. The...Tags: Lemont, Union (McHenry, Illinois), Lockport, Cook County Government, Local Government
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Helen M. Kurtyka, 89
Helen Marie (O'Brochta) Kurtyka, 89, of Frey Village, Middletown, Pa., passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011, at Frey Village. Mrs. Kurtyka was a member of Seven Sorrows Catholic Church of Middletown. Surviving are eight children, Marty Kurtyka and...Tags: Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Church and State Relations, Middletown, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Christianity
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Ospreys make a comeback in Cook County
Mom and Dad were not happy. Shrieking, circling, diving, they warned the man in the cherry picker to leave their chick, high up in the nest, alone. It was likely the first baby for these osprey parents, after all.
But Chris Anchor, a wildlife biologist...Tags: Telecommunication Equipment, Wildlife, Science, Illinois, Cook County
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Bail denied in girl's slaying: 'There are no words to describe how horrific it is'
Tribune reportersDNA and at least three witnesses link a parolee with a lengthy criminal record to the fatal stabbing of a 14-year-old girl who walked in on a burglary at her home in Indian Head Park last week, prosecutors said today. John L. Wilson Jr., 38, is accused...Tags: South Chicago, Criminals, Apple iPod, John Wilson, Midway Airport
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Nowaczyk named new Pace board member
Tribune reporterAlan Nowaczyk, village president of Willow Springs, has been named to the Pace board of directors by the suburban caucus of the Cook County board. Nowaczyk replaces Richard Pellegrino, former president of Indian Head Park, who resigned from the board...Tags: Elections, Chicago, Regional Authority, Cook County, Indian Head Park
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Durkin holds on to House seat for 82nd District
TribLocal - Downers Grove » NewsRepublican incumbent Jim Durkin retained his 82nd District House seat Tuesday, fending off a challenge from Democrat Matthew Mostowik. With 91 of 93 precincts reporting, …... -
Padded pensions
Tribune staff reporterShortly before Tim Baldermann retired as Chicago Ridge's police chief, the town boosted his salary by more than $70,000, handing the 44-year-old as big a paycheck in retirement as he earned full time on the police force. The deputy police chief, who...Tags: Government, Illinois, Cook County, Lockport, Pension and Welfare
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Best of Palos: Locals will moan, but our maps point the way to 3 great hikes
Tribune staff reporterAre you flummoxed by the Palos region? Maybe you have driven south on Mannheim Road and wondered who stole a piece of Minnesota and its lakes and plunked it down around the Calumet-Sag Channel.Maybe you have wanted to try hiking or biking in the...Tags: Cranberries, Bodies of Water, Transportation, Wetlands, Barbara Brotman
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Stampede Kills Woman At 4th of July Celebration
Associated PressBELLEVUE, Iowa -- A stampede by two runaway horses pulling a wagon trampled spectators at a small-town Fourth of July parade, killing a 60-year-old woman and injuring at least 23 other people, four critically. The horses bolted after one rubbed its...Tags: KTLA, Regional Authority, Horse (animal), Iowa City, Illinois
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Prosecutors boast of 'a hit on the mob'
Tribune staff reporterIn one of the biggest strikes in Chicago's history against the mob, federal authorities today began rounding up alleged organized crime figures—including outfit boss Joseph "The Clown" Lombardo—in connection with a string of 18 unsolved murders and one...Tags: Patrick Fitzgerald, Police Arrests, Internal Revenue Service, Laws, Robert Grant
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