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To avoid water contamination, officials hold medicine-collection drives
Chicago Tribune reporterFor decades, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's attitude about disposing household medicines went like this: If it's safe enough to swallow, it's safe enough to flush down the toilet. In recent years, scientists have learned that the old axiom,...Tags: Medicine, Water Supply, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Regional Authority, Environmental Politics
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Report crucial to controversial freight-train rerouting plan is expected Friday
Chicago Tribune reporterScores of Chicago-area communities Friday could learn the potential environmental impact of a controversial plan to reroute freight traffic around the city and through outlying suburbs. A federal regulatory board will issue a much-anticipated report on...Tags: Richard Durbin, Barack Obama, Railway Transportation, Canadian National Railway Company, Transportation
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Country Club Hills working to solve gang problem
Chicago Tribune reporterWhen J. Apreal Williams moved into her new Country Club Hills subdivision of Provincetown about 30 years ago, she could pinpoint which teenager lived in which home. But in the last couple of years, and especially in the last few months, she has noticed...Tags: Public Officials, Government, Mike Cook, Clubs and Associations, People
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Autopsy finds illegal drugs in dead Navy recruit
The Lake County coroner says a Navy recruit found dead outside a Waukegan motel Sunday died of an overdose of heroin, cocaine and anti-anxiety medication. Authorities say the body of 20-year-old James Stephens of Weatherford, Texas was found by a...Tags: Armed Forces, Defense, North Chicago
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Navy recruit who died had multiple drugs in system, Lake County coroner says
A Navy recruit found dead outside a Waukegan motel Sunday died of an overdose of heroin, cocaine and anti-anxiety medication, Lake County Coroner Richard Keller said. The body of James Stephens, 20, of Weatherford, Texas, was noticed by a passer-by...Tags: Armed Forces, Defense, North Chicago
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All not keen on Waukegan charter school
Chicago Tribune reporterWhen parishioners gathered after a Spanish-language mass in a Catholic church for an impromptu meeting, community leaders in north suburban Waukegan expected gripes about Immigration issues. What they got was an earful about the quality of education at...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Roman Catholic, Charter Schools, Examinations, Teaching and Learning
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Jokers wild
Truth is, most of the people who came out for Friday morning's first three showings of "The Dark Knight" (midnight, 3 a.m. and 6 a.m.) at Navy Pier's IMAX theater were like 24-year-old Chris Mosley of Plano. Yeah, yeah, they dig the superhero antics of...Tags: IMAX, Heath Ledger, Batman, Navy Pier
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Fishing report
LEGEND: *****–excellent; ****–very good; ***–good; **–fair; *–poor Lake Michigan (Chicago lakefront) *½ Some reports of smallmouth bass along shoreline, while perch remain off limits to anglers over age 16 through the month...Tags: Fishing, Kenosha (Kenosha, Wisconsin), Batavia, Nature, Calumet Park
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Lake County schools are split on asking voters to raise sales tax
Chicago Tribune reporterWeeks after Cook County raised its sales tax, several Lake County school districts hope to do the same by supporting a countywide sales tax that could be a new source of money to buy, build and keep up schools. If districts that serve a majority of...Tags: Elections, Sales, State Budgets, Kenosha (Kenosha, Wisconsin), Skokie
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Steve Johnson's Web Spin. Fast takes on the five most viewed Tribune stories on the paper's Web site last week. Find them quickly at www.chicagotribune.com/most.
By Steve JohnsonFast takes on the five most viewed Tribune stories on the paper's Web site last week. Find them quickly at www.chicago tribune.com/most. 1. Amy Jacobson sues Channel 2 (July 7). The veteran WMAQ-Ch. 5 reporter, fired last year after wearing a bikini and...Tags: Barack Obama, Elections, Steve Johnson, Jesse Jackson, Political Candidates
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