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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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Experts see hopeful signs on eating disorders
April Dunlap was 17 and weighed 165 pounds when she began a diet and exercise regimen. After three months, the 5-foot-5 teen had lost the 20 pounds she had hoped to shed. But she kept going. "It was like a drug," she said. "I always wanted to lose a...
Tags: Karen Carpenter, Insurance, Anorexia, Bones and Joints, Psychiatry
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Rich Saul dies at 64; played center on the L.A. Rams
Whenever he hunkered over the football, as he did for 12 seasons as center for the Los Angeles Rams, Rich Saul had a way of being not only ferocious but folksy.
"Rich would get down over the ball, and there's the nose guard, and Rich is talking to him,...Tags: Insurance, Merlin Olsen, Sports, Leukemia, Pittsburgh Steelers
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Will the Trojans be out of their depth?
NCAA sanctions will limit USC to 75 scholarship players the next three seasons, so any matter regarding depth is an issue for the Trojans. Still, several media outlets are expected to rank USC as a leading contender for the Pac-12 Conference title, and...
Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Sports, Teaching and Learning, Awards and Prizes, Matt Barkley
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Electric cars' benefits to environment vary by region, group says
Whether an electric car such as the Nissan Leaf protects the atmosphere from greenhouse gases depends on where it's charged, according to a new study. Electric vehicles are no better than a standard gasoline-powered subcompact such as a Hyundai Elantra...
Tags: Toyota, Hybrid Vehicles, Environmental Issues, Science and Technology, Energy Resources
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Afghan forces' strengths, failures on display in Kabul siege
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Afghan police and army have won praise for fighting off one of the war's most ambitious insurgent strikes, but the marathon siege of key diplomatic, government and military installations in Kabul also highlighted worrisome...Tags: NATO, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Haqqani Network, Politics, Pakistan
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A generational divide widens in Cuba
SANTIAGO, Cuba — The way Cesar Cruz and his buddies see it, the "revolution of our grandparents" just doesn't cut it anymore.
The 19-year-old student and his friends gather every Saturday in leafy Cespedes Park in the shadow of Santiago de Cuba's...Tags: Egypt, Science and Technology, Immigration, Revolutions, Economy, Business and Finance
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Critic's Notebook: Coachella 2012 is a snapshot of pop music in wonderful disarray
Anyone who's ever been to Coachella or any music festival understands the idea of "the moment," that magical, jewel-encrusted feeling you get when everything clicks — the sound, the lights, the emotion, the music — and you feel at one with the...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Common, Egypt, Concerts, Genres
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Supreme Court to weigh crack cocaine sentences
WASHINGTON — Nearly two years ago, President Obama signed into law a "fair sentencing" act to reduce the long prison terms meted out to people who were caught with small amounts of crack cocaine. But the law did not make clear whether it should...Tags: Egypt, Justice System, Politics, Laws, Kankakee
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Judge in Trayvon Martin case asked to step aside
SANFORD, Fla. — As George Zimmerman's attorney filed a motion for the judge in the Trayvon Martin murder case to step aside, several media outlets sought Monday to unseal court documents.
Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, is charged with...Tags: Justice System, Politics, Mark NeJame, Crime, Law and Justice, India
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Mississippi adopts new abortion restrictions
ATLANTA — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed a bill Monday imposing new restrictions on the state's sole abortion clinic that could force it to close its doors.
The law is one of several recent state measures championed by antiabortion activists...Tags: Egypt, Hospitals and Clinics, Bob McDonnell, Justice System, Politics
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Cathie Wright dies at 82; former assemblywoman and state senator
A cardboard elephant in Cathie Wright's Sacramento office during her 20 years in the Assembly and state Senate from 1980 to 2000 summed up the Simi Valley Republican's sense of statecraft: "It's Better to Be a Stomper, Than a Stompee."
"I'm tenacious, I'...Tags: Willie Brown, Politics, Democratic Party, Pete Wilson, Gray Davis
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Dora Saint dies at 98; author of Miss Read novels
Dora Saint, a prolific and gentle chronicler of English village life who wrote a popular series of novels under the pen name Miss Read, died April 7 at her home in Great Shefford, west of London, British media reported. She was 98. Attention to the small...Tags: England, Arts and Culture, Book, Egypt, India
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