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Sox enter spring training without major medical concerns
Tue, 02/21/2012
GLENDALE, Ariz. — When the White Sox's front office and coaching staff conduct their daily spring meetings starting Wednesday, their roster scenarios won't be affected largely by whether certain players will be physically ready by Opening Day. For the first time in several Februarys, the Sox enter spring training without major medical...
Basesball, MLB, Spring Training, White Sox

Electronic Filing Lags in Cook County Court Cases
Tue, 02/21/2012
Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court Dorothy Brown, who is seeking her fourth term in office, often talks about how she has modernized the technology in her office, which maintains the records for one of the largest court systems in the country. But even as court systems elsewhere move ahead in the critical area of electronic filing–or allowing...
Bar, Blagojevich, business, Cook County, Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court, Dorothy Brown, Illinois Supreme Court, Matteson, OLIS, On-Line Information Services, Ricardo Munoz, Thomas Kilbride

County Jail a Large Mental Ward: Dart
Mon, 02/20/2012
The sounds of chaos bounce off the dim yellow walls. Everywhere there are prisoners wearing orange, red and khaki jumpsuits. An officer barks out orders as a thin woman tries to sleep on a hard bench in a holding cell. This is a harsh scene of daily life inside what has become the state’s largest de facto mental institution: the Cook County Jail....
American Civil Liberties Union, Bechara Choucair, Bridget O'Shea, Chicago Police, College, Cook Country Jail, Cook County, Cook County Jail, Criminal Justice, Health, Mental Health, Mental Health Clinics, Mental Illness, Tom Dart

Brake time: Hawks stop skid at 9
Fri, 02/17/2012
NEW YORK — Music blared and smiles were flashed in the Blackhawks' dressing room after a game for the first time in nearly a month.The Hawks' long North American nightmare ended Thursday night as they snapped a nine-game losing streak with a 4-2 victory over the Rangers at Madison Square Garden.The triumph, which came courtesy of a four-goal...
Blackhawks, Hockey, NHL

Proposal Would Limit Protests in Council Chambers
Wed, 02/15/2012
Ahead of this spring’s NATO and G8 summits, four influential aldermen on Wednesday proposed prohibiting audience members from waving signs or engaging in any “demonstration of approval or disapproval” during City Council meetings. Under the proposal, the banned conduct in the council chambers would include — but would not be limited to — “cheering...
Austin, business, Carrie Austin, City Council, City Hall, Ed Burke, G8, G8 Summit, Garry McCarthy, George Cardenas, Government, Hunter Clauss, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, NATO, Rahm Emanuel, Ray Suarez, Richard Mell