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RAN SPIELMAN The Chicago Sun-Times November 7, 2011 Editor’s note: Allowing weeds to grow will cost residents between $600-to-$1,200-a-day. Mayor Rahm Emanuel has said his plan to raise taxes, fines and fees by $220 million in 2012 includes higher fines for a laundry list of offenses, but he has yet …

By Jeff Randall, Illinois, 6:00PM GMT 06 Nov 2011 America must cut taxes and reduce government spending in order to kick-start an economic recovery, Jim Skinner, the chief executive of McDonald’s, has warned. Ronald McDonald and Happy Meals ‘should be banned’, say health campaigners McDonald’s army of blue-collar customers need …

By Nancy Atkinson Universe Today updated 11/5/2011 6:48:56 PM ET The White House has responded to two petitions asking the U.S. government to acknowledge formally that aliens have visited Earth and to disclose any intentional withholding of government interactions with extraterrestrial beings. “The U.S. government has no evidence that any …

Andrew Stern and Vicki Allen, Reuters Sunday, November 6, 2011 Ron Paul was declared the winner on Saturday of a weeklong Republican presidential straw poll in Democratic President Barack Obama’s home state of Illinois. Texas Congressman Paul won 52 percent of the combined 3,649 online and in-person votes cast between …

October 28, 2011| By Matt Walberg, Peter Nickeas, Bridget Doyle and Christy Gutowski Police are questioning a man in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 14-year-old girl who was found by her mother Thursday afternoon in their Indian Head Park home, authorities said. Police found signs of forced entry …

Chicago pot smokers may soon be able to light up without fear of jail time. Several Windy City councilmen said Thursday they plan to introduce a local law that would decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana in order to cut costs and free up police to handle more serious …

Updated 10/23/11 7:23 a.m. Posted 10/23/11 5:15 a.m. CHICAGO (WLS) – For the second weekend in a row, anti-Wall Street protesters marched through the downtown streets in another attempt to take over Grant Park. And once again, police arrested those that refused to leave after the park closed. Between 1,500 …

BY BILL LAITNER DETROIT FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER Motorists driving on expressways around Flint are getting surprised by a stunning tactic that the Genesee County sheriff has been using to fight the flow of illegal drugs — one that legal experts said will not withstand a court challenge. At least …

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Tennessee Becomes First State To Fight Terrorism Statewide Posted: Oct 18, 2011 5:34 PM CDT Updated: Oct 20, 2011 11:26 AM CDT By Adam Ghassemi PORTLAND, Tenn. – You’re probably used to seeing TSA’s signature blue uniforms at the airport, but now agents are hitting the interstates to fight terrorism …

By: Nsenga Burton | Posted: June 15, 2011 A YouTube video of Minister Louis Farrakhan taking President Obama to task over the war in Afghanistan and the bombing of Libya is making its way around the Web. In the video, Farrakhan admonishes the president for turning into someone else. Farrakhan …

In a sliver of unincorporated St. Charles, near the village of Wayne, there’s a home owned by a man with a love for antique vehicles. Kane County officials say the homeowner has crossed the line between collecting cars and creating a community eyesore. “It looks like a junkyard,” county board …