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Towleroad (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Jim Madigan, a candidate for the Illinois State Senate from the 7th district in Chicago and the first openly gay candidate to run for the state senate in Illinois, is making a series of short documentaries showing what it takes...
Ballot Access News (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Last month, the Green Party of Cook County, Illinois, recruited a well-known candidate to run for the party’s nomination for Cook County Board President, a partisan office elected by all the voters of Cook County. He is Tom Tresser, one of the founders of “No Games Chicago”, the leading organization in Chicago to oppose [...]
Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Do you have a breath-taking image of Northeastern Illinois that you feel represents everything you love about our neck of the woods? Here's your chance to share that image. The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) is holding the 2009 Images of Northeastern Illinois Photo Contest during November. The contest is open to residents of Cook, DuPage, Will, Kane, McHenry, Lake, and Kendall counties...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday
About 30,000 fewer people floated in the Illinois River watershed in 2007 compared with two years earlier, a professor testified Tuesday, suggesting that decades of chicken manure pollution may have made one of the state's top recreational areas less attractive to the public.
Law Librarian Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Circuit Court of Cook County held a hearing today on the state's request for documents from Northwestern's Innocence Project. The state earlier requested copies of interview tapes, transcripts and other witness related materials. It also asked for grades, grading...
Eddie's Rail Fan Page (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
I took this photo one lovely Autum afternoon, in October of 2008. A Canadian National heavy transfer freight train, has just recieved clearance from the dispatcher, and is now viewed departing from the nearby Canadian National ex Illinois Central Hawthorne Yard in west suburban Cicero Illinois. The train is viewed here slowly rounding the interchange curve connection at Hawthorne Junction, that connects...
Eddie's Rail Fan Page (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
One of the more unique railroad photos in My personal collection here at Eddie's Railfan Page, is this one that was taken by My Cousin Allen back in the Springtime of 1976. My Cousin Allen took this photo on location in Geneva Ilinois. A Chicago & Northwestern Railroad mainline freight train, has unfortunately been derailed at speed. A Chicago & NorthWestern Railroad M.O.W Maintenance of Way...
Eddie's Rail Fan Page (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
I took this photo one afternoon, in October of 2007. Parked below the North Central Avenue overpass bridge between Grand and North Avenues, is the visiting Ringling Brother's and Barnum & Bailey red unit circus train. The famous Ringling Brother's and Barnum & Bailey Circus visits the city of Chicago Illinois every Autum during October and November. The train is generally parked at this location...
ILLINOIZE (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
PEORIA & CENTRAL ILLINOIS, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Central Illinois homeowners at risk of foreclosure will receive free, on-site services and access to President Obama's loan modification program Saturday, November 21st, at PARC, 1913 W. Townline Road, in Peoria, at the "Fix My Mortgage" outreach event. The free event is sponsored by Attorneys' Title Guaranty Fund, Inc. (ATG), the Illinois...
Structured Settlements 4Real: What' (Free subscription) | yesterday
The ABA Journal' Martha Neil reported November 9th that Cook County Illinois judge Jeffrey Lawrence has decided that an anonymous commenter on a newspaper website will be unmasked, even though the mother of a teen about whom "Hipcheck16" allegedly made...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
There was no shortage of drama at the nation's Capitol Saturday as House Democrats narrowly passed their final version of the health care reform bill -- and the Illinois delegation was right in the thick of it. While every Illinois Democrat supported the bill, Reps. Dan Lipinski and Jerry Costello were key backers of the controversial amendment that secured its passage but has since deeply divided...
Eddie's Rail Fan Page (Free subscription) | yesterday
I took this photo one morning at the Mc.Donald's fast food restaurant on North Harlem Avenue near West Addison Street, in Chicago's Mont Clare neighborhood. I had to get up extra early for work one morning in July of 2009, and decided to get breakfast sandwich combos for My lovely wife and I on this occasion. With most Mc.Donald's featuring 24 hour drive thru service these days, it is easy to get a...
Eddie's Rail Fan Page (Free subscription) | yesterday
I took this photo after work one summer evening in June of 2009. Looking east on Grand Avenue, We spot a northbound Canadian National heavy transfer freight train, waiting on a hold order around sunset. I remembered the date I took this photo, because the following day Friday, June 19th 2009....The greater Chicago area suffered a severe thunderstorm with heavy torrential rains and flooding in many...
Eddie's Rail Fan Page (Free subscription) | yesterday
I took this photo at the Illinois Railway Museum, during their September 1982 Member's Day Weekend. This is an interior view of a Chicago Transit Authority former Chicago Rapid Transit Company 1920's era 4000 series rapid transit car. With it's classic vintage glass lamp shades and reversible seats, these cars remained in Chicago Transit Authority service in to the early 1970's. Many found new homes...
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traviskeeler | 10/24/2009
White Cliffs Hair Studio, a Chicago-based hair loss solutions company, has announced a series of cost-effective and time saving programs for their nonsurgical hair replacement clients in Chicago. Termed “Better Way Programs”, these innovative and customized plans are designed for both men and women and start at only $200.00 per month. “ Chicago hair replacement clients are going to be thrilled,” says...
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