Kool Chicago - Chicago News, Food, Arts & Events » News http://koolchicago.com Thu, 24 May 2012 09:07:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://koolchicago.com http://koolchicago.com/images/chicago.jpg Kool Chicago - Chicago News, Food, Arts & Events After wrongful prosecutions, experts offer ideas to repair trust in Lake County http://koolchicago.com/after-wrongful-prosecutions-experts-offer-ideas-to-repair-trust-in-lake-county/ http://koolchicago.com/after-wrongful-prosecutions-experts-offer-ideas-to-repair-trust-in-lake-county/#comments Sun, 20 May 2012 11:04:41 +0000 http://koolchicago.com/after-wrongful-prosecutions-experts-offer-ideas-to-repair-trust-in-lake-county/ Attorneys and legal activists are offering suggestions on how to correct the problem of wrongful prosecutions in Lake County. The ideas include additional training for prosecutors and working to get judges to allow expert testimony on false confessions. “If we heard news there was an epidemic, we all ought to be working to find a cause of the epidemic and a cure for the epidemic,” Waukegan…

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]]> http://koolchicago.com/extra-extra-hundreds-of-chicagoans-protest-trayvon-martin-killing/feed/ 0 Illinois Rolls Out New Rules For Unemployed Receiving Benefits http://koolchicago.com/illinois-rolls-out-new-rules-for-unemployed-receiving-benefits/ http://koolchicago.com/illinois-rolls-out-new-rules-for-unemployed-receiving-benefits/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:20:00 +0000 admin http://koolchicago.com/illinois-rolls-out-new-rules-for-unemployed-receiving-benefits/ The new regulations apply to those transitioning from the state unemployment program to the federal emergency program. If individuals fail to comply, they will lose their benefits. [ more › ]

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]]> http://koolchicago.com/midday-news-links-so-illinois-woman-accused-of-beating-grandmother-with-shotgun/feed/ 0 Morning Box Score: Blackhawks Continue Hot Streak http://koolchicago.com/morning-box-score-blackhawks-continue-hot-streak/ http://koolchicago.com/morning-box-score-blackhawks-continue-hot-streak/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:30:00 +0000 Will Guzzardi http://koolchicago.com/morning-box-score-blackhawks-continue-hot-streak/ Blackhawks 5, Columbus 1 [ more › ]

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]]> http://koolchicago.com/todays-weather-bounteous/feed/ 0 Chicago Firefighters Rescue Dog From Fourth Floor Ledge http://koolchicago.com/chicago-firefighters-rescue-dog-from-fourth-floor-ledge/ http://koolchicago.com/chicago-firefighters-rescue-dog-from-fourth-floor-ledge/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:25:00 +0000 AP http://koolchicago.com/chicago-firefighters-rescue-dog-from-fourth-floor-ledge/ The 4-year old wire fox terrier had crawled out through a cracked window and stood on a five-inch-wide ledge, four floors above the ground. [ more › ]

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]]> http://koolchicago.com/chicago-firefighters-rescue-dog-from-fourth-floor-ledge/feed/ 0 Extra Extra: Oprah’s Network Restructures, Lays Off 30 Employees http://koolchicago.com/extra-extra-oprahs-network-restructures-lays-off-30-employees/ http://koolchicago.com/extra-extra-oprahs-network-restructures-lays-off-30-employees/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Will Guzzardi http://koolchicago.com/extra-extra-oprahs-network-restructures-lays-off-30-employees/ Oprah Winfrey’s OWN cable network laid off 30 people today. That’s 20 percent of its workforce. [ more › ]

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]]> http://koolchicago.com/extra-extra-happy-st-patricks-day/feed/ 0 New CPS Calendar Adds 10 School Days, Cuts Columbus, Pulaski Days http://koolchicago.com/new-cps-calendar-adds-10-school-days-cuts-columbus-pulaski-days/ http://koolchicago.com/new-cps-calendar-adds-10-school-days-cuts-columbus-pulaski-days/#comments Sat, 17 Mar 2012 19:00:00 +0000 admin http://koolchicago.com/new-cps-calendar-adds-10-school-days-cuts-columbus-pulaski-days/ Chicago Public Schools released its 2012-13 calendar yesterday that school brass says will be beneficial for students but has teachers complaining of the possibility for burnout. [ more › ]

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