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Home Burglar Caught After Taking A PIcture Of Himself On Stolen Laptop

Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Laptop, Riverside, Dominick Harvey Charged, Riverside Burglary, MacBook Pro, Photo, Burglary, Mac Laptop, Home Invasion, Stolen Laptop, Dominick Harvey, Laptop Thief Photographed Himself, Laptop Thief, Dumb Criminals, Berwyn Illinois, Cicero, Video, Chicago News

A Berwyn, Illinois man who allegedly took a photograph of himself on a laptop he stole and then later sold was arrested Wednesday. Dominick Harvey,...

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Shirtless Man With Samurai Sword Arrested On Indiana Highway

Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Resisting Arrest, Samurai, Indiana, Northwest Indiana, Bryon Womack, State Troopers, Samurai Sword, Indiana State Trooper, Merrillville, Lake County, Shirtless, Carjacking, Marijuana Possession, Cicero, Chicago News

A Cicero man is being held in an Indiana jail after authorities found him marching shirtless down Interstate 65 wielding a 35-inch samurai sword Sunda...

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Recognize This Man? Cocky Thief Photographs Himself On Stolen Laptop, Then Sells It

Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Laptop, Riverside, Riverside Burglary, MacBook Pro, Photo, Burglary, Mac Laptop, Home Invasion, Stolen Laptop, Laptop Thief, Cicero, Chicago News

A laptop stolen from a Riverside home resurfaced at a Cicero electronics store--along with a hint at the thief's identity saved to the hard drive. ...

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Cicero Spent $120,000 At Chicago Hot Dog Stand

Posted 10.29.2011

Read More: Cicero Corruption, Nepotism, Chicago Suburbs, Larry Dominick Cicero, Cicero Rubber Chickens, Larry Dominick, Cicero Hot Dogs, Cicero, Chicago News

The Chicago Sun-Times has been keeping tabs on how Cicero town president Larry Dominick runs things in the Chicago suburb--and each investigation seem...

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Betty Loren-Maltese's Cicero Home Up For Auction

Posted 09.24.2011

Read More: Corruption, Cicero Corruption, Government-Seized Auctions, Chicago Real Estate, Rod Blagojevich, Cicero Town President, Betty Loren-Maltese, Cicero Illinois, Cicero, Racketeering, Chicago News

The single-story, brick home once owned by Cicero's former town president Betty Loren-Maltese is set to go on the auction block at noon on Thursday an...

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Cicero President Admits To Hiring More Than 20 Family Members

Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Cicero Corruption, Larry Dominick Corruption, Larry Dominick Racial Slurs, Larry Dominick Nepotism, El Dia, Chicago, Merced Rojas, Illinois, Larry Dominick, Larry Dominick Lawsuit, Cicero Illinois, Cicero, Chicago News

If there's a city that's more known for government corruption and nepotism than Chicago, it's nearby Cicero, Illinois. In the Prohibition Era, Al Capo...

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Lawsuit: Cicero Town President Used Vicious Racial Slurs Targeting Latinos

Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Larry Dominick Racial Slurs, Chicago, Ana Maria Montes De Oca-Rojas, El Dia, Merced Rojas, Illinois, Larry Dominick, Larry Dominick Racism, Larry Dominick Latinos, Cicero, Chicago News

Merced Rojas, once a handyman on the payroll of the town of Cicero, Illinois, is suing the town's president Larry Dominick for illegally firing him fr...

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Poetry: Lorem Ipsum

Hannah Stephenson | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: Embroidery, Web Design, Lorem Ipsum, Cicero, Graphic Design, Arts News

image courtesy of Glenn Fischer Lorem Ipsum To see design more clearly, sprinkle tormented gibberish across the page, flouring a counter top so...

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Suburban School Board President Has Ties To Organized Crime

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 06.11.2011

Read More: Morton High School District, Chicago, Illinois, School Board Mob, School Board Organized Crime, Craig Pesek, Cicero, Jeff Pesek, Chicago News

A local school board president in Cicero has ties to a notorious large-scale drug dealer as well as a ranking member of a motorcycle gang who is a tru...

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The War Against the Republic: The Battle Of Madison

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

The election in Wisconsin is the latest example of a corrupted two-party system where neither party adequately represents the majority's will. One tramples on it, using lies and fear, and the other offers only the weakest defense.

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Death Penalty Sought For Men Accused Of Setting Fire That Killed 7

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cook County Jail, Chicago Suburbs, Cicero Fatal Fire, Marion Andre Comier, Death Penalty, Lawrence Myers, Cook County Court, Arson, Cicero, Cicero Arson, Chicago News

CHICAGO — Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty for two men accused of killing seven people in a suburban Chicago apartment house they alle...

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Police: Salon Owner Kidnapped By Jealous Client

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Salon Impresiones, Chicago Suburb, Hair Stylist, Kidnapping, Cicero, Stylist, Chicago News

A Cicero beauty salon owner who discussed her wealth in front of customers was kidnapped by a jealous client, police say. Blanca Solis, 38, alleged...

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Racial Profiling: Ben Lowe, Half-Chinese Democrat For Congress, Frisked For 'Looking Hispanic'

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ben Lowe Racial Profiling, Illinois 6th District, Chicago, Illinois, Illinois 6th, Peter Roskam, Racial Profiling, Cicero, Ben Lowe, Chicago News

Racial profiling made a strange entrance into an Illinois congressional race Thursday night with a police stop in west suburban Cicero. Ben Lowe is t...

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DK Matai | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chaos, Chaos Theory, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, Butterfly Effect, Niger Delta, Brazil, Bp, Quantum Physics, Habits, Living News, Words, Rome, Green Living, Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi, Destiny, Possible Worlds, Living, Philosophers, Cicero, Values, Actions, World, World News, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Macondo, Thermohaline Circulation, International Maritime Organization, Microcosm, Ireland, Spain, Canada, Environmental Protection Agency, Norway, Germany, Solar System, Climate, Stock Market, Weather, Black Swan, New York, Nacr, Edge of Chaos, South Korea, Macrocosm, Oceans, Atomic Age, Great Ocean Conveyor, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, United Nations, Computer Simulation, Methane, Deterministic Chaos, Eu, Climate Change, Sweden, New York Academy of Sciences, European Commission, Mexico, Edward Lorenz, Environment, Europe, Father of Chaos Theory, Civilization, Non-Linear Systems, Dynamical Systems, 21st Century, Hermetic Axiom, Hermes, Poll, Gulf Oil Spill, Green, Green Energy, Energy, Natural Gas, India, g20, China, G20 Summit, Oil Drilling, Big Oil, Peak Oil, Oil, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Green News

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What I am Reading This Summer and Why

Nina Sankovitch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: H.V. Morton, John Williams, Abraham Verghese, S.J. Bolton, Barry Unsworth, Beverle Graves Myers, Barbara Cleverly, Cornelia Read, Sarah Waters, Summer Reading, Pro Archia, Philipp MeyerIsabel Allende, Cicero, Books, Reading, Books News

Novels, mysteries, thrillers, philosophy, and one big book of travel essays are on my summer reading list. How did I choose the books?

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Why Are There So Few Women On Chicago Radio?

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Robert Feder, Chicago Talk Radop, Talk Radio, Women on Radio, Betty Loren-Maltese, Chicago Radio, Cicero, Chicago News

Betty Loren-Maltese -- the former Cicero town president recently released from prison -- is scheduled to co-host on WVON radio Monday. Whatever you th...

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Betty Loren-Maltese, Convicted Cicero Ex-President, Finds Job At Pizza Parlor

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Betty Maltese, Illinois, Loren-Maltese Pizza Parlor, Betty Loren-Maltese, Betty Maltese Pizza Parlor, Cicero, Pizza Parlor, Chicago, Chicago News

� The big question: Will the transition from powerful village chieftain to high-end pizza parlor hostess be difficult? "She's a good sport and is e...

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Cicero Trustees Deputize Themselves To Write Parking Tickets

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cicero Parking Tickets, Cicero Board, Cicero Trustees, Illinois, Cicero Board Parking Tickets, Cicero, Chicago, Chicago News

Cicero trustees are taking the law into their own hands -- parking law, at least. Earlier this week, they passed an ordinance giving themselves the ...

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Jorge Galvez Charged With Killing His 3-Week-Old Daughter

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Murder, Cicero Police, Illinois, Cicero, Liliana Galvez, Jorge Galvez, Chicago, Chicago News

Jorge Galvez of the 1600 block of 50th Court is charged with first-degree murder in the death Saturday of his 3-week old daughter Liliana Galvez, said...

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Lawrence Myers Denies Arson: Landlord Accused Of Starting Fire That Killed Seven Denies Involvement, Caught On Tape Discussing Crime (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lawrence Myers, Chicago Suburbs, Cicero Fatal Fire, Cicero Fire, Deadly Cicero Fire, Larry Dominick, Arson, Cicero, Cicero Arson, Video, Chicago News

A building owner charged in setting a Valentine's Day fire that killed seven people in west suburban Cicero denied involvement to a reporter on Thursd...

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Cicero Fire: 911 Calls Raise Even More Questions (AUDIO)

NBC Chicago | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago Suburbs, 911 Calls, Cicero Fire 911 Calls, Deadly Fire, Fatal Cicero Fire, Cicero Fire, Cicero, Chicago News

Among the calls and transmissions recorded early Sunday morning by Cicero's 911 emergency center is a chilling realization: "Twelve, I got some peopl...

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Cicero Fire: Many Questions Still Unanswered As Investigation Continues

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Illinois, Cicero House Fire, Cicero Fire, Cicero, Fatal Illinois Fire, Illinois Fire, Chicago, Chicago News

Grays, 49 and nearly blind, woke up to a thumping sound coming from the bedroom above about 6 a.m. He opened the kitchen door -- the sole passage to t...

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Cicero Fire: Newborn Among Seven Dead After Fire In Chicago Suburb

AP | SOPHIA TAREEN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cicero, Cicero Fire, Chicago, Chicago Fire, Ray Hanania, Cook County, Valentine's Day Fire, Chicago News

CHICAGO — An early morning fire that ripped through a suburban Chicago apartment building on Sunday left seven people dead, including a newborn ...

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"A Writer Close to the Power Elite": Interview With Robert Harris

Christina Patterson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ancient Rome, Politics, Democracy, Peter Mandelson, New Labour, Tony Blair, Cicero, Roman Polanski, Fatherland, The Ghost, Robert Harris, Books News

It was while writing Pompeii six years go, and then reading Rubicon, that Harris first had the idea of using ancient Rome as a springboard for an exploration of the political process.

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Out Of Prison, Betty Loren-Maltese Plans Book On Chicago Corruption, Mob

Fox Chicago | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cicero Corruption, Betty Loren Maltese Book, Betty Loren-Maltese, Chicago Corruption, Cicero, Ed Vrdolyak, Chicago News

After nearly seven years behind bars, the first thing former Cicero town president Betty Loren-Maltese wanted when she got out was a cigarette....

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