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Flowers, Butterflies Grace New Trail At Notebaert Museum
A brand new trail is covering a lot of ground in only a third of a mile -- right behind the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in Lincoln Park.
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A brand new trail is covering a lot of ground in only a third of a mile -- right behind the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in Lincoln Park.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, who has publicly labeled the nation's War on Drugs a failure, is now trying to turn the situation into something useful.
Chief U.S. District Judge James Holderman has approved a settlement that will allow developmentally disabled to move from state institutions into apartments or small group homes.
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