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...takes a lot to shock or digust the voters of Chicago, where nepotism and corruption have long been such an ingrained part of municipal government. But this week Cook County, Illinois, which covers the Windy City and its surrounding suburbs, may have found that its already low bar for ethical government is actually scraping the dirt...
...Indeed, the facts would be hard to fathom in just about any place outside Chicago. The government of Cook County, with a population of 5.5 million, has an operating budget over $3 billion, the prospect of a $100 million budget deficit and unanswered questions about possible tax increases and service cuts. But since Cook County Board President John Stroger, 77, suffered a stroke on March 14, a week before easily winning the primary election, he hasn't been seen in public since. For all practical purposes, no one has been running the county for the past three months...
Your series of articles on eating smart made a good case for healthful home-cooked foods. What it didn't address was the downside: someone has to actually cook those healthy foods. Cooking is tedious, repetitive and time-consuming. The last thing I want to do when I come home from a long day at work, tired and hungry, is wash, chop and prepare vegetables. And lest anyone blame my attitude on not being a stay-at-home mother, I don't like cooking on weekends either...
...WADE: No question. I get ragged on a lot about my eating habits. I'm always eating McDonald's and different things like that before the game. I tell my wife sometime, 'you don't need to cook, I'll just stop by McDonald's.' That's what I always ate when I was a kid. Now, I'm fortunate enough to have a good metabolism...
...Everyone's saying this is heroin causing the problem, but it's fentanyl, which is an even more dangerous narcotic," said Edmund Donoghue, the chief medical examiner for Cook County, which covers Chicago. "It seems to be getting them into trouble very fast," mainly by interrupting breathing patterns and essentially causing the body to shut down. We're finding people dying in their cars, not even making it inside. I guess the attraction seems to be a more powerful high...