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Out-Of-County Patients Cost Stroger Hospital $50M


Aurora housewife Bushra Ayaz has no insurance, so she has come to Stroger Hospital in Cook County to get medical treatment.
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They come from miles away for free treatment at Stroger Hospital, and if you live in Cook County, you're paying for it. And it's not just in Illinois. Doctors and hospitals from all over the Midwest are telling patients without insurance to go to Stroger. CBS 2 Political Editor Mike Flannery reports.

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A tearful Oprah Winfrey announces on her Nov. 20, 2009, show that she will be ending her daytime talk show in 2011.
It's O-ver: Tearful Winfrey Says It's Time To Go
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U.S. Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill. (File Photo)
Burris Blasted By Senate Ethics Committee
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The Block 37 mall project under construction at 108 N. State St. was scheduled to open by Thanksgiving 2009, but a foreclosure lawsuit by the developer's lenders has put the opening in question.
Developer Loses Control Of Block 37 Project
Bradley Brundidge, Daron Bush and Jayvon Lane (left to right) are accused of beating and robbing a 62-year-old man during a home invasion. A 15-year-old girl, the alleged ringleader, was also charged as a juvenile, but is not pictured.
4 Charged With Beating, Robbing Senior
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