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    For Reinsdorf and Urlacher, time is relative

    After 13 seasons, middle linebacker Brian Urlacher has played his last game in the NFL and is retiring.

    May 22, 2013 6:56 PM

    This week Jerry Reinsdorf indicated that he wants to keep going for a couple more decades while Brian Urlacher retired from pro football. Boy, is it ever better to be the owner than the owned.

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    Former Glenbard East student accused of shooting threat

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    May 22, 2013 3:41 PM

    A former Glenbard East student stands accused of planning to commit a mass shooting at the Lombard high school's graduation ceremony, authorities said Wednesday. Michael Santoro, 19, of Lombard, has been charged with disorderly conduct for planning the attack, possession of ammunition without a firearm owners identification card and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. He was taken into custody Tuesday and appeared Wednesday in bond court.

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    Natural disaster: Whatever the spin, we come together

    Under a blanket of majestic clouds, a father and son walk through the debris left by a massive tornado that ripped through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, wiping out entire neighborhoods and flattening a grade school full of children.

    May 22, 2013 8:25 PM

    When it comes to natural phenomena, society seems to have this rule: Thank God for beautiful sunsets; blame Mother Nature for deadly tornadoes. Some of my Facebook friends routinely post photographs of stunningly awesome cloud formations with reminders for all of us to recognize his majesty and give glory to God. But twist those clouds into a tornado and the focus changes from the majesty of God to the wrath of Mother Nature.

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    Ingleside school wins $25,000 in recycling contest

    PepsiCo executive Tom Mooradian, left, applauds after handing a $25,000 check to St. Bede Catholic School PTA President Gretchen Renlund and Principal Charles Pinto during a celebration Wednesday. The Ingleside school won a grand prize in the Dream Machine Recycle Rally program.

    May 22, 2013 5:57 PM

    St. Bede Catholic School in unincorporated Ingleside now has a lot of green to help it become greener by winning a national recycling contest. With all 220 students, teachers and several parents packed in St. Bede's gymnasium, school officials accepted a $25,000 check from contest sponsor PepsiCo during an enthusiastic ceremony Wednesday.

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    Glenbard students view mock DUI crash

    A student-actor playing a victim in a mock DUI crash is removed from a car Wednesday as part of the annual Operation Safe Celebration staged by the Carol Stream police and fire departments at Glenbard North High School.

    May 22, 2013 5:34 PM

    Members of the Carol Stream police and fire protection districts staged a mock DUI crash scene Wednesday at Glenbard North High School to raise student awareness of alcohol use, particularly during prom season.

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    Lincolnshire boy 2nd in National Geographic Bee

    Alex Trebek, center, hosts the 2013 Geography Bee Finals on Wednesday at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C. Lake County's Conrad Oberhaus, right, competes with Sathwik Karnik.

    May 22, 2013 11:42 PM

    A seventh-grader from the Northwest suburbs placed second in the 25th annual National Geographic Bee on Wednesday in Washington, D.C. Conrad Oberhaus, 13, a student at Daniel Wright Junior High in Lincolnshire, earned a $15,000 college scholarship for his effort.

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