All Stories from May 21, 2013 (Change date)
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Geneva’s PEO Sisterhood celebrates 75th anniversaryMay 21, 2013 6:00 am - Submitted by PEO Sisterhood The Geneva Chapter FE of the PEO Sisterhood celebrated the 75th anniversary of the chapter’s founding on April 4 at the home of Trish Tkach i...
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Music notes: Arcada welcomes country songstress Gretchen WilsonJun 05, 2013 10:35 am - Country favorite Gretchen Wilson has garnered acclaim for following her own instincts in the occasionally conformist world of country music. She adds elements of so...
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Improved 'Metro: Last Light' digs deep under MoscowJun 05, 2013 10:35 am - What are you doing after the apocalypse? Video-game creators have been asking that question for years, with results ranging from Bethesda's sublime “Fallout 3” to id Sof...
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Chocolate Chip CookiesMay 21, 2013 6:00 am - 2 sticks butter, softened 3 cups all-purpose flour ¾ cup sugar ¾ cup packed brown sugar 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 eggs 1½ cups ...
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Khaled Hosseini’s new book is another tear-jerkerJun 05, 2013 10:35 am - My main goal in reading Khaled Hosseini’s new book, “And the Mountains Echoed,” was to avoid crying. I failed within the first 20 pages. And by the last page, I was bawl...
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Best bets: Get rolling with The Stones at United CenterMay 22, 2013 2:33 pm - Start them up Who knew that TheRolling Stones would still be rocking and rolling more than 50 years after the band originally formed? Catch up with these rock lege...
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Documentary chronicles the unlikely extinction of the passenger pigeonMay 21, 2013 5:55 am - A new documentary, “From Billions to None: The Passenger Pigeon’s Flight to Extinction,” will tell the compelling story of the unlikely extinction of the passenger pigeo...
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Oakton board seats new officersMay 21, 2013 5:50 am - The Oakton Community College board of trustees seated new members and officers for 2013-14 earlier this month. Joan W. DiLeonardi, of Des Plaines, who was re-elected for...
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Forget Kobe vs. MJ, now it’s Kobe vs. DuncanMay 21, 2013 7:51 pm - Phil Jackson caused a mini stir last week when he was promoting his new book, “Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success” and stated what many of us already knew: Michael Jordan...
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Top team today means little tomorrowMay 21, 2013 9:19 pm - The Blackhawks are going to win their playoff series against the Red Wings. Why? Because they’re the better team. Who says? Just about everybody with an opinion. Who is ...