All Stories from July 27, 2014 (Change date)
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Tips on selecting the right pet for you and your familyJul 28, 2014 8:54 pm - “How do you persuade your parents to get a pet?” asked a young patron attending Vernon Area Library's “Write Away” program. It's the dog days — the time between July and...
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Harper professor releasing second rock albumJul 28, 2014 9:25 am - Harper College English professor Greg Herriges never expected his band Athanor to get a record deal. When that finally happened in 2013 - 40 years after recording their ...
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8 new dancers join Miami City BalletJul 28, 2014 6:49 am - MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Eight dancers are joining the Miami City Ballet, including Raechel Sparreo of Buffalo Grove. Rainer Krenstetter of Staatsballett Berlin joins the com...
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Comic-Con's dark side: Harassment amid the fantasyJul 29, 2014 6:05 am - SAN DIEGO - Amid the costumes and fantasy of this weekend's Comic-Con convention, a group of young women drew widespread attention to a very real issue - allegations of ...
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Alba reveals her 'Sin City' dark side at Comic-ConJul 28, 2014 6:44 am - SAN DIEGO - Jessica Alba told the crowd at Comic-Con that she got in touch with the dark side for her return to "Sin City." The "Fantastic Four" and "Dark Angel" star is...
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America's best offensive is exporting energyJul 28, 2014 12:47 pm - Eastern Ukraine to Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, much of the rest of the Middle East and a chunk of Africa are awash with tyrants, thugs and terrorists. They have one thing i...
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Talk of 'pain' distorts public's view of taxesJul 28, 2014 12:52 pm - I just finished Bruce DeSilva's detective novel "Providence Rag." As you might have deduced by the title, it's mainly about investigative journalism. In one of the chap...
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Prospect Class of '74 plans anniversaryJul 28, 2014 7:30 pm - The year was 1974, and President Richard Nixon had just handed over a partial transcript of the Watergate Tapes. Slugger Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth's home run record, wr...
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It's all about the Koch BrothersJul 28, 2014 12:56 pm - I must write to thank Tom Conley for his "right-on" letter. I wish I was better with words; but he said it all in his perfect letter. And yes, I have relatives in Austra...
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Tom Petty's rock 'n' roll triumphJul 29, 2014 6:05 am - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, “Hypnotic Eye” (Reprise) Tom Petty isn't singing about himself on his new tune, “Forgotten Man,” but he can't be blamed for thinkin...