All Stories from April 4, 2015 (Change date)
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When being benched in youth sports means a lawsuitJul 21, 2015 5:09 pm - When Audrey Dimitrew won a spot on a club volleyball team in Chantilly, Virginia, the 16-year-old hoped to impress varsity coaches and possibly college coaches. But when...
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Why UConn's program is good for the women's gameApr 05, 2015 9:26 pm - Just "catch up." That's Geno Auriemma's advice for any team sick of Connecticut dominating women's college basketball. The Huskies, winning by an average of 41.9 points,...
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The joy of rescuing and training Siberian huskiesApr 05, 2015 7:19 pm - Trainer gives dogs 'second chance at life'
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How Ghanaian children got to read, eat lunches thanks to Elgin volunteersApr 05, 2015 5:52 pm - A team of volunteers from Elgin just returned from a 10-day visit to Ghana where they helped start a school lunch program and library, and visited an orphanage they buil...
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Fort Sheridan preserve concept plans open to public input, getting criticismApr 06, 2015 5:42 am - It's not good so far; more is welcome
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People's Resource Center opens new location in WestmontApr 06, 2015 5:42 am - When the Wheaton-based People's Resource Center expanded to Westmont in 2008, it opened a facility on Blackhawk Drive that had just the right amount of space to serve th...
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All eyes on Wrigley, Pepper Construction for Sunday's debutApr 05, 2015 8:48 pm - Three generations of the Pepper family of Barrington have headed Pepper Construction Group — and they've all been Chicago Cubs fans. Founder Stanley F. Pepper, who has s...
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Why the cable companies you hate may be forced to compete onlineApr 06, 2015 10:06 am - NEW YORK - The largest U.S. cable companies may be approaching a cliff they've long tried to avoid: competition with one another. As a slew of companies, from Dish Netwo...
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Going to Lollapalooza or Coachella? Leave the selfie stick at homeApr 05, 2015 8:28 am - Everyone huddle up, I have an announcement: If you are attending Coachella and/or Lollapalooza this year, you cannot bring your selfie stick. Selfie sticks won't be allo...
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IBM's making a new business unit just for the Internet of ThingsApr 06, 2015 3:27 pm - Weather forecasters get a bad rap for getting things wrong, but what if your insurance company had a forecast so accurate that it could send you an alert to move your ca...