All Stories from July 25, 2015 (Change date)
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Chicago Bears will have a new look at training campAug 10, 2015 8:38 pm - The Bears team that reports this week to Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais for the start of training camp will look vastly different from the one that limped hom...
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Grammar Moses: Writing with clarity is knowing your audienceJul 26, 2015 7:52 pm - Grammar and word usage are evolving things. They're not like math, which has definitive answers. Perhaps that is why I was flummoxed by them as a child. Grammarians fall...
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Mother of bullied Fremd student wills $50,000 to scholarshipJul 26, 2015 7:52 pm - Heartbroken she was unable to stop the incessant bullying her son endured at Palatine's Fremd High School 40 years ago, Jeanne Trout found a new peace in the last months...
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Countryside nonprofit in Palatine to sell, relocateJul 26, 2015 4:59 pm - The Countryside Association for People with Disabilities is a week or two away from selling its 8-acre Palatine facility and is looking for a new location in the same ge...
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Apps that can help you understand emojisJul 26, 2015 7:37 am - Anecdotal evidence has it that mothers love emoji. I am not one of those mothers. I had no idea my iPhone came equipped with an emoji keyboard. I'm even hopeless when I ...
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Wauconda library busier since renovationJul 26, 2015 8:27 am - Foot traffic and checkouts at the Wauconda Area Library have boomed since a $2 million renovation wrapped up earlier this year, officials announced Friday. The number of...
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You are now liable for what you say when you butt dial someoneJul 26, 2015 7:37 am - Butt dialing, a source of anxiety for anyone with a cellphone, just got more horrifying. A federal appeals court in Cincinnati ruled Tuesday that somebody who accidental...
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Why Apple fans are taking a wait-and-see approach with Apple WatchJul 26, 2015 7:37 am - NEW YORK - For all those who hailed the iPhone as the "Jesus Phone" in 2007, the Apple Watch's arrival has hardly been the second coming. Sure, it can do many useful, ev...
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App reviews: NASA, AlphabearJul 26, 2015 7:37 am - NASA With the mysteries of Pluto now tantalizingly in reach, it's not a bad time to brush up on the basic wonders of space. Who better to ask than NASA? The agency'...
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YouTube signs up everyone but TV for new paid serviceJul 26, 2015 7:37 am - Google's YouTube, which has signed up partners for a new paid video service, may find out by early next year whether its own Internet stars really are as valuable as tho...