Lifestyle Stories from December 5, 2013 (Change date)
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Don’t combine kids’ birthdays and holidays, experts sayDec 06, 2013 4:50 am - It’s been years, but Wauconda resident Beverly Linning still remembers the relative who gave her a combined gift each December because her birthday is less than two week...
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Holiday album a first for English singer Nick LoweDec 06, 2013 4:50 am - NEW YORK — Nick Lowe wasn’t exactly filled with the Christmas spirit when his American record company suggested he make his first holiday album. He’s no Scrooge. But for...
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Terrific cast, camerawork fail to heat up revenge taleDec 06, 2013 4:50 am - Even the worst-made violent tales of personal revenge can push an audience's emo-buttons so hard that viewers scream in ecstatic approval with each "quality kill" they w...
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Movie trailers: Why do they have to ruin it?Dec 06, 2013 4:50 am - Filmgoers enemy No. 1 Two more reasons why TV commercials and trailers represent the greatest threat to the quality of the moviegoing experience: Ÿ TV commercials and ...
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Hampshire teen brings new life to old musicDec 06, 2013 4:50 am - Ragtime music might conjure black-and-white images of a bygone era, but to 13-year-old Daniel Souvigny of Hampshire, there's nothing better in the world. Playing ragtim...
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Doc reveals almost all about alluring Bettie PageDec 06, 2013 4:50 am - One-fourth of a percentage grade point might have changed Bettie Page's future way back in her Tennessee high school. That tiny fraction awarded her the title of class ...
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Holiday Train rolls into GurneeDec 05, 2013 1:29 pm - The 15th annual Canadian Pacific Holiday Train pierced the fog Wednesday and was greeted by about 1,000 people who gathered along Depot Road in Gurnee. Kids were wide-ey...
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Actress to visit fundraiser for Mt. Prospect teacherDec 06, 2013 4:53 am - A group of teachers at Lions Park Elementary School in Mount Prospect has organized a fundraiser to help a longtime colleague in her battle with cancer. Linda Frahm, a t...
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Music notes: Catch Fulks at the HideoutDec 05, 2013 4:30 am - In residence Robbie Fulks, an acclaimed alt-country musician/songwriter from the suburbs, performs on Monday nights at the Hideout, a wonderful Chicago club. Fulks chang...
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Ice wines are a cool favorite for holiday menusDec 06, 2013 4:50 am - Leaving grapes to freeze on the vine seems like a recipe for stone cold failure. But under the right conditions, the grapes that come in from the (extreme) cold can prod...
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