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Blockbuster? Myspace? Blue mailbox? What year is this? Jun 18, 2013 12:00 AM
I’m a newspaper columnist interviewing customers renting movies from a Blockbuster store in Carol Stream. Have I gone back in time? Perhaps my time-machine moment happened last week, when I rekindled my Myspace after reading a business story about the sale of the social networking website. I had forgotten all about Myspace, which launched as “a place for friends” in August 2003 but seems far older.
Fatherhood takes extra endeavors Jun 16, 2013 12:00 AM
Fatherhood literally falls out of the sky for the dad in the new Superman movie. Richard Say of Schaumburg had to endure years of sacrifice and strife and travel to the ends of the world just so he could celebrate Father's Day as a dad. And Say says that turned out super.
Military roots nourish Elgin woman's veteran advocacyJun 13, 2013 12:00 AM
Military service places a stress on families. No one knows that better than Joyce Carrasco of Elgin. Carrasco grew up in a military home, has two adult children currently serving in the military and sees the burden that can put on her grandchildren. “On my father's side, there were 11 children and all 11 children served in the military,” says Carrasco. “The story goes that my grandmother had 11 Blue Stars in her window, and I cherish that story.”
Dear old Dad and his holiday can't compete with Mom Jun 11, 2013 12:00 AM
Dear old Dad just never seems to be as dear as Mom. And Mother's Day always is going to be a bigger deal than Father's Day. The average American will spend $119.84 on Dad this year, according to the National Retail Federation, which notes we spent $168.94 on Mother's Day last month.
Runners’ personal bests come from helping othersJun 9, 2013 12:00 AM
The times are a little slower and the burden a little heavier, but the mood is light and the spirit soars for the "angels" pushing children with disabilities during Wheaton's Run For The Stars 5-K.
Whether Illinois or Utah, concealed carry takes training Jun 4, 2013 12:00 AM
As an Illinois resident, you can qualify for the Utah non-resident concealed carry weapons permit. Businesses charging money to help you get that permit say it will allow you to carry weapons in many states outside of this one. “It's like basic cable and adding the premium channels. Illinois will be basic cable,” explains Ron Farkas, a Utah-certified firearms instructor conducting classes throughout the suburbs this month.
In Palatine High program, minorities learn they can strive for more Jun 2, 2013 12:00 AM
Today’s graduation ceremony at Palatine High School could have been viewed as the finish line for minority students challenging the stereotype of low expectations. Instead, the seniors in the high school’s Project Excel group look at today’s pomp and circumstance as simply a first step toward their college careers. “When I first moved here, I was two or three years behind. I never had read a chapter book,” said Rebecca Alanis, 17. “Without it (Project Excel), I would have stayed in average classes.”
$40,000 could buy small house, new Mercedes or this TV May 30, 2013 12:00 AM
This 85-inch TV's picture is eye-popping. The $40,000 price tag is jaw-dropping. But someone will buy it. “It's startling when you look at the quality of the picture,” Abt says, noting the local store is one of only a few in the nation offering this revolutionary TV. “We do intend to sell them. We love introducing new products. That's part of who we are … Our store's an experience. There's always something new. We like to keep it fresh.”
Buffalo Grove boy advocates for disabled older brotherMay 26, 2013 12:00 AM
Only 10 years old, Alex Randell of Buffalo Grove is testifying Tuesday before national health leaders, asking for funding that could help his brother, Max, who is 15 and has a rare disorder called Canavan disease. “He's just so awesome,” Alex says of his brother, who communicates with loved ones through blinking, eye rolls, smiles and his infectious laugh.
God and natural disaster: Whatever the spin, we come together May 22, 2013 12:00 AM
When it comes to natural phenomena, society seems to have this rule: Thank God for beautiful sunsets; blame Mother Nature for deadly tornadoes. Some of my Facebook friends routinely post photographs of stunningly awesome cloud formations with reminders for all of us to recognize his majesty and give glory to God. But twist those clouds into a tornado and the focus changes from the majesty of God to the wrath of Mother Nature.
Prospect Heights man reinvents play while living out of his van May 21, 2013 12:00 AM
Perhaps Prospect Heights native Hans Fleischmann pours so much of himself into a daring production of Tennesee Williams' classic "The Glass Menagerie" because he developed the production's vision while living in a van on the street. “It's 2 in the morning, and there is this guy talking loudly right outside my van. He just sounds like this Hollywood jerk,” recalls the 37-year-old Prospect Heights actor and director, who had ventured to Hollywood to strike it big.
Cary businessman turned war's terrors into art May 19, 2013 12:00 AM
Cary businessman Mike Duffy studied art after he came home from the war in Vietnam. Duffy's paintings will be part of a new exhibit at the National Veterans Art Museum on Chicago's Northwest Side. "I figured I'd be dead by morning," he says of the intense gunfire that greeted his arrival in Vietnam during the Tet Offensive.
Little stinkers usher in suburban skunk season May 16, 2013 12:00 AM
A glimpse of a possible mountain lion in the suburbs merits headlines. Coyotes grab plenty of attention. But the animal causing a stink in the suburbs these days is the skunk. A decade ago, a rabies epidemic knocked down the skunk population, but “over the past two or three years or so, the skunk populations have been higher,” says Tim Preuss, wildlife biologist with the Lake County Forest Preserve District.
With these temperature swings, only strong flowers survive May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
Shutting off the heat and switching on the air-conditioning? Plants at Morton Arboretum in Lisle tried to fight off a freeze early Monday morning but will bask in 80-degree temperatures today. "All those hanging baskets people get for Mother's Day, if they were under an eave, they are probably OK. But if they got frosted, you're going to see it," says Kris Bachtell of the Morton Arboretum.
It took a team to save this baby and his mom May 12, 2013 12:00 AM
As a pregnant teenager, Sofia Espinoza lugged her backpack and extra weight up and down the stairs at Addison Trail High School. She took advantage of pregnancy advice from school counselors, graduated early and married her boyfriend, Juan Carlos Guzman. Even with the 12 hours of labor, becoming a mom was almost a breeze.“I wanted a girl, so I even accomplished that. It was great,” Espinoza says of that pregnancy resulting in the birth of their daughter, Emily Jaylin Guzman, now 2 years old. “It was so easy.” That experience didn't prepare her for the birth of her son.
Wheeling neighborhood grieves for slain bystander May 9, 2013 12:00 AM
The sky is just as blue as it was on the last day of Rafael Orozco's life. The grass might be an even brighter green. And Gizmo, Orozco's muscular pit bull the color of milk chocolate, still rounds the corner of this Wheeling apartment building with his tail wagging and his tongue panting. But everything is different. A makeshift memorial marks the spot where Orozco was killed by a stray bullet May 1.
Reality TV date show doesn't alter single mom's priorities May 7, 2013 12:00 AM
Suburban mom Renee Trikolas used to envision herself celebrating Mother's Day as part of a perfect family. Now, she is a single mom who reinvented herself, runs her own jewelry business and appears in a dating segment airing Thursday on Steve Harvey's TV talk show.
Triple amputee wants Boston victims to know it gets better May 5, 2013 12:00 AM
It wasn't a bomb blast, but a nearly fatal bout of Legionnaires' disease that led to the amputations of Kent Carson's left arm and both legs last year. Now the Round Lake Beach man is walking, working on driving again and would love to visit the Boston bombing victims to give them encouragement.
Barrington doodler could see her art on Google homepage May 2, 2013 12:00 AM
Most Americans are familiar with those imaginative doodles that grace the Google homepage each day. But in a suprise schoolwide assembly Wednesday, a girl at Barrington Middle School at Station Campus learned her artwork is a finalist in a nationwide contest to Doodle 4 Google.
Deadlier than murders and car crashes, suicide is often a secretApr 30, 2013 12:00 AM
Americans worry about getting murdered. Daily crime stories put the fear of an attack in our heads. Yet, you or a loved one are far more likely to die of the violence we often don't talk about: suicide.