All Stories from April 8, 2008 (Change date)
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Hong Kong director persuades Norah Jones to try actingApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Sitting in a Soho coffee shop, Norah Jones looked across the table at the elegant and mysterious Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai, who sat quietly behind dark...
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Coaches were important influences on and off the courtApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - "Candace!" I turned as the man who screamed my name placed both his hands on his hips. I glanced up at the clock, five seconds remaining. If only those seconds would las...
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A lighter, healthier Italian soup -- that's amore!Apr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - It's Saturday and I'm visiting a small Italian food store that is actually a retail outlet for a company that sells wholesale imported food products to restaurants. Titi...
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Ford car mirrors look to blind spotsApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - DETROIT -- Starting early next year, Ford Motor Co. will begin installing side-view mirrors on its vehicles that show blind spots in the outside upper corners. The Dearb...
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St. Charles North frustrated after loss at BartlettApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - For their first Upstate Eight Conference match of the season, the Bartlett boys volleyball team impressed themselves. The Hawks beat St. Charles North, 25-18, 25-21, Tue...
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U-46 lawyers blasted for billApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - A nine-page document recently filed by two teams of lawyers for Elgin Area School District U-46 shows why costs in the four-year-old racial discrimination lawsuit contin...
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A love letter to a sport comes down to one thing: opportunityApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Dear Basketball, I remember when I first fell in love with you. During my seventh-grade year there was just something about you that could not tear me away. I ate, slept...
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Drivers, watch out for motorcyclesApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Now is a good time to remind drivers that they need to watch out for motorcycles on the road now that the warm weather is here. Please remember that motorcycles have th...
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Redwings' Gaughan decides it's time for a changeApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Timing is everything. It meant a life-changing decision for Marty Gaughan. "This was my 25th year coaching basketball, and it was also my last year coaching my son," h...
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Circuit City reports 4th-quarter profit as cost cutting offsets lower salesApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - RICHMOND, Va. -- Circuit City Stores Inc. says it swung to a fiscal fourth-quarter profit, as cost cutting offset lower sales. The Richmond, Va.-based electronics retail...