All Stories from January 8, 2012 (Change date)
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Sunday picks: Gen. Grant comes alive at Naper SettlementJan 08, 2012 5:00 am - Historical hero Actor and historian Terry Lynch portrays Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, commander of the Union army, in the Naper Settlement History Speaks lecture, “U.S. G...
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Husband debating whether wife’s affair spells end to marriageJan 08, 2012 5:00 am - Q. I found out in August that my wife was having an affair for the past year with a man who is married and allegedly going through a divorce. He has cheated on his w...
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Elgin Choral Union to hold auditionsJan 08, 2012 5:00 am - Submitted by Elgin Choral Union The Elgin Choral Union will hold auditions for general volunteer membership for the remainder of the 2011-12 season, as well as for paid ...
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Cats turned out of home because of new babyJan 08, 2012 5:00 am - Today’s adoptables find themselves homeless for the new year. I suppose I should be thrilled that their manner of abandonment was kinder than the felines that found them...
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Tasmania a nature lover's dreamJan 08, 2012 5:00 am - HOBART, Tasmania — Last March, I embarked on a mini-road trip around Tasmania, the island off the southeast corner of Australia that is about the size of West Virginia. ...
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On the road: Theater seriesJan 08, 2012 5:00 am - Chicago Theater's in session The theater lab series, In the Works, returns to Chicago's Millennium Park for a third season and opens with “TUTA Theatre Chicago's Fulton ...
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Store credit card? No thanks, I'll go with debitJan 08, 2012 5:00 am - NEW YORK — A store credit card isn't the only way to get exclusive perks. Although not widely publicized, two major retailers offer store-branded debit cards that draw d...
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Many benefits go along with vitamin DJan 08, 2012 5:00 am - There is a lot of research going on with vitamin D. Vitamin D use is associated with significant reductions in the risk of a number of cancers, diabetes, coronary heart ...
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'Family' for dying woman is a Barrington churchJan 08, 2012 4:30 am - Living alone in a gated community with no close relatives, given a few months to live and unable to speak after the surgery to remove her cancerous larynx, Barbara “Bobb...
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Tougher distracted-driving laws in worksJan 08, 2012 4:30 am - In 2003, when then-state Rep. John Millner attempted to pass legislation curbing all types of distracted driving across Illinois, he nearly won a dubious honor. A huge g...