All Stories from February 2, 2012 (Change date)
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No Harry Potter magic for Daniel Radcliffe in 'Woman'Feb 02, 2012 5:00 am - James Watkins' "The Woman in Black" will go down in cinema history as a wannabe classic gothic tale short-circuited by cheap shock devices, dramatic miscues, psychologic...
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'Big Miracle' a feel-good whale of a taleFeb 02, 2012 5:00 am - If a movie is cheesy and knows it's cheesy - if it embraces the soft, gooey texture and pungent aroma of its own fromage - does that make it any more palatable as a meal...
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What was blizzard like for you a year ago?Feb 02, 2012 4:30 am - Do you remember what it was like for you a year ago today, after the blizzard had dropped about 2 feet of snow on us? Today we have the story of a man who had to sit in ...
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Facebook’s new stock ticker: Why not LIKE or POKE?Feb 02, 2012 4:30 am - NEW YORK — FB? That’s the best they could do? The company that changed how politicians raise money, dissidents start revolutions and parents keep tabs on their kids anno...
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6th District Democrats ready to rumble with RoskamFeb 02, 2012 4:30 am - You’d think local Democrats might be hard-pressed to recruit someone to take on Republican Congressman Peter Roskam, an incumbent with a $2 million war chest and a leade...
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Suburban cheerleading teams headed to stateFeb 02, 2012 4:30 am - Confidence and a little attitude. That’s what high school cheerleaders from around Illinois put on the line at sectionals last weekend. For the top 100 of them it paid o...
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Camping at Illinois Beach State Park could resume April 1 as storm clean-up continuesFeb 02, 2012 4:30 am - Clearing debris has been a long haul in the seven months since twin storms slammed Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park along the Lake Michigan shore. But a p...
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Big laughs and a lot of heart define 'Moonlight and Magnolias'Feb 02, 2012 4:00 am - “My studio. My picture. I can do anything I want.” Hollywood producer David O. Selznick makes that pronouncement in Fox Valley Repertory's production of “Moonlight and ...
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What Romney needs is a limpFeb 02, 2012 4:00 am - When a friend was writing a novel, he was concerned that his protagonist was too perfect. People can’t identify with perfection, he said. For the character to be sympath...
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‘Liberal’ press just doing its jobFeb 02, 2012 4:00 am - This is in response to P.J. Dalton (Fence Post, Jan. 18) and his unhappiness about what he perceives as the “liberal press” because of questions put forth by Diane Sawye...