All Stories from February 5, 2012 (Change date)
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Himalayan trail a trek of a lifetimeFeb 05, 2012 5:00 am - In the shadow of Mount Everest and its magnetic lore, a cross-border route with a grand name, the Great Himalaya Trail, is being touted as an epic, untapped alternative ...
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Seascapes, history mark Istanbul, Aegean coastFeb 05, 2012 5:00 am - ISTANBUL — The sea of Marmara shimmered to my right, a pod of dolphins played improbably in the ferry-and tankers-choked Bosporus strait, and minarets pierced my jet-lag...
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Hanover Park recognizes citizens, businesses at Awards NightFeb 05, 2012 5:00 am - It’s not often that a community bestows a humanitarian award on someone well short of voting age, but that’s just what the village of Hanover Park did this year at its a...
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Naperville woman wins our monthly Photo Finish contestFeb 05, 2012 5:00 am - The window of opportunity can be a fickle thing. Sometimes it's wide open. Sometimes it's closed tight. And sometimes it's cracked just enough to give you a peek at wha...
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Using skis to discover Yellowstone's frozen beautyFeb 05, 2012 5:00 am - YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — I took a deep breath, positioned my skis and shot down the hillside, whizzing through a forest of trees covered with thick, feathered l...
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Let’s talk about work stress, babyFeb 05, 2012 5:00 am - Q: I am always stressed out about my job, even on nights and weekends. I’m already dreading Monday, and Friday isn’t even over! I’ve had jobs with poor work/life bou...
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Sunday picks: White Ghost Shivers jams in ElginFeb 05, 2012 5:00 am - Nostalgia time Get ready for a jazzy jam when the Texas-based White Ghost Shivers play tunes from the 1920s and '30s this weekend at the Elgin Community College's S...
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Abandoned pairs need to be adopted togetherFeb 05, 2012 5:00 am - Animals that have spent their entire adulthood together should live together forever, especially when they are surrendered together. These are circumstances that The Bu...
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On the road: Monster Jam motors into AllstateFeb 05, 2012 5:00 am - Chicago Shine a light Millennium Park doesn't just rock during summer. The Chicago attraction comes alive with a new video and sound installation by Chicago ar...
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Bailing an ocean with a thimbleFeb 05, 2012 4:00 am - The worst day of Sugar Bear’s 55 years was one of the days — there have been many of them — when he got out of prison. In the early 1990s, in a prison where persons whos...