All Stories from April 30, 2012 (Change date)
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Antioch’s Mother-Daughter Tea is set for May 6Apr 30, 2012 6:00 am - The village of Antioch will host the annual Mother-Daughter Tea event on Sunday, May 6 at Infini-Tea. Mother-Daughter Tea is a special afternoon designed for moms and da...
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Marine’s family organizes care packages for troopsApr 30, 2012 6:00 am - Treats, toiletries and other comfort items were mailed recently to almost 200 U.S. Marines on the front lines in Afghanistan, thanks to community volunteers. The familie...
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Push to reduce medical spending may mean fewer testsApr 30, 2012 6:00 am - WASHINGTON — Old checklist for doctors: order that test, write that prescription. New checklist for doctors: first ask yourself if the patient really needs it. Nine medi...
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Rebuild Together Aurora can make your home energy efficientApr 30, 2012 6:00 am - Submitted by Rebuilding Together Aurora Rebuilding Together Aurora, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to providing free home repair, safety modifications and ...
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How to get ready for a good night's sleepApr 30, 2012 6:00 am - How would you rate your sleeping habits? Hopefully, favorably, considering we spend about a third of our life sleeping and about half the population deals with sleep iss...
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Disparities continue in health care costsApr 30, 2012 6:00 am - What do hospitals charge to remove an appendix? The startling answer is that it could be the same as the price of a refrigerator — or a house. It's a common, straightfor...
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Huge decrease in measles deaths, WHO study findsApr 30, 2012 6:00 am - LONDON — The number of measles deaths worldwide has apparently dropped by about three-quarters over a decade, according to a new study by the World Health Organization a...
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Water Street Studios welcomes alternative storytellingApr 30, 2012 6:00 am - Water Street Studios, 160 S. Water St., Batavia, will host “Hint of It” by Core Project Chicago, a movement-based interdisciplinary arts collective pushing the boundarie...
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Kerry Washington at the heart of 'Scandal'Apr 30, 2012 6:00 am - Nothing is simple in the nation's capital. Consider Olivia Pope, the D.C.-based crisis management consultant whose clients range from a military hero accused of killing ...
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Treatment offers new hope for a-fib patientsApr 30, 2012 6:00 am - Larry Martin, a salesman from Gibsonton, Fla., woke up one morning feeling dizzy and weak. He was 70 at the time, so he went to his doctor, who immediately called an amb...