All Stories from May 24, 2012 (Change date)
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States looking to new tolls to pay for highwaysMay 24, 2012 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - Driving onto an Interstate highway? Crossing a bridge on the way into work? Taking a tunnel under a river or bay? Get ready to pay. With Congress unwilling...
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Ditto & Co. deliver delightful dance tunesMay 24, 2012 6:00 am - Gossip, "A Joyful Noise" (Columbia) There is no one like the punkish Beth Ditto, and thus there is nothing like Gossip and their fifth and finest studio album, "A Joyfu...
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'Hysteria' interesting, but doesn't quite hit the spotMay 24, 2012 6:00 am - Reel Life mini-review: 'Hysteria' If Walt Disney had actually created a movie about the invention of the electric vibrator, it would look exactly like Tanya Wexler's sa...
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French film 'Polisse' a gripping cop dramaMay 24, 2012 6:00 am - "Polisse" feels like the two-hour pilot for the kind of meaty cop drama that could only exist on cable television, one you'd want to program into your DVR to watch all s...
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'MIB 3' light years better than last sequelMay 24, 2012 6:00 am - Here's one for the Hollywood record books: a second sequel that's better than the first. Ten years have passed since we last saw Agents K and J quell alien aggression i...
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Divorcee doesn't want to be others' counselorMay 24, 2012 6:00 am - Q. Ever since my husband left me five years ago, it seems I attract women friends in the process of divorce who want me to give them emotional support. However, I'm not ...
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Batavia swimmer accomplishes a lot with prosthetic legsMay 24, 2012 5:30 am - World-class swimmer Amy Chapman has been a frequent visitor of the prosthetist's office since she was a toddler, getting fitted with new pairs of legs year after year. T...
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DuPage County may have new use for shuttered youth homeMay 24, 2012 5:30 am - A nonprofit school serving the needs of young people with severe behavioral, emotional and learning disabilities in Cook and Lake counties is hoping to expand into DuPag...
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Dawn Patrol: Cage limited explosion’s harm; Phillips the ‘Idol’May 24, 2012 5:00 am - Pedestrian killed by train in Lombard: A pedestrian was struck and killed by a freight train at about 11 p.m. Wednesday on the Union Pacific West Line. The as-yet uniden...
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Revenue generators or corporate greed?May 24, 2012 5:00 am - I read with great confusion the May 18 letter “Don’t destroy the revenue generators.” It would appear the author has just crawled out from beneath a rock. I assume he is...