All Stories from July 26, 2012 (Change date)
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Book notes: Meet the Hayes at Anderson'sJul 26, 2012 6:00 am - Ÿ Best-selling author Robert Goolrick reads from and signs copies of his newest book, “Heading Out to Wonderful,” at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 28, at Anderson's Bookshop, 12...
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Gaslight Anthem's 'Handwritten' is hardyJul 26, 2012 6:00 am - The Gaslight Anthem, “Handwritten” (Mercury/Island Def Jam) The Gaslight Anthem has always occupied this unsettling space between the earnestness of Bruce Springste...
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Is 'Deranged' as scary as it should be?Jul 26, 2012 6:00 am - Reel Life mini-review: "Deranged" It takes just under 30 minutes in Park Jung-woo's South Korea horror tale "Deranged" for authorities to discover why so many emaciated...
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'Watch' prowls all-too-familiar territoryJul 26, 2012 6:00 am - It's already late July and 20th Century Fox has finally released the sort of brainless, unoriginal gross-out comedy that studios are supposed to unleash on us early in t...
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Pints and Pimm's: Cheer on Team USA with London's best beveragesJul 26, 2012 6:00 am - Even if you can't get to London to cheer on Team USA at the Olympics, you can still celebrate with a bit of British flare. Between the steadily growing number of English...
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Spunky debunkers can't save ridiculous psychic thrillerJul 26, 2012 5:45 am - Rodrigo Cortes' "Red Lights" ranks as one of the shlockiest mystery thrillers in recent memory, a dark and somber tale that squanders a promising premise with a finale s...
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Kane County eyes sales tax, borrowing to pay for computer upgradeJul 26, 2012 5:30 am - Public safety portion of tax would cover part of $12.6 million project
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Arlington Heights pares down parks referendum plansJul 26, 2012 5:30 am - The Arlington Heights Park District is inching closer to finalizing a referendum package after commissioners this week were presented with more detailed plans for long-t...
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Chardonnay shines as Stony Hill turns 60Jul 26, 2012 5:02 am - When Peter McCrea’s parents paid $7,500 in 1943 for an old goat farm on Napa Valley’s Spring Mountain, it came with a house, a barn, a cottage and three chicken coops. T...
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Better explanations on taxes neededJul 26, 2012 5:00 am - If you live in Cook County, you have just received your real estate tax bill. More than likely, it is up by about 10 percent. If you analyze it, you will see that the “s...