All Stories from August 2, 2012 (Change date)
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Music notes: Lolla isn't the only show in townAug 02, 2012 6:00 am - Lolla webcast Can't make it out to Lollapalooza this weekend? You can still enjoy many of the bands that will by playing by tuning into the 2012 Lollapalooza webcas...
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Book notes: Meet 'Gone Girl' author at Skokie's B&NAug 02, 2012 6:00 am - Ÿ Meet “The Skeleton Box” author Bryan Gruley as he discusses his book at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 3, at Barnes and Noble, 720 Hawthorn Center, Vernon Hills. (847) 247-115...
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'Never Sorry' paints nuanced portrait of dissident artistAug 02, 2012 6:00 am - YouTube The movie poster for Alison Klayman's documentary on China's most infamous artist, political dissident and social networking madman sums it all up: it's a pictur...
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Guilty-pleasure 'Versailles' takes somber turnAug 02, 2012 6:00 am - The documentary "The Queen of Versailles" begins life as a juicy guilty pleasure, allowing us to gawk and cluck at the nouveau-riche ostentation of an elderly time-share...
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Action fast and furious in 'Total Recall' remakeAug 02, 2012 6:00 am - Movies, it seems, just keep getting more expensive and more violent. And that definitely goes for "Total Recall," a remake of the 1990 sci-fi slam-banger in which Colin ...
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McConaughey, 'Killer Joe' embrace pulpy noirAug 02, 2012 6:00 am - Matthew McConaughey has enjoyed a bit of a reinvention over the past year or so, casting aside eager-to-please roles in forgettable romantic comedies for dark, serious w...
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'Babymakers' delivers so-so gags, no heartAug 02, 2012 6:00 am - "The Babymakers" is the kind of comedy that makes you appreciate Judd Apatow all the more. This is what happens when emotion and character are sacrificed for jokes, whe...
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Kane County agrees to tech upgrade funding planAug 02, 2012 5:30 am - Money from a special tax dedicated to funding transportation and public safety costs will be used to pay part of the costs of Kane County's pending $12.6 million technol...
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Suburban Olympians today: Men's volleyball, men's hoopsAug 02, 2012 5:30 am - Coming up today Ÿ Sean Rooney of Wheaton and the 2-0 U.S. men's volleyball team take on Brazil. Watch live: 2-4 p.m. NBC Ÿ The 2-0 U.S. men's basketball team takes on 1-...
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Competing today: Jacobs' Evan Jager, Crystal Lake's Amy LePeilbetAug 02, 2012 5:30 am - The suburban athletes competing today: Ÿ The 3-0 U.S. women's soccer team (Amy LePeilbet, Crystal Lake) has a quarterfinal match vs. New Zealand. On TV: Live, 8:30-1...