All Stories from October 23, 2012 (Change date)
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Wine on tap a trend worth tryingOct 23, 2012 6:00 am - As the Broadway song advises “ya gotta have a gimmick” to get ahead in business today. When it comes to wine, I hate gimmicks. Critter labels, decorative packaging, in ...
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Tony Bennett: Latinos 'sing with the heart'Oct 23, 2012 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Tony Bennett doesn't speak Spanish and he was not familiar with most of the Latino artists he recorded with for his new album, “VIVA Duets.” But to his deligh...
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Clever 'XCOM' is chess with plasma riflesOct 23, 2012 6:00 am - Video-game aliens have gotten bigger, uglier and meaner over the years. Think of the Covenant warriors in “Halo” or the Locust Horde in “Gears of War”: huge, dumb, slobb...
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‘Happy Endings’: 6 characters in search of funnyOct 23, 2012 6:00 am - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — “We got lucky. We clicked,” said Adam Pally, one of the half-dozen stars of “Happy Endings,” ABC’s comedy about six friends being funny in Chicag...
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Nesbo's 'Phantom' an addictive readOct 23, 2012 6:00 am - Let it never be said that Jo Nesbo is afraid to take risks with his writing. In all fairness, it's unlikely many would say that. This is an author, after all, who gave u...
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It’s a shame this could be it for GuillenOct 23, 2012 5:37 am - One of the most promising managerial careers in major-league baseball is at worst over and at best on hold. The Miami Marlins fired Ozzie Guillen on Tuesday after one aw...
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Your choice on the Bears: Newton or Cutler?Oct 23, 2012 5:31 am - The Carolina Panthers are in deep trouble and most of it they brought on themselves. A lack of discipline — along with unrealistic expectations of being a Super Bowl con...
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Can binders full of tweets alter views on candidates, Bears?Oct 23, 2012 5:30 am - Even for busy suburbanites adept at juggling work, family and the desire to post that adorable baby rhinoceros video on their Facebook pages before watching TV, last nig...
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Some Winfield trustees don’t even back tax hikeOct 23, 2012 5:30 am - When Winfield appealed to voters two years ago for millions of dollars in new property taxes to fix roads, the measure had the unanimous backing of the village board. St...
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Suburban native bears down in ‘Ted,’ ‘Veep’Oct 23, 2012 5:30 am - Matt Walsh has an impressive Hollywood resume, with comedic roles in movies like “The Hangover,” “Ted” and “Old School” and on TV shows such as “Veep” and “The Daily Sho...