All Stories from December 4, 2012 (Change date)
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Music notes: Sammy Llanas brings BoDeans style to solo showDec 04, 2012 5:00 am - On his own For years, singer-songwriter Sammy Llanas was a key member of the BoDeans, a roots-rock group that emerged from Waukesha, Wis., in the 1980s. Llanas lent...
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Cook's latest thriller is one of his bestDec 04, 2012 5:00 am - Ever since his debut as a medical thriller writer more than 30 years ago, Robin Cook, M.D., has used everything from organ transplants to alien viruses as the subject of...
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Dawn Patrol: Dist. 300 to strike; West Chicago District 33 at impasseDec 04, 2012 4:30 am - District 300 begins strike Nearly 1,300 Community Unit District 300 teachers will take to the picket lines this morning on the first day of a teachers’ strike. Teac...
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Kane forest preserve increases levy for operations, lowers levy for debtDec 04, 2012 4:30 am - The final action of the outgoing Kane County Forest Preserve District Commission turned out to be a tricky balancing act that both raised and lowered taxes Monday. The r...
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New hospital at a glanceDec 04, 2012 4:30 am - The Alexian Brothers Women and Children’s Hospital in Hoffman Estates will feature a Center for Pediatric Brain, an expanded Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, inpa...
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A comfy children's hospital coming to Hoffman EstatesDec 04, 2012 4:30 am - Jason and Dawn Crane couldn't be more pleased with the progress being made on the new Alexian Brothers Women and Children's Hospital in Hoffman Estates. Earlier this yea...
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Santo's widow backs diabetes-alert dogs 'Ron would have loved'Dec 04, 2012 4:30 am - On the second anniversary of Ron Santo's death Monday, the Cubs legend's widow says that she couldn't be more excited about “extending his legacy” by pushing a cause “Ro...
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Schaumburg native rocks the violin in Trans-Siberian OrchestraDec 04, 2012 4:30 am - When Roddy Chong plays violin, he doesn't sit on a chair. He leaps into the air, runs across an arena stage, lunges forward, and flips his long hair like he's playing i...
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Sorry ESPN, NIU still going OrangeDec 04, 2012 4:30 am - It is not always easy to filter through the filth to find the good in college sports, not amid the corruption, the scandal and the NCAA, which makes billions off the bac...
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Talking heads’ outrage better served on bigger issues than NIUDec 04, 2012 4:30 am - The problem with sports is there’s no sense of humor anymore. Just about every ESPN college football analyst described Northern Illinois’ berth in the Orange B...