All Stories from April 12, 2013 (Change date)
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Cigarette-smoking man burned while using oxygenApr 12, 2013 6:41 am - BETHALTO — A southwestern Illinois fire chief says a man sustained facial and head burns when a cigarette he was smoking ignited oxygen from a tank he was using as a bre...
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Group ready to restore old Ill. sheriff’s homeApr 12, 2013 6:39 am - PAXTON — The old sheriff’s home and jail in downtown Paxton has been deteriorating for years, but new owners plan to change that. Royce Baier is president of the Paxton ...
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'No Way Back' is suspenseful taleApr 12, 2013 6:00 am - “No Way Back” is the latest high-octane thriller from Andrew Gross, the best-selling author of “15 Seconds.” One woman's life is destroyed and another hides a secret fro...
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Tyler, the Creator raps boldly on 'Wolf'Apr 12, 2013 6:00 am - Tyler, the Creator, “Wolf” (Odd Future/Sony/RED) Before you listen to Tyler, the Creator's third album, “Wolf,” keep this in mind: The rapper lives to offend. “Wolf...
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Night life: Booze and blues at MillroseApr 12, 2013 6:00 am - Millrose's blues night Millrose Restaurant hosts the BK Read Blues Band starting at 7 p.m. Friday, April 12. Drink specials include $3 Miller Lite bottles. Stop in ...
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Theater events: Goodman Theatre concludes 'Elliot Trilogy'Apr 12, 2013 6:00 am - Trilogy concludes Goodman Theatre premieres “The Happiest Song Plays Last,” the latest from 2012 Pulitzer Prize winner Quiara AlegrÃa Hudes, whose Goodman commiss...
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Passion, drive, discipline feed Iglesias' recipe for successApr 12, 2013 6:00 am - In Julio Iglesias' recipe for success, talent is only a tiny ingredient. And although the Spanish crooner says singing was not an innate gift for him, he says he's gotte...
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Fox Valley Rep's 'Plaid' a forever popular productionApr 12, 2013 6:00 am - Nostalgia reigns supreme for audiences of a certain age in “Forever Plaid,” that ever-popular revue that celebrates the songs of the 1950s and early '60s. The 1990 off-...
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Chicago critics group brings film fest to RosemontApr 12, 2013 6:00 am - The members of the Chicago Film Critics Association see themselves not just as critics, but as advocates. Advocates of art over commerce. Advocates of personal, innovat...
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New regime at Carol Stream Library, but old challenges remainApr 12, 2013 5:41 am - Slate in control of Carol Stream library loses majority but not all board seats