All Stories from April 17, 2013 (Change date)
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Does it matter if districts cover teacher contributions?Apr 17, 2013 2:38 pm - Illinois teachers are supposed to put 9.4 percent of their salaries toward their pensions. Yet, teachers in at least 27 suburban school districts have some or all of the...
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There's just no hope for Ricketts' Cubs guaranteeApr 18, 2013 9:27 am - Let's return today to the sports side of sports, if the Cubs can be called that. First this: A charity inserted a card into a solicitation envelope that arrived in the m...
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'SNL' producer: NY is best home for Fallon's 'Tonight'Apr 18, 2013 7:37 am - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — NBC's “Tonight Show” is moving back to New York because it's the right place for its next host, producer Lorne Michaels said Tuesday. Jimmy Fallo...
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Dawn Patrol: Runners gather in Palatine; sandbagging in GurneeApr 17, 2013 12:30 pm - Palatine running club holds memorial run for Boston Shoe and athletic gear reflectors shined on a dimly lit track in Palatine last night as about 30 people r...
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Suburban Comfort Dogs head to BostonApr 19, 2013 9:57 am - The golden retrievers hadn't even boarded the plane to Boston yet, and already requests were pouring in for visits from the K9 Comfort Dogs Ministry. One came from paren...
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‘You gotta wanna’ worked miraclesApr 17, 2013 5:00 am - ‘You gotta wanna’ worked miracles Bob Riek was my wrestling coach in 1964 at Maine East High School. His favorite saying was, “Son, you gotta wanna.” To a kid in ne...
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Schaumburg works on details for Meacham Road rampApr 19, 2013 9:57 am - Schaumburg trustees Tuesday discussed a proposed memorandum of understanding between the village and Illinois State Toll Highway Authority to turn the long-held dream of...
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Suburban marathoners: 'We keep running no matter what'Apr 19, 2013 9:57 am - Glen Ellyn Runners club member Lee Crumbaugh says he didn't think his training was very good, so he skipped what would have been his seventh Boston Marathon. But Crumbau...
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Editorial: Save money, drop state’s No. 2 postApr 17, 2013 5:00 am - Three years ago, when the job of lieutenant governor was vacant, 13 candidates ran for the post. Clearly, it must have important duties and some power attached to it, ri...
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Will 2015 really be the Cubs’ year?Apr 17, 2013 5:00 am - As a longtime Cubs fan I appreciated Barry Rozner’s March 31 column, “Familiar feelings dominate Opening Day.” Like many other prognosticators, he seems to feel 2015 mig...