All Stories from May 14, 2013 (Change date)
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Min's life explored in new memoirMay 14, 2013 6:00 am - In the dedication of her latest book, “A Cooked Seed,” best-selling Chinese author Anchee Min thanks her daughter for “making (her) write this book.” One cannot help but...
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'Blood Dragon' a blast of pure '80s mayhemMay 14, 2013 6:00 am - Video games came of age in the 1980s, a decade that was also the heyday of cheesy Hollywood action movies. Thirty years later, you don't have to look hard to see the inf...
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Best bets: Characters welcome at Anime CentralMay 14, 2013 6:00 am - What characters! Anime Central 2013, the Midwest's largest convention for fans of Japanese animation and manga, returns for a weekend-long bash featuring autograph ...
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Check out what's on tap at suburban bars for Chicago Craft Beer WeekMay 14, 2013 6:00 am - Chicago Craft Beer Week launched four years ago as a way to celebrate all of the great breweries and beer-focused spots that the area has to offer. Since then it's conti...
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USDA: Corn plantings pick up, but still behindMay 14, 2013 6:00 am - U.S. farmers are making the most of break in the seemingly unceasing spring rains to plant corn, though the pace still remains well behind schedule, the latest federal f...
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Ill. to receive $12M in pharmaceutical settlementMay 14, 2013 6:00 am - Illinois is expected to receive more than $12 million in a settlement with a pharmaceutical company accused of selling diluted drugs. The state's Attorney General Lisa M...
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Cellar-dwelling baseball teams unacceptableMay 14, 2013 5:35 am - Both of our Chicago baseball teams are in last place, and that’s just unacceptable. The White Sox are last in almost every offensive category, and outside of lone all-s...
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Blueberry Pancakes & Bacon Whoopie PiesMay 14, 2013 5:35 am - Pancakes 1 stick (8 tablespoons) butter 1 cup sugar 4 egg yolks 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking powder ¼ teaspoon salt ½ cup fresh blueberries...
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Suburban man the standby star of 'Book of Mormon'May 14, 2013 5:15 am - Eight times a week, Rob Colletti goes down to the Bank of America Theatre in Chicago, warms up his vocals, sits in the dressing room while the hit musical "The Book of M...
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One-day hot-air balloon festival planned in GrayslakeMay 14, 2013 5:15 am - Grayslake expects to be full of hot air Aug. 24. That's when the village's first hot-air balloon festival is planned for Central Park. Grayslake Trustee Bruce Bassett c...