All Stories from May 17, 2013 (Change date)
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CERT fundraiser:May 17, 2013 4:41 pm - The Community Emergency Response Team of South Lake County, which serves Hawthorn Woods, Kildeer, Lake Zurich, Long Grove and Ela Township, hosts its 6th Annual All-U-Ca...
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Record Powerball jackpot inspires office poolsMay 17, 2013 4:39 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa — In workplaces across the nation, Americans are inviting their colleagues to chip in $2 for a Powerball ticket and a shared daydream. The office lotter...
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Volunteers sought for planting:May 17, 2013 4:35 pm - Volunteers are needed from 9 a.m. to noon Friday, May 30 in Grosse Pointe Park, 900 Grosse Pointe Boulevard, Vernon Hills, to take part in a community planting project. ...
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Elgin Tower Building could be sold, overhauledMay 17, 2013 4:29 pm - The iconic downtown Elgin Tower Building might be purchased by a Wisconsin-based company that would do a complete overhaul, city officials said. The Stickling Foundation...
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Acts jumping in for Suburban Chicago’s Got TalentMay 17, 2013 4:25 pm - More than 30 acts have already signed up to audition for the second Suburban Chicago’s Got Talent, a summer-long competition presented by the Daily Herald, produced by t...
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Flood won’t stop Centennial Beach from opening on timeMay 17, 2013 4:25 pm - Naperville’s Centennial Beach will open right on time this spring, despite last month’s severe flooding that caused the DuPage River to overflow into the property along ...
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Waubonsie students work to restore prairieMay 17, 2013 4:22 pm - Sometimes science labs are in windowless rooms with microscopes and laptops and test tubes and all that other stuff you see on “CSI.” And sometimes labs are outside, whe...
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Navy pilot earns degree in combat zoneMay 17, 2013 4:17 pm - SAN DIEGO — Finals week was dangerous for Thomas Saenz. The Navy lieutenant needed armed guards and an armored car to get to an exam site, in Kabul, Afghanistan. A deadl...
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Marijuana needed as a painkillerMay 17, 2013 4:08 pm - I remember meeting a woman on a cane who had multiple sclerosis, 5-foot-6, barely weighing 100 pounds with her bones distinctively visible through her skin. She told me ...
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Medical marijuana a step backwardMay 17, 2013 4:08 pm - On April 17, the Illinois House passed HB 1, often referred to as “medical marijuana” legislation, 61-57. On Friday, the state Senate followed suit with a 35-21 vote, an...