All Stories from August 4, 2013 (Change date)
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Safe Guatemala visit requires careful planningAug 04, 2013 6:00 am - ANTIGUA, Guatemala — Everyone told me not to go. Even a friend who lived in Guatemala for six months advised me against going. I planned the trip and canceled it twice...
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Wheaton photographer ‘peaks’ with mountain goat photoAug 04, 2013 6:00 am - Seth Gasick is studying accounting and finance at Taylor University in Indiana, but the 20-year-old Wheaton man occasionally likes to leave the number-crunching behind a...
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Tall Ships festival sailing into Navy PierAug 04, 2013 6:00 am - Whether you're a nautical nut or just like to admire beautiful boats, Tall Ships Chicago will once again be docking at Navy Pier. During the five-day event, Wednesday t...
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Sunday picks: It's Suburban Chicago's Got Talent timeAug 04, 2013 6:00 am - Suburban Chicago's Got Talent See the top 10 finalists and vote for your favorites in the next round of Suburban Chicago's Got Talent on Sunday at the Metropolis P...
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On the road: Sweet on corn festivalAug 04, 2013 5:52 am - Chicago Celebrate Serbia Grab some krofne and cevapcici and you’ll be ready to spin to Serbian sounds at Serb Fest. In addition to music and dancing throughout the day ...
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A-Rod brings baseball’s circus to ChicagoAug 04, 2013 5:37 am - The Bronx Zoo becomes the South Side Circus on Monday night with the Yankees in town for a three-game series against the White Sox. USA Today reported that Alex Rodrigue...
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Book notesAug 04, 2013 5:30 am - Ÿ Ben Winters reads from and signs copies of his book “Countdown City: The Last Policeman Book II” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6, at Anderson’s Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Av...
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Skip a tip and you might pay for it laterAug 04, 2013 5:12 am - Last week, I was talking to a French hotelier who was remembering the good-old days. He was lamenting on the 1960s when his hotel staff worked for wages not tips. But mo...
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Editorial: Roskam, Schakowsky and Congressional travelAug 04, 2013 5:00 am - In one of the more innocuous trips Rep. Jan Schakowsky of Evanston took in the past six years, Comedy Central paid $480 to fly her to New York on June 4, 2007. What did ...
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Will GOP faction rescue fading Obamacare?Aug 04, 2013 5:00 am - At its birth, the Affordable Care Act already seems gray, wheezing and gouty. For all its expressions of confidence, the Obama administration has been unable to implemen...