All Stories from August 15, 2013 (Change date)
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Lewis University Airport gets $4.2M runway upgradeAug 15, 2013 6:00 am - Lewis University Airport, which is located south of Chicago, is moving into the final phase of a $4.2 million runway upgrade. The work will help accommodate larger aircr...
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Pension panel making progress, but no deal yetAug 15, 2013 6:00 am - Illinois lawmakers on a committee tasked with finding a solution to the state's pension problem say they're making progress. But they won't say when they expect to finis...
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Elgin: Businesses now turning to face the Fox RiverAug 15, 2013 6:00 am - Two remarkable things happened this summer in Elgin, both drawing on the beauty of the Fox River as a way to attract customers and make business. One, for the first time...
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Medicare trend is ominousAug 15, 2013 6:00 am - Wall Street Journal estimates near 10,000 physicians in the country currently refuse to accept Medicare patients in their practice. I wonder who will take care of their...
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Scammers trying to gain from health law confusionAug 15, 2013 6:00 am - A consumer protection group says scammers are trying to take advantage of confusion over the national health care law. Steve Bernas of the Better Business Bureau says id...
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Lima Lima, other acts ready to show off skills at lakefront extravaganzaAug 15, 2013 6:00 am - John Rippinger acknowledges the danger. He flies his T-34 within inches of his Lima Lima Flight Team's five other planes during air shows. And that's why they conduct e...
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Well-meaning 'Butler' doesn't do itAug 15, 2013 6:00 am - The Civil Rights Movement figures so prominently in "Lee Daniels' The Butler" that it practically becomes the star of this inspired - if less than inspiring - historical...
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'Prince Avalanche' a different kind of road pictureAug 15, 2013 6:00 am - Mini-review: 'Prince Avalanche' David Gordon Green's "Prince Avalanche" may be a Texas-set remake of the 2011 Icelandic drama "Either Way," but it bears the unmistakabl...
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Quinn OKs proposed teen tanning banAug 15, 2013 6:00 am - As a young woman, Donna Moncivaiz would go to tanning salons looking for that perfect summer glow. Now 51, Moncivaiz suffers from late-stage melanoma and says the cancer...
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Fixes small and large for a better bathroomAug 15, 2013 5:35 am - You want a better bathroom, but don’t want to put a drain on your finances? Worry not. This is one room in the house where little things mean a lot. On the other hand, i...