All Stories from September 9, 2013 (Change date)
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Your health: Allergy app for kidsSep 09, 2013 6:27 am - Allergy app Being the only kid in class with an allergy can feel incredibly lonely. A smartphone and tablet app offers help by introducing such kids to virtual frie...
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For Lyn Scolaro's students, the classroom is only the beginningSep 09, 2013 6:00 am - In Lyn Scolaro's classroom, learning a new language is about more than vocabulary words and conjugating verbs. It's a doorway to a new culture, a way to open minds and h...
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Fire truck is rolling tribute to brave first respondersSep 09, 2013 6:00 am - Sept. 11, 2001, was one of our great nation's darkest hours. But stories of heroic men and women rose through the smoky chaos, heartache and confusion. The Remembrance R...
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Novel vaccine fights Type 1 diabetes by stopping immune attackSep 09, 2013 6:00 am - NEW YORK — An experimental vaccine designed to tamp down the abnormal immune response that causes Type 1 diabetes helped preserve patients’ insulin-producing cells in a ...
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Memory decline may be earliest sign of dementiaSep 09, 2013 6:00 am - BOSTON — Memory problems that are often dismissed as a normal part of aging may not be so harmless after all. Noticing you have had a decline beyond the occasional mispl...
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New ‘Unforgiven’ honors great filmmaking, says actor Ken WatanabeSep 09, 2013 5:48 am - Associated Press TOKYO — The Japanese remake of Clint Eastwood’s “Unforgiven” isn’t a mere cross-cultural adaptation but more a tribute to the universal spirit of great ...
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Arsenio Hall fulfills his dream with late-night returnSep 09, 2013 5:43 am - LOS ANGELES — Did fate decree that Arsenio Hall would return to late night after two decades’ absence? If so, he’s answering that comeback call at 10 p.m. Monday, Sept. ...
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Test-tube babies: A simpler, cheaper technique?Sep 09, 2013 5:39 am - LONDON — Since the first test-tube baby was born more than three decades ago, in vitro fertilization has evolved into a highly sophisticated lab procedure. Now, scientis...
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Mundelein sausage maker brings Ukrainian flavor to AmericansSep 09, 2013 5:30 am - When Alec Mikhaylov emigrated from Ukraine to the United States in 1992, he settled in Chicago and then later Arlington Heights and then Vernon Hills to be near family m...
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How a Roselle family got a $10,000 bill from tollwaySep 09, 2013 5:30 am - This week, it's another column about problems at Metra. Kidding! Instead, we're focusing on your questions about a “Kafkaesque” dispute with the Illinois tollway, messed...