All Stories from September 23, 2013 (Change date)
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CBS’ ‘Mom’ not a fuzzy family comedySep 23, 2013 6:00 am - The new CBS comedy “Mom” will bring back some family memories — if your family life included mom cooking meth or searching for cocaine in the shag carpet. It debuts at 8...
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An American family, disillusioned with AmericaSep 23, 2013 6:00 am - Jonathan Lethem’s latest novel, “Dissident Gardens,” is a tour de force, a brilliant, satirical journey through America’s dissident history from 1930s-era communism ...
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Linda Ronstadt confronts Parkinson’s diseaseSep 23, 2013 6:00 am - NEW YORK — These days, it’s hard for Linda Ronstadt to get around without her forearm crutches. The debilitating effects of Parkinson’s disease require her to relax for ...
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Owner not afraid to put miles on 1967 Pontiac GTOSep 23, 2013 6:00 am - Jeff Hill isn’t afraid to run up the miles on his four-wheeled machines. Whether decades ago or driving the valuable classic now parked in his driveway, he gets no great...
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Are NFL fans addicted or numb to the violence?Sep 23, 2013 5:37 am - What a sport this brutal game of football is, and what a bunch of barbaric fans we are. I don’t know about you but it never becomes easier for me to watch a monster of a...
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O'Hare's newest runway will mean big changesSep 23, 2013 5:30 am - Sure, the official name is “runway 10 Center/28 Center,” but I'll always think of it as the St. Johannes Cemetery runway and recall the fight between Chicago and Bensenv...
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Hitting to all fields as season winds downSep 23, 2013 5:30 am - Some general baseball observations as we hit the final week of the regular season. I begin by lamenting the impending retirements of Mariano Rivera, the greatest relief ...
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Strangers' kindness helps sisters rebuild livesSep 23, 2013 5:30 am - Des Plaines girls on own after mother murdered
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Focus of 2014 Illinois campaign shifts to RepublicansSep 23, 2013 5:30 am - SPRINGFIELD — The drama in the 2014 campaign for Illinois' statewide offices shifted substantially after the withdrawal of former White House chief of staff Bill Daley f...
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Budget, superintendent search on Dist. 204 agendaSep 23, 2013 5:30 am - When Indian Prairie Unit District 204 board members leave their meeting tonight, they expect to have a 2014 budget approved and a superintendent search firm chosen. The ...