All Stories from October 5, 2013 (Change date)
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Winning wears well on Prate, WaucondaOct 05, 2013 9:00 am - Contrary to popular belief, all Ws are not pretty. So Michael Prate planned to swap his purple-and-gold Wauconda football helmet for a new one. On the second of his 2 mo...
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Apps, tech try to ease stressOct 05, 2013 8:51 am - Smartphones and tablets that enable us to stay constantly connected aren’t exactly synonymous with rest and relaxation. But a slew of new apps and online programs are tr...
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Hospital launches pediatric tech centerOct 05, 2013 8:48 am - WASHINGTON — Children’s National Medical Center in Washington and Cerner, a health care technology provider based in Kansas City, Mo., are each investing several million...
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Like the star, we try to light a lampOct 05, 2013 8:19 am - My intent with this sentence was to write a lead you never would forget. Truth be told, that’s been the intent with virtually every lead I’ve written in the past 30 or m...
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Odd news: Dog eats $500, skeleton in drive-thruOct 05, 2013 8:15 am - This week’s odd news column features a naked haunted house, legalized duck races and a man who got reimbursed after his dog chewed up five $100 bills. The video of the w...
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Google retools search engineOct 05, 2013 8:04 am - MENLO PARK, Calif. — Google has quietly retooled the closely guarded formula running its Internet search engine to give better answers to the increasingly complex questi...
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If Paea can’t go, Bears could be in big troubleOct 05, 2013 8:00 am - Bears defensive tackle Stephen Paea (toe) did not practice all week but said he expects to play Sunday against New Orleans, although that might be wishful thinking. He ...
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Round Lake Park transfer station hearing ends after 40 hoursOct 05, 2013 8:00 am - An important step in a proposal to build a garbage transfer station in Round Lake Park ended this week, although there still is time for interested parties to weigh in. ...
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Burlington father, son end years of hiding their dyslexiaOct 05, 2013 8:00 am - Scott Cork and his son Shawn know what it’s like to constantly hide feelings of inadequacy and shame. The Corks, who live in Burlington, struggled academically, unable ...
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Father of Prius sees long road to ditching gasOct 05, 2013 7:56 am - Toyota Chairman Takeshi Uchiyamada rode his pioneering work on the Prius hybrid to the top of the world’s biggest car company. But that doesn’t mean he is a zealot when ...