All Stories from November 8, 2013 (Change date)
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Time to fish or cut bait on tax reformNov 08, 2013 4:00 am - As Congress moves forward on budget negotiations, the word out of Washington is to expect nothing major: no grand bargain, just more stopgap, short-term fixes. Yet there...
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Breakfast plays unclear role in weight controlNov 08, 2013 4:00 am - Somewhere between “I never eat breakfast” and “Breakfast is my most important meal of the day” may lie the answer to shrinking waistlines. But a buffet of recent scienti...
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Stir it up: Italian, on the sideNov 08, 2013 4:00 am - You may walk in for the pasta, the fresh fish, the braised beef or even the pizza, but the thing that will likely stop you in your tracks in a restaurant in Italy will b...
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News, information shows explore JFK anniversaryNov 08, 2013 4:00 am - NEW YORK — “Don't let it be forgot,” goes the plaintive song from “Camelot.” It won't be, at least not on TV, where the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's a...
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Music notes: Get LBC quick fixNov 08, 2013 4:00 am - A new old sound The Deadstring Brothers, based in Nashville by way of Detroit, is a band that specializes in putting a new spin on classic rock 'n' roll sounds. Fro...
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Buffalo Grove names longtime Elgin fire official as deputy chiefNov 08, 2013 4:00 am - Buffalo Grove has hired a 35-year veteran of the fire service as its new deputy fire chief. Fire Chief Terry Vavra introduced William “Mike” Baker to the village board a...
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Make your personal online movie diaryNov 08, 2013 4:00 am - Your personal online movie diary Are you obsessed with movies? Are you obsessive about ranking and cataloging them? (Is that just me?) If your first two answers are...
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Botswana's Okavango Delta's got gameNov 08, 2013 4:00 am - OKAVANGO DELTA, Botswana — I'm jolted from sleep by a deep and rolling roar and what sounds like the slithering paws of a large cat trawling through my cabin. “Oh my Go...
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Jonathan Rhys Meyers takes a bite out of 'Dracula'Nov 08, 2013 4:00 am - LONDON — Sexy monsters are a bit of a specialty for Jonathan Rhys Meyers. In “The Tudors,” the Irish actor made King Henry VIII an attractive despot who dispatched wives...
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Huntley, Carpentersville Culver's honor veteransNov 08, 2013 4:00 am - If you've driven past either the Huntley or Carpentersville Culver's restaurants recently, you've seen all the flags. Although you might think the owners of those restau...