All Stories from December 25, 2013 (Change date)
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‘Healing tree’ helps Elburn family deal with mom’s cancerDec 25, 2013 4:31 am - The Christmas tree at Karen and Bill Beith’s home in Elburn has been up since December 2012 — and it’s not coming down anytime soon. Karen, a social worker, left the tre...
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Dawn Patrol: Payday store robbed; baby-sitter charged with hurting infantDec 25, 2013 4:30 am - Volunteerism abounds in suburbs for Christmas Eve Hundreds of suburbanites gathered at three of Feed My Starving Children’s local outlets to assemble food packages ...
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Secret bunker under Prague hotel opens to publicDec 25, 2013 4:30 am - PRAGUE — One thing was for sure when foreigners stayed at a prestigious Prague hotel during the Cold War era — their telephone conversations were carefully monitored by ...
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Ancient Stonehenge gets modern-day revampDec 25, 2013 4:30 am - STONEHENGE, England — After thousands of years, Stonehenge has had a makeover. But visitors may initially feel something is missing: the prehistoric monument itself. Tou...
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Editorial: Remember, it is also blessed to receiveDec 25, 2013 4:00 am - On this page and others, we write plenty about good deeds in the suburbs. This is especially true during the holidays, when people’s thoughts naturally turn to giving to...
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Observing advent with the homeless boysDec 25, 2013 4:00 am - Night after night, Jesse and Kelly Cone led their children through some of the most familiar verses in all of Christianity. The goal was to use the quiet pre-Christmas s...
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Our Tom Lynch Christmas card to you: Joy and peaceDec 25, 2013 4:00 am - Suburban watercolor scenes by acclaimed Naperville artist Tom Lynch have graced the Christmas Day front page of the Daily Herald since at least 1992. This year's peacefu...
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Losing today for the unknownDec 25, 2013 4:00 am - I find comfort and inspiration in music — all kinds of music. So when I see how obsessed the media have become with the 2016 U.S. presidential election — barely a year a...
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Find common ground in different scripturesDec 25, 2013 4:00 am - As an Ahmadi Muslim, I revere and love Jesus just as my Christian brothers and sisters do. This is because the Quran states, “Oh Mary, God gives thee glad tidings of a w...
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IDOT work must go on, despite weatherDec 25, 2013 3:35 am - It was a bitterly cold Christmas Eve day, but the Illinois Department of Transportation needs fuel to run its operation, no matter the weather. Rob Szymkowski, with Burk...