All Stories from February 14, 2014 (Change date)
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10 last-minute ideas to keep you out of the Valentine's Day doghouseFeb 14, 2014 4:30 am - If you're the type who made your Valentine's Day dinner reservations a month ago and snagged tickets to your sweetie's favorite show, good for you. If not, well, we're h...
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TimeLine's 'How and the Why' examines two women of scienceFeb 14, 2014 4:30 am - Sarah Treem's premise for “The How and the Why,” now making its Chicago debut via TimeLine Theatre Company, sounds dry on the surface. It's about two female biologists o...
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District 95 debates tax zone requestFeb 14, 2014 4:30 am - Lake Zurich Unit District 95 officials are mulling whether to support village government's request to extend the life of a special taxing zone that was enacted to ignite...
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New paint recycling plan lacks gloss for Kane officialsFeb 14, 2014 4:30 am - A new plan to improve the recycling of paint products in Illinois has the potential to be a Picasso of waste reduction, according to some Kane County officials. But when...
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Plot thickens for 'House of Cards,' Kate MaraFeb 14, 2014 4:30 am - Everything that sounds surreal about Kate Mara's life seems perfectly normal to her. Frequently attending the Super Bowl? Not that out of the ordinary: Her family tree i...
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Not all escapist fare is for kidsFeb 14, 2014 4:30 am - Thanks to Harry Potter, "Lord of the Rings" and Hollywood's insistence that no big-budget movie be rated R, imaginative fantasy and sci-fi films have become synonymous w...
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Decades-old letters a gift from now-deceased wifeFeb 14, 2014 4:15 am - Still strong, their love was just different by the end. Confused and unable to speak in sentences, 62-year-old Mary “Maggie” Depcik, dying in the family's Buffalo Grove ...
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Funding options for 53 extension still elusiveFeb 14, 2014 4:15 am - Would private companies and developers help pay to extend Route 53 north into Lake County through a special taxing district? That's one solution to overcoming a cash sho...
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Responding to minimum wage proposalsFeb 14, 2014 4:01 am - Faced with an electorate that's soured on the health care law, Democrats have settled on a plan to boost their 2014 prospects: an aggressive push to raise the minimum wa...
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IDNR official resigns after fishing on sick leaveFeb 14, 2014 4:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - A top administrator at the Illinois Department of Natural Resources said Friday he was forced to resign last week because of his doctor-ordered participati...