All Stories from April 10, 2014 (Change date)
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Dist. 200 approves purchase of print, digital textbooksApr 10, 2014 5:30 am - Despite recent talk of possibly replacing outdated textbooks with digital devices, the Wheaton Warrenville District 200 board of education approved the purchase of 1,025...
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Are you ready for 16 hours of Sci-Fi Marathon?Apr 10, 2014 5:30 am - Film critic's notebook • The After Hours Film Society presents Clio Barnard's “The Selfish Giant” at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 14, at the Tivoli Theatre, 5021 Highlan...
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Will Tiger ever be as beloved as golf's Big Three?Apr 10, 2014 5:30 am - The snapshots never get old even if the subjects have. Arnold Palmer (84 years of age), Gary Player (78) and Jack Nicklaus (74) played Wednesday in the Masters Par-3 Tou...
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Elgin to spend nearly $500,000 on police vehiclesApr 10, 2014 5:30 am - The Elgin City Council unanimously voted Wednesday night to spend nearly half a million dollars to buy 14 new public safety vehicles. The $498,759 expense comes from pub...
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'Draft Day' sacked by fumbled direction, dumbed-down dialogueApr 10, 2014 5:30 am - We suspect there will be something more to Cleveland Browns general manager Sonny Weaver than initially meets our eyes. Look carefully at his office and you'll see a lar...
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Look at the benefits of e-cigarettesApr 10, 2014 5:01 am - Electronic cigarettes contain no tobacco, nor do they emit smoke. The most popular e-cigarettes, also called "personal vaporizers," used today don't even look like tradi...
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A broken system en route to failureApr 10, 2014 5:01 am - In 1965, the chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, Wilbur Mills, brought legislation establishing Medicare and Medicaid to the floor of the U.S. House. That...
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Red-light cameras are there for revenueApr 10, 2014 5:01 am - To provide added safety, or to raise money for a municipality? There is a gross miscarriage of justice by certain local governments on these red-light violation laws as ...
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Editorial: School using controversy as a teaching momentApr 10, 2014 5:00 am - Little good can ever be expected to come of a sexting scandal at a middle school. But if one occurs, it requires delicate handling - as officials at Barrington Middle Sc...
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Dawn Patrol: The other James Eaton (not charged); 2 portraits of man police killedApr 10, 2014 5:00 am - Classmate of murder suspect wants to end confusion about names Jimmy E. Eaton, a Palatine native who now lives in Utah, said his Facebook page “has blown up” this w...