All Stories from May 12, 2014 (Change date)
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Grand Victoria Foundation honors Jack Shales with $25,000 gift to United Way of ElginMay 12, 2014 11:00 pm - As United Way of Elgin's 2013-2014 annual campaign hits the home stretch, the Grand Victoria Foundation has announced a $25,000 gift to commemorate Jack Shales, who is c...
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Alec Baldwin arrested in NYC after bike flapMay 12, 2014 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Actor Alec Baldwin was arrested and issued two summonses after allegedly acting belligerently toward two officers who had stopped him for riding his bicycle t...
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Become a 4-H Citizen Scientist, help improve the local environmentMay 12, 2014 11:00 pm - Each time they recite the 4-H pledge, 4-H members promise to use their "hands to larger service." Now, Illinois 4-H members are taking that pledge to a new level as the...
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Direct Steel and Construction receives national awardMay 12, 2014 11:00 pm - MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 12, 2014 - A structure built by Direct Steel and Construction of Crystal Lake has been honored by Varco Pruden Buildings, one of the nation's largest...
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'Buyer & Cellar' serves up delicious imagined Streisand dishMay 12, 2014 11:00 pm - What is truth and what is conjecture is delineated right upfront in Jonathan Tolins' hilarious 2013 one-man comedy "Buyer & Cellar," now on tour at Chicago's Broadway Pl...
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Getting in touch with forgotten kitchen skillsMay 12, 2014 12:30 pm - Processed and convenience foods and shortcut cooking methods have become so entrenched in our culinary culture, it's easy to forget just how much we have forgotten about...
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Dolly Parton delivers best album in yearsMay 12, 2014 12:15 pm - Dolly Parton, “Blue Smoke” (Sony Masterworks) Dolly Parton, at age 68, creates her best album in more than a dozen years by returning to the bluegrass-flavored sou...
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John Slattery makes directorial debut with 'God's Pocket'May 12, 2014 5:45 am - NEW YORK — As the final season of “Mad Men” winds down, John Slattery has traded 1960s Madison Avenue for late 1970s Philadelphia. In “God's Pocket,” the actor best know...
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Your Health: Yep, work email at home = stressMay 12, 2014 5:45 am - Do you check your work email at home? Using your phones and tablet to access your work email outside office hours can dramatically increase your stress levels, rese...
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Musical theater workshop becomes a Broadway engineMay 12, 2014 5:30 am - NEW YORK - In a room in a lower Manhattan skyscraper, a musical is being born, song by song. Standing at a piano is an up-and-coming songwriting team, presenting a new ...