All Stories from May 21, 2014 (Change date)
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'Aliens of sea' provide new insight into evolutionMay 21, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Exotic sea creatures called comb jellies may reshape how scientists view early evolution - as their genes suggest nature created more than one way to make a...
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More crews headed to northern Arizona wildfireMay 21, 2014 1:01 am - OAK CREEK CANYON, Ariz. - Hundreds of firefighters were pouring into northern Arizona on Wednesday to battle a wind-whipped wildfire burning in scenic Oak Creek Canyon n...
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Round Lake Area Exchange Club names May hometown heroMay 21, 2014 1:01 am - The Round Lake Area Exchange Club has named U.S. Army Capt. Trevor White as its May hometown hero. White is a Grayslake resident and 2005 graduate of Grayslake Central ...
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Mt. Prospect lodges protest vote over wagesMay 21, 2014 1:01 am - In what amounts to more of a symbolic protest than effective legislation, Mount Prospect trustees this week refused to adopt a state mandated ordinance requiring the vil...
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Disney's 'Frozen' to hit the ice at Allstate, United CenterMay 21, 2014 1:01 am - Disney's Academy Award-winning "Frozen" is getting an apt adaptation for the ice, one that will play Rosemont and Chicago in early 2015. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Tu...
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Baseball exhibit opens in AuroraMay 21, 2014 1:01 am - The summer exhibit at the Aurora Historical Society is a genuine slice of Americana. "Play Ball, Aurora!" traces the development of baseball and its later offshoots, fa...
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Baby wildlife usually should be left aloneMay 21, 2014 1:01 am - Spring is breeding season for most DuPage wildlife, and the staff and volunteers at Willowbrook Wildlife Center, the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County's native-w...
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China signs 30-year deal for Russian natural gasMay 21, 2014 1:01 am - SHANGHAI - China signed a landmark $400 billion deal Wednesday to buy natural gas from Russia, binding Moscow more closely to Beijing at a time when President Vladimir P...
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Editorial: Pay raises overdue for caregiversMay 21, 2014 1:01 am - Gregory Mathis is keeping an eye out for what Illinois' politicians do - or don't do - in the next couple of weeks as a May 31 deadline to make decisions on next year's ...
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Proposal could let schools skip black history, driver's edMay 21, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - Legislation allowing schools to opt out of teaching topics like driver's education and black history has received backing from an Illinois Senate committee...