All Stories from May 30, 2014 (Change date)
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Today's divorces can mean cake and eating it, tooMay 30, 2014 5:45 am - NEW YORK - Divorce, it seems, has turned into a party - special cakes and all. Event planners, bakers, lawyers and academics note the rise of "divorce parties" over the ...
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Countertops get creative, some as works of artMay 30, 2014 5:45 am - The concrete countertops in Eleanor Zuckerman's San Francisco kitchen are handcrafted works of art. Custom-designed by Fu-Tun Cheng of the Berkeley, California-based Che...
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Octoberfest without beer? Maybe in UtahMay 30, 2014 5:30 am - SALT LAKE CITY - What's an Octoberfest without beer? Utah residents may soon find out. The Utah liquor commission put Snowbird Ski Resort officials on notice this week t...
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Summer delivers no shortage of local music festsMay 30, 2014 5:30 am - At the crossroads of music and summer you get festivals, festivals and more festivals. Over the next couple months, Chicago and the suburbs offer a number of chances to ...
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Rolling Meadows chamber hands out awardsMay 30, 2014 5:30 am - The Rolling Meadows Chamber of Commerce handed out six awards Thursday night its 2014 Circle of Success Recognition Dinner. "We are proud to call Rolling Meadows home," ...
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Who else should play live-action Disney villains?May 30, 2014 5:30 am - Angelina Jolie joins a short, but intriguing, list of actresses who have become the living embodiments of Disney animated villains with today's theatrical release of “Ma...
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Theme parks opening new rides and slides in 2014May 30, 2014 5:30 am - ORLANDO, Fla. - Harry Potter's Diagon Alley in Orlando, the world's longest and fastest inverted roller coaster in Ohio and water parks in every corner of the United Sta...
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Dist. 87 considers scrapping class rankMay 30, 2014 5:30 am - A proposal to eliminate class rank from Glenbard High School District 87, beginning with the 2015 graduating class, is triggering an emotional debate. Instead of class r...
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Right at home: Decor inspired by creepy crawliesMay 30, 2014 5:15 am - Many would agree with naturalist David Attenborough that nature "is the greatest source of visual beauty." And that includes the creepy crawlies: From snakes' skins to t...
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We have ability to focus on more than one issueMay 30, 2014 5:01 am - Cokie Roberts and her husband wrote a column that appeared in the Herald on May 13 claiming that the Republicans were exploiting the deaths of four Americans by keeping ...