All Stories from August 21, 2014 (Change date)
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World's fastest clapper hails from Arlington HeightsAug 21, 2014 5:30 am - Bryan Bednarek calls it his bad habit. He likes to clap, everywhere. In his car, his Arlington Heights home and even the secluded corners of his workplace: the public li...
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Gire: Don't 'Stay' for this disappointing filmAug 21, 2014 5:30 am - The moment Chloe Grace Moretz's voice-over narration dredges up the moldy philosophical chestnut, "Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans," you know t...
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Gire: 'Italy' good, but not as good as its predecessorAug 21, 2014 5:30 am - Mini review: "The Trip to Italy" If you loved Michael Winterbottom's highly improvised, 2010 comic travelogue "The Trip," you will probably like its sequel "The Trip to ...
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Gire: 'Possession' possesses underwhelming scaresAug 21, 2014 5:30 am - I have seen "The Possession of Michael King" so many times before - under other titles and with different casts - that it no longer possesses the power to shock me, amus...
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Gire: 'Are You Here' doesn't step up to the challengeAug 21, 2014 5:30 am - Mini review: "Are You Here" The only way that writer/director Matthew Weiner's anemic comic buddy movie could have been saved would be if co-stars Owen Wilson and Zach G...
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DuPage County forest director says he was forced outAug 21, 2014 5:15 am - The departing executive director of the DuPage County Forest Preserve District says it wasn't his decision to leave. Arnie Biondo says he was enjoying “every minute” of ...
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Hurrah for Chicago's winners on the fieldAug 21, 2014 5:01 am - I firmly believe that the Jackie Robinson West Little League team could beat the Chicago Cubs on any given day - and draw a bigger crowd. Dan Filipek Mount Prospect ...
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Traffic signal to be installed on Gregg's Parkway in Vernon HillsAug 21, 2014 5:01 am - Traffic is expected to flow more easily on the east end of Gregg's Parkway in Vernon Hills with the installation of a traffic signal at Lakeview Parkway. Though identifi...
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Contraception issue brings philosophical questionAug 21, 2014 5:01 am - Ms. Gringas' letter ("Health matters are between person, doctor," Aug. 14) touches on the old question: Which came first, the chicken or the egg? A fertilized egg is not...
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Scandals hiding in plain sightAug 21, 2014 5:01 am - The laboratories of democracy are blowing up. A rash of relatively convoluted, thoroughly unsexy political scandals involving governors is moving through the country. So...