All Stories from August 20, 2015 (Change date)
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Violent CIA action thriller 'Ultra' nastyAug 20, 2015 6:15 am - Crass, shallow, nasty and ugly, "American Ultra" devolves from a promising graphic-novel-like start into a hard-R-rated bloodbath just cartoony enough to stave off bolti...
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Yoga keeps kids 'engaged, energized'Aug 20, 2015 6:00 am - “Wow, yoga is awesome and very, very fun,” said 8-year-old Kate O'Neill from Lake Zurich. That's right, 8 years old. If you think yoga is a bunch of adult women dressed ...
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Does watching a film cliffhanger help us understand the brain?Aug 20, 2015 6:00 am - The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency funds a lot of weird stuff, and in recent years more and more of it has been about the brain. Its signature work in this fi...
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Front porch is a hot commodity with new homeownersAug 20, 2015 6:00 am - For many homeowners, the porch is less of a design feature than it is a way of life. "I live on my screened porch. I built it as a present to myself for my 50th birthday...
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'Mistress' a glimpse into a crazy world of affection, animosityAug 20, 2015 5:45 am - Mini-review: 'Mistress America' The charm of Noah Baumbach's new comic drama "Mistress America" lies in its blissfully erratic tempo, its spontaneously fresh, machine-gu...
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Reel life: 'Mistress' cast-igates sexism, script ad-libsAug 20, 2015 5:45 am - Actress Greta Gerwig, most famous as the figurehead of the "mumblecore" film movement, has evolved into an actress-producer-writer hyphenate with filmmaker Noah Baumbach...
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Documents detail no evacuation plan before fatal Prairie Fest tent collapseAug 20, 2015 5:30 am - An emergency plan shows no specific procedures for evacuating crowds in the event of severe weather at Wood Dale's Prairie Fest, where a man was killed and 22 others wer...
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Breuder gets 3% raise even though he's on leaveAug 20, 2015 5:30 am - College of DuPage President Robert Breuder received a 3 percent raise last month even though he was on paid administrative leave, was banned from campus and had a majori...
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Grayslake hopes sales tax rebates will ignite fairgrounds developmentAug 20, 2015 5:30 am - Grayslake village board members have agreed that incentives such as sales tax rebates should be offered to help spur development at the former county fairgrounds. Villag...
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Barrington gets funding to shift Lake Zurich Road, not yet for Rt. 14 underpassAug 20, 2015 5:30 am - Funding has been found for a $2.2 million project to eliminate the dangerous intersection where Lake Zurich Road meets Northwest Highway near the Canadian National Railw...