All Stories from October 4, 2015 (Change date)
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College residency rules sometimes force students to pay prohibitive costsOct 04, 2015 7:32 am - Housing and meal plans at many colleges and universities now cost more than tuition, and the dozens of colleges that require students to live in a campus dorm and eat in...
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Dundee-Crown students get hands-on experience in new business classOct 04, 2015 7:30 am - Students are getting real world experience in a new business class offered at Dundee-Crown High School in Carpentersville. Business INCubator, taught by teachers Nichol...
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Shrubs offer fall colorOct 04, 2015 7:20 am - There is no denying it. Kids are back in school, a new football season has begun, and the days are getting shorter. Fall is here. But the changing season doesn't mean th...
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'True fan' of 80+ years just misses Cubs' playoff seasonOct 04, 2015 7:20 am - George Spannenberg spent overlapping honeymoons with the two great loves of his life in 1945. Shortly after his Sept. 1 wedding, he put in a bid for World Series tickets...
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Honor Flight Chicago's last hurrah for World War II heroesOct 04, 2015 7:15 am - Most of the 85 World War II veterans gathered before dawn to embark on this Honor Flight Chicago adventure are in their 90s. They all have guardians assigned to help the...
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Tiny 1950s brick rambler gets a major makeoverOct 04, 2015 7:15 am - The 3,100-square-foot California contemporary house in Falls Church, Virginia, is ideal for Utpal and Kinjal Shah's tastes and needs. But that was hardly the case when t...
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Grammar Moses: Is it for us to say whether CEOs 'earn' $10M?Oct 04, 2015 7:15 am - Do you remember the Smith Barney TV ad from 1979 in which a very proper John Houseman says, "Good investments don't walk up, bite you on the bottom and say, 'We're here....
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Second season of 'The Affair' brings in different perspectivesOct 04, 2015 7:15 am - While an affair impacts two people most directly, others can have their own perspectives on it. That's the approach taken by Season 2 of "The Affair," the Showtime drama...
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Fidgeting might be good for your health, study suggestsOct 04, 2015 7:15 am - Good news, workplace fidgeters! A new study suggests that some healthy fidgeting throughout the day might be the key to surviving a sedentary life. Just don't go canceli...
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Inspired by Richard Pryor, 'Unspeakable' starts Chicago runOct 04, 2015 7:15 am - Disclaimers accompany most of the advertising for the new play “Unspeakable,” which begins a five-week engagement starting Tuesday at Chicago's Broadway Playhouse at Wat...