All Stories from November 5, 2015 (Change date)
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Writers' 'Marjorie Prime' explores questions of memory, identityNov 05, 2015 5:00 am - How would you prefer your memories? Raw, messy, unpleasant, imperfect? Or tidy and neatly embellished, with all the rough edges smoothed out? Those are among the questi...
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Did Kane coroner break law with credit card use?Nov 05, 2015 4:30 am - There is growing agreement among Kane County Board members that Coroner Rob Russell's use of a county-issued credit card to pay for office promotional items was “imprope...
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Lester: How an Arlington Heights shoe repairman juggles cancer, IronmansNov 05, 2015 4:30 am - Fighting leukemia is an all-encompassing endeavor. So is training for an Ironman race. Imagine doing both at the same time. Running (sometimes literally) around the stat...
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'Smile Back' tracks powerful story of life on the edgeNov 05, 2015 4:30 am - What Adam Salky's "I Smile Back" lacks in insight and understanding about addiction, depression and self-destructive attitudes is partially compensated for by comedian S...
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Why 'it's easy to get caught up' in new Glen Ellyn history bookNov 05, 2015 4:17 am - Dan Anderson gets a mischievous twinkle in his eye talking about an idea to memorialize Emily Rieck in Glen Ellyn. She's the German native and elegant dresser better kno...
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Sleepy Hollow residents debate proposed cell towerNov 05, 2015 4:10 am - In the 55 years Rich English has lived in Sleepy Hollow, the village has maintained a rural, rustic atmosphere. Residents haven't been allowed to put up fences or sheds...
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Dist. 211 officials back a 'flat' property tax levyNov 05, 2015 4:05 am - Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 administrators next week will recommend the school board set a 2015 property tax levy of $216.2 million - the same amount as...
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Elgin leaders consider loan program for social service agenciesNov 05, 2015 4:01 am - Elgin city officials are pushing an emergency loan program to help social services agencies in dire need of funding due to the state's budget crisis. "The last two years...
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Dawn Patrol: How Gliniewicz's lie was exposed; search on for Elgin bank robberNov 05, 2015 4:00 am - How investigators determined Gliniewicz killed himself In the beginning, it was the unthinkable. So implausible, in fact, that it would be weeks before the Lake Cou...
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Pay attention to what you learn datingNov 05, 2015 4:00 am - Q. I'm in an almost one-year relationship. While there are many wonderful aspects of our relationship and of him, I wonder about the long term. It took me a little while...