All Stories from April 4, 2017 (Change date)
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Put a little spring in your hummus with roasted carrotsApr 04, 2017 6:00 am - Hummus generally contains five basic ingredients; chickpeas, tahini, lemon, garlic and olive oil. Once you have these ingredients combined, it is easy to add other herbs...
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River cruises open doors in Eastern EuropeApr 04, 2017 6:00 am - Ten of us sat around a kitchen table in a tidy home in eastern Croatia. Over cake and coffee, our hostess answered questions about life in villages still reeling from th...
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Hoffman Estates' new Pho Chopsticks brings authentic pho to the suburbsApr 04, 2017 6:00 am - When I walk into an ethnic restaurant and it's filled with happy diners of that particular ethnicity, I know I'm in the right place. One special sweet spot is Pho Chopst...
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'Thirteen Reasons Why' shows how adults can really mess up teen angstApr 04, 2017 6:00 am - Teenagers. All those baby gifts I bought, last week it seems, have led to a Facebook feed of old friends describing terror-stricken rides in passenger seats while their ...
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Mt. Prospect World War II vet honored with French awardApr 04, 2017 5:33 am - A Mount Prospect resident who fought in World War II received the French government's highest honor Monday for people who aren't French, joining a distinguished list tha...
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North Aurora brings back July fireworksApr 04, 2017 5:30 am - North Aurora will celebrate Independence Day with a riverside fireworks show July 3. The village board approved a contract Monday for $25,000 with Melrose Pyrotechnics I...
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Round Lake High part of state push to better prepare graduatesApr 04, 2017 5:30 am - Round Lake Area Unit District 116 will be part of a statewide pilot program reshaping high school graduation requirements to better prepare students for college and mean...
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St. Charles OKs budget with frozen property tax levyApr 04, 2017 5:30 am - If city budgets were climate science, St. Charles would be in an Ice Age when it comes to its property taxes. Aldermen approved a new city budget Monday night that commi...
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Arlington Heights picks temporary police headquartersApr 04, 2017 5:30 am - The Arlington Heights Police Department will be moving into a temporary headquarters as soon as May on the far north side of town while construction of a new $27.9 milli...
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Former Inverness man makes magic for 'Smurfs,' moviesApr 04, 2017 5:20 am - When Tom Bruno Jr. lived in Inverness, he and his friends would drive around the Northwest suburbs with a video camera and ask strangers to create public television prom...