All Stories from November 21, 2018 (Change date)
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Cracks show in China's vision for model ethnic unity villageNov 21, 2018 6:00 am - HOTAN UNITY NEW VILLAGE, China (AP) - In this corner of China's far west, rows of identical white concrete houses with red metal roofs rise abruptly above the sand dunes...
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'Community trees' on display at Cantigny's McCormick HouseNov 21, 2018 5:00 am - The Robert R. McCormick House at Cantigny Park is playing host to a holiday attraction honoring the colonel's philanthropic legacy. Continuing through Dec. 30, McCormi...
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ChallahNov 21, 2018 5:00 am - 3 ¼ cups (16¼ ounces) all-purpose flour 2 ¼ teaspoons instant or rapid-rise yeast 1 ¼ teaspoons salt ½ cup (4 ounces) water, room temperature ¼ cup (1 ¾ ounces) vegetabl...
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Looking for Santa? Here's where you can find him in the suburbsNov 21, 2018 5:00 am - Even though Santa is getting ready for Christmas Eve, he seems to be just about everywhere nowadays. How? We don't know. But every year, Santa works his magic and offers...
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Best bets: Wonderland Express pulls into the Chicago Botanic GardenNov 21, 2018 5:00 am - Holiday trains Marvel at festive displays of miniature trains and Chicago-area landmarks when the Wonderland Express returns to the Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake-Coo...
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Movie review: Willem Dafoe an impassioned van Gogh in 'At Eternity's Gate'Nov 21, 2018 5:00 am - “At Eternity's Gate” - ★ ★ ★ Julian Schnabel's fascinating and at times frustrating new drama about Vincent van Gogh, “At Eternity's Gate,” exists, as its title su...
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Quest Academy eighth-graders publish book with local author's helpNov 21, 2018 5:00 am - Earlier this month, author Cynthea Liu appeared at Quest Academy in Palatine for a book signing, but she wasn't the writer of this book. Turns out, the eighth-grade stud...
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U-46 adopts new senior-year math courses to help students in collegeNov 21, 2018 4:36 am - Elgin Area School District U-46 has adopted three new high school transitional mathematics courses aimed at bridging the gap for students who often opt out of math in th...
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Will Illinois start charging electric car owners a road fee?Nov 21, 2018 4:33 am - Illinois is one of 30 states that do not charge owners of electric and hybrid cars an annual fee to make up for lost motor fuel taxes, but that could change. "If you're ...
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'I'll do it as long as I'm able,' says Elgin veteran who's hosted sailors for Thanksgiving since 1973Nov 21, 2018 4:30 am - It's been more than 50 years since Archangel "Arky" Mastrangelo served in the Navy, but that time in uniform is never far from the Elgin resident's thoughts. That's espe...