All Stories from May 8, 2020 (Change date)
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'Spaceship Earth' affectionately documents Biosphere II, an out-of-this-world experimentMay 08, 2020 6:00 am - During lockdown, have you taken a moment to appreciate that at least you're not quarantined with eight freethinking adventurers in a terrarium of depleting oxygen levels...
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Widescreen: Andrew Lloyd Webber's free videos became my pandemic soundtrackMay 08, 2020 6:00 am - "Night time sharpens / Heightens each sensation" - "The Music of the Night," from Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera" • • • "School days, school days / Dear...
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Concerts from your couch: Moon Landing's Orbit fest, Sleep On It, Noah GabrielMay 08, 2020 6:00 am - Looking for livestream concerts? • Every day just in time for lunch break, Chicago's Metro posts a classic concert from the venue on its Facebook page (facebook.com/Met...
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Ron Onesti: Another year older, another year lovin' my music!May 08, 2020 6:00 am - Well today, May 8, is my birthday. I was born in 1962 so you do the math … it's a bit painful for me! I know some of you reading this are thinking: "Oh, you're still a b...
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You can't go to Swedish Days, but you can read 'The Swedish Days Swindle'May 08, 2020 5:57 am - Having the Swedish Days festival in Geneva canceled because of coronavirus was a tough blow to area residents who look forward to that major summer event. The Fox Valley...
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Kane County courts embrace video technology to move cases forward in COVID eraMay 08, 2020 5:30 am - Today will be a first for Kane County courts: A defendant is expected to plead guilty to a felony charge during a proceeding held via Zoom and accessible to the public t...
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'Dynamic pricing' means higher fees at some golf coursesMay 08, 2020 5:30 am - Golfers have been flocking back to suburban courses after they were allowed to reopen last week, which means rates have nearly doubled in some places that operate with “...
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Cops & Crime: Marni Yang interview on '20/20'; suburbanite fights to get a coyote backMay 08, 2020 5:30 am - A suburban woman's legal fight to win back the last of four coyotes seized from her property last year suffered a setback when a state appeals court last Friday refused ...
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'Solemn but glorious hour': How Wheaton museum is marking the end of WWII in Europe 75 years agoMay 08, 2020 5:30 am - The images are some of the most uplifting in history, scenes of masses of humanity celebrating from Paris to New York to Chicago. Crowds swarmed streets upon news of the...
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A song to make you smile: 'Some Kind of Wonderful'May 08, 2020 5:08 am - We're trying to inject a little positivity in the paper (and on dailyherald.com) with a daily "Song to Make You Smile." It's designed to help lift you out of your corona...