All Stories from March 23, 2019 (Change date)
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River cruising: American Duchess paddle wheeler departs from old-fashioned steamboat decorMar 26, 2019 6:22 am - On first sight, the American Duchess charmed me with her white, wedding-cake exterior adorned with gingerbread trim. The big, red paddle wheel on the back paid tribute t...
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Pediatricians: Measles vaccine is safe and effectiveMar 27, 2019 6:27 am - The message from pediatric health care professionals is a simple one. Get your children immunized. With five cases of measles in Illinois and outbreaks in other parts o...
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Book review: Harlan Coben's 'Run Away' has an array of emotionsMar 26, 2019 6:13 am - "Run Away" by Harlan Coben, Grand Central Publishing, 384 pages Simon works on Wall Street, and his wife, Ingrid, is a successful doctor. They had a wond...
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'Catastrophe,' peak TV's finest love story, drifts away as beautifully as it beganMar 27, 2019 6:22 am - Spoiler alert: This review discusses plot points in the final season of Amazon Prime's "Catastrophe." We've come to the end of Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney's exceptiona...
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Weekend picks: Comedian Rachel Feinstein plays Schaumburg's ImprovMar 24, 2019 5:28 pm - Raucous Rachel Comedian Rachel Feinstein ("Crashing," "Inside Amy Schumer") returns to perform a series of standup shows starting Thursday at the Improv Comedy Show...
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From closets to cooktops, tech aims to bring efficiency homeMar 25, 2019 6:30 am - LAS VEGAS — Closets that freshen clothes, cooktops that won't let pots boil over, faucets told to dispense just enough water to fill the coffee maker. Wherever one looke...
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Antetokounmpo scores 27, Bucks beat Heat 116-87Mar 22, 2019 11:30 pm - MILWAUKEE (AP) - Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks won the game. Dwyane Wade countered with a classy move as the Miami Heat trudged off the court. Antetokoun...
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Pompeo tours Lebanese historical sites in ancient cityMar 23, 2019 3:01 pm - BYBLOS, Lebanon (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his wife Susan spent much of the second and last day of their visit to Lebanon touring historical churches...
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EXCHANGE: SIUC looks back at 150 years with birthday bookMar 22, 2019 1:05 pm - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - John Jackson never set out to be a historian of SIU Carbondale. He arrived at SIUC in 1969, the year the university turned 100, as a newly minted...
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Protests held in Pittsburgh after cop cleared in shootingMar 23, 2019 8:01 pm - PITTSBURGH (AP) - The father of a slain black teenager pleaded for peace Saturday after the acquittal of a white police officer triggered an apparent retaliatory shootin...