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Should I rein in my talkative child?Nov 18, 2018 10:00 pm - Q. My son is almost 9 and loves to chat, with his friends mostly. He pronounced 99 percent of the words perfectly, including their context, since age 2. That tells me hi...
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'Hey, Alexa' contact Butterball's Turkey Talk-Line, Snoop Dogg, pies and pinotsNov 18, 2018 10:00 pm - This article has been updated to correct the dates Sonoma-Cutrer has been making pinot noir wines. Volunteers and the folks at Butterball have hosted its Turkey Tal...
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What is cryptocurrency and how does it work?Nov 18, 2018 10:00 pm - "How do people use cryptocurrency?" asked a young patron at Wauconda Area Library summer STEAM camp. Currency is used to purchase goods and services, such as how you use...
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Store hours, shopping tips for Black Friday in the Fox ValleyNov 18, 2018 10:00 pm - Whether you're a super early Black Friday shopper, or prefer to hit the sales right after you gobble down your Thanksgiving turkey, there will be stores open for you up ...
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Illinois 200: Illinois provides the setting for cinema favoritesNov 18, 2018 6:00 am - Maybe Illinois has produced so many cool movies because it offers such a vastly diverse spectrum of locations to tell highly visual stories. Or maybe our state has pumpe...
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How a 'flip house' in Batavia became a family homeNov 18, 2018 5:00 am - How fourth child's arrival changed Batavia couple's plans to flip historic Cigrand house
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Oil-based primers better than paint/primer combinationNov 18, 2018 5:00 am - Q. For outdoor paint jobs, I have always used an oil-based exterior primer and then a separate acrylic latex exterior paint with good results. This summer for the first ...
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Mother scared about daughter's high-risk hobbyNov 18, 2018 5:00 am - Q. My daughter was recently injured in a sky diving accident and had surgery on a vertebra in her back; she sky-dives for fun and has over 200 jumps and loves it. How do...
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Former city council member opens consignment shop in BataviaNov 18, 2018 5:00 am - Former Batavia city council member opens upscale consignment shop
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How IT can help you help clientsNov 18, 2018 12:00 am - If you're still running the Windows 7 operating system on your company computers, chances are you're going to be buying some new software - most likely Windows 10, assum...