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Prairie Grove firm's dryers makes splash in car wash industryNov 07, 2018 12:00 am - If it weren't for a funeral home, Arthur Stephens probably wouldn't be where he is today. Stephens was operating a company that provided services and supplies for the ca...
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Feder: ABC 7 Chicago wins in Chicago election night ratingsNov 07, 2018 12:00 am - With Cheryl Burton anchoring election night coverage alongside Alan Krashesky for the first time on ABC 7 Chicago, the station again proved a decisive winner in the rati...
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Teen wins national Technology Award for STEM projectNov 06, 2018 10:00 pm - • Gabriella Lui, a 14-year-old student from Quest Academy, Palatine, won a top prize in the Broadcom MASTERS, a national STEM competition for middle school students, fou...
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Batavia woman, 79, marks 13 years volunteering at LivingWell Cancer Resource CenterNov 06, 2018 10:00 pm - Thirteen years ago, Mary DeKlyen would kill time on her volunteer shift at the LivingWell Cancer Resource Center by doing her crossword puzzles. In working at the front ...
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Why peppers are so hot - and why we eat them anywayNov 06, 2018 5:00 am - "Why do peppers burn your mouth?" asked a young Arlington Heights Memorial Library patron. Chili peppers produce capsaicin. When eaten it blooms from bite into burn. Tho...
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Prospect's Marching Knights place fifth in regional competitionNov 06, 2018 5:00 am - The haunting melody of the French ballad “La Vie en Rose,” written in a cafe along the Champs-Elysées in Paris more than 70 years ago, hardly sounds like the stuff of a...
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Sound check: Michael Glabicki brings roots rock to Hey NonnyNov 06, 2018 5:00 am - Roots rock with Michael Glabicki Rusted Root (“Send Me On My Way”) may be on a hiatus, but the band's frontman Michael Glabicki and guitarist Dirk Miller are on tou...
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Pritzker, Rauner raised $255 million. Here's what they could have spent that money on.Nov 06, 2018 4:30 am - Election Day is finally here. That means no more vile and insulting television commercials, no more unrelenting political robocalls, and no more unsightly clutter of cam...
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Divorced friends don't want to hear complaints about her husbandNov 06, 2018 1:00 am - Q. I have a close, small group of friends whom I have known for decades, and two of them are divorced, both more than five years ago. We have always shared things that b...
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Defense getting the job done as Batavia readies for quarterfinalsNov 06, 2018 12:00 am - When your high school football team has won all 11 of its games this season - 16 consecutive wins dating back to October of 2017 - chances are good some big-time players...