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Geneva restaurant to charge 25 cents for tap waterAug 22, 2018 11:00 pm - Stockholm's in Geneva to fundraise, bring conservation awareness for World Water Week
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Guard against anger in your griefAug 22, 2018 11:00 pm - There is a wonderful essay by Max Ehrmann, titled “Desiderata.” In it are many pieces of good advice including: “As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms ...
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DuPage County's Plain White T's aim for more vulnerable sound with new albumAug 22, 2018 11:00 am - The thing about being around for 21 years as a band is that evolution isn't only inevitable, it's necessary. And the thing about naming your new album “Parallel Univers...
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Fact-based 'Papillon' loaded with violence, short on emotional resonanceAug 22, 2018 11:00 am - “Papillon” - ★ ★ ½ “Papillon” packs all the basic elements you'd expect to find in a harsh foreign prison drama: a strong and resourceful hero, a sympathetic sidekick, b...
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Sound check: Jason Mraz is all about the wordplay at RaviniaAug 22, 2018 6:00 am - Mr. A-Z Jason Mraz, the erstwhile “curbside prophet,” didn't have to wait long for his rocket to come when his hit single “The Remedy (I Won't Worry)” took over airw...
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Donations pour in to replace musical instruments lost in Prospect Heights fireAug 22, 2018 6:00 am - Among the donations that poured in to help the Prospect Heights families displaced by a July 18 condominium fire was one unusual group of school supplies: musical instru...
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A vivid picture of class differences, immigrant experienceAug 22, 2018 1:00 am - The breakthrough Hollywood film about the Asian experience, told from an Asian perspective, featuring an Asian cast, could have been about the cruel exploitation of Chin...
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Feder: 'Great response' for Lisa Allen's new podcast from The MixAug 22, 2018 1:00 am - Lisa Allen, the popular midday personality on Hubbard Radio hot adult-contemporary WTMX 101.9-FM, is the latest to join the podcast parade, Robert Feder writes. Since Ju...
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Ace Computers finds success selling to niche groupsAug 22, 2018 1:00 am - John Samborski doesn't sell his products to everyone. And he's OK with that. The founder and CEO of Ace Computers in Elk Grove Village says his computers are designed sp...
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East Dundee meat raffle, picnic returns to Max Freeman Park Aug. 25Aug 21, 2018 11:00 pm - The East Dundee Fire Department is inching toward reviving its summer carnival. Firefighters will take a step to their goal on Saturday, Aug. 25, when they hold their an...