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Landmark or eyesore? The challenges of historic preservation commissionsMay 15, 2018 11:00 pm - Without historic preservation commissions, it's hard to say exactly what would become of historic buildings, roadways or parks. It's never an easy task to educate everyo...
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Former owner to explore history of gas stations in Fox ValleyMay 15, 2018 11:00 pm - Sometimes stories start one way and travel to an entirely different end. Archie Bentz, Jr. got a call from city of Batavia personnel asking for a bio on his dad, the lat...
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Slow-Cooked Pork Roast is just the beginningMay 15, 2018 11:00 pm - Slowly cooking a big hunk of tough, inexpensive meat isn't just the best way to cook this cut of meat. It's really the only way. Most tough cuts of meat come from the ha...
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A healthy life Bloomingdale's NOW Foods marks 50 years of producing natural productsMay 15, 2018 2:00 pm - When Dan Richard's late father, Elwood, started NOW Foods five decades ago, health food and nutritional supplements were in their infancy. The family has grown the comp...
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Rolling Meadows teen lands bowling scholarship to VanderbiltMay 15, 2018 1:00 pm - At a spring signing day held last month at St. Viator High School for seniors to formally commit to pursuing their sport in college, Angelique Dalesandro of Rolling Mead...
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Sound check: Shania Twain makes tour stop Saturday at United CenterMay 15, 2018 6:00 am - Still the one The Grammy Award-winning country pop icon Shania Twain comes to town for a tour stop at Chicago's United Center. Don't miss her “NOW Tour,” supporting the ...
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Constable: Ex-Glenview resident sees for himself: Royals nothing like KardashiansMay 15, 2018 5:39 am - Former Glenview resident Fred Weintraub used to think of the British royal family as just another shallow celebrity household that happens to occupy a castle that dates ...
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Of agents and hostages and a dream of eternal awesomenessMay 15, 2018 5:00 am - WASHINGTON - There he was, the president of the United States, greeting the three American hostages who had just stepped back on U.S. soil after being released by North ...
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Nicaragua is trouble on our doorstepMay 15, 2018 5:00 am - WASHINGTON - When I covered the Nicaraguan revolution in 1979, I spent many days that summer after the fighting was over chatting casually with Daniel Ortega and the res...
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Gutty effort puts Northwestern women in NCAA golf spotlight againMay 15, 2018 1:01 am - Last year the Northwestern women's team, with only one senior, marched all the way to the NCAA championship match at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove. A year later, co...