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Feder: Christmas music starts Tuesday on WLIT 93.9 My FMNov 06, 2017 12:00 am - The calendar says Nov. 6, but for one Chicago radio station, it's Christmas Eve. At 4:35 p.m. Tuesday, holiday music will begin airing around the clock for the 17th cons...
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Rozner: With strong winter, Chicago Cubs might be team to beatNov 06, 2017 12:00 am - Picking World Series entrants a year in advance is akin to finding a needle in a stack of needles. But that never stops us from trying. So where to start … The World Ser...
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Barrington's Meyer finds her college match at DePaulNov 06, 2017 12:00 am - When she was last on the softball diamond wearing a Barrington uniform, Tori Meyer was putting in the longest stint of her career. Meyer came in as a reliever in the fir...
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Elgin Courier will scale back publishing to three times per weekNov 06, 2017 12:00 am - By Robert Feder The parent company of the Chicago Tribune is shrinking its newspaper in Elgin from daily publication to three times a week. As of this week, the print ed...
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Co-owners share meaningful bonding experienceNov 05, 2017 10:00 pm - Dan Bomben's dad, Gino, left his home in Italy and came to the United States in 1959. It didn't take him long to fall in love with American sports cars. The one that cau...
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Simple drawing of a mouse launched business empireNov 05, 2017 10:00 pm - “How did Walt Disney come up with Mickey Mouse?” asked a young patron from the Wauconda Area Library. Almost 90 years ago, a very simple design — three circles represent...
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Orthopedic center under construction Randall in AlgonquinNov 05, 2017 10:00 pm - It wasn't that noticeable until the construction traffic starting impacting shoppers' Target runs. OrthoIllinois broke ground at the end of September on a new 34,000...
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Geneva High School students create memorial gardenNov 05, 2017 10:00 pm - Geneva High School students picked a good spot to create a memorial for their fellow students, friends and teachers who have left them too soon. The "Viking Memorial Gar...
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What to do if you're a contract worker who's been stiffedNov 05, 2017 7:17 am - Q: I have been working as a contractor for a pet-sitting business. I have not been paid in full for a couple of jobs. Each time I followed up, I heard one excuse after a...
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Tire pressure affected by dropping temperaturesNov 05, 2017 5:01 am - By Doug McAllister Q. Could you speak about tire pressure sensors. My 2005 Ford Explorer gets a low-tire warning every time the temperature dips. Over the years I have r...