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Scaccia's super start lifts BradleySep 18, 2017 1:00 am - When the curtain raised on Ally Scaccia's final fall golf season at Bradley, the Prospect graduate put on quite a show. She ran away with medalist honors at the season-o...
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Brother refuses to get vaccinated to protect new babySep 17, 2017 11:00 pm - Q. My wife and I are expecting our first child in about eight weeks, and under the advisement of our obstetrician and pediatrician, we've asked our parents and siblings ...
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Registration full for Fermilab open houseSep 17, 2017 11:00 pm - The high-energy physics work at Fermilab in Batavia might be a mystery to most of us, but there is certainly no lack of interest in this particle accelerator lab. Fermil...
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Hormonal changes a factor for cancer in older peopleSep 17, 2017 11:00 pm - "Why do so many people end up with cancer when they get older?" asked a cycling fan and member of Libertyville Recreation Department Teen Travelers Summer Biking Camp. C...
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Giving gardens have grown in Northwest suburbsSep 17, 2017 11:00 pm - Back in 2000, the Daily Herald started a unique program that urged backyard gardeners to "plant a row for the hungry" and donate their surplus vegetables to area food pa...
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The new job vs. the counter-offerSep 17, 2017 7:15 am - Q: After close to a decade in my current job, I started applying to new jobs because my salary has remained stagnant, and I was concerned about layoffs. I have accepted ...
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Encouraging college-dropout son to find his purposeSep 17, 2017 7:00 am - Q. My son flunked out of college his first year at 18, losing all the scholarships he had earned. He spent the time instead on the internet. He came back home and said, ...
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Not everything must match, but they must be cohesiveSep 17, 2017 6:00 am - There is no design police force that makes never-to-be-broken rules and regulations about your home. That is the good news! The bad news is if you want a singular style,...
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An easy fix for efflorescence on bricksSep 17, 2017 6:00 am - Q. In a recent column, someone had bird droppings problems and wanted to know if the cleaning technique (12 percent hydrogen peroxide to 1 cup of ammonia) could clean a ...
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Constable: Suburban boys oversaw German POWs during World War IISep 17, 2017 5:30 am - As a 12-year-old boy in 1944, Ronald Rengel had plenty of experience driving his grandpa's John Deere tractor around the suburbs. He wasn't strong enough to turn the man...