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Owner of Elgin, Aurora radio stations buying WCGO AM 1590 in EvanstonMay 09, 2017 1:00 am - Robservations on the media beat: The owner of radio stations in Elgin and Aurora has just made a deal to buy WCGO AM 1590 in Evanston. William Pollack's Memphis-based Po...
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'Fifth Element' back on the big screen for its 20th anniversaryMay 09, 2017 1:00 am - May 9, 1997: I was working for Suncoast Motion Picture Company at Mount Prospect's previous, dearly departed incarnation of Randhurst. Those were the days of the Picnic ...
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Why do we fear change?May 09, 2017 1:00 am - We live in a world that is constantly changing and it is our obligation to keep up with it. Change, unfortunately, is a phenomenon most of us are reluctant to embrace an...
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For Trump, it's all about winningMay 09, 2017 1:00 am - Actors Charlie Sheen and Donald Trump are like twins separated at birth. Both became rich and famous - by hook in one case and by whatever in the other - each to his own...
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Silly wedding problem really has simple solutionMay 08, 2017 11:00 pm - Q. I am getting married this July. My fiance and I at some point told my younger sister she would get a plus-one. She said she was going to bring her best friend from co...
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Catalina convertible still warms woman's heartMay 08, 2017 6:00 am - As a young girl, Ellen Peacock had her heart set on three life luxuries. She wanted a house with a fireplace, a swimming pool and a convertible. She's had all three - bu...
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Lester: Trump's relaxed school lunch rules welcomed - for nowMay 08, 2017 5:30 am - In North Barrington Elementary School, so many cartons of unopened fat-free milk are left over each week that officials have taken to giving them to the Cuba Township Fo...
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Can roundabouts save lives? Yes, and so can rumble strips, AAA saysMay 08, 2017 5:30 am - How many lives could a combination of rumble strips, sidewalks, medians and roundabouts save? AAA puts the number at 63,700 over 20 years in a thought-provoking study re...
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Feder: Tribune Media selling stations to the politically connected Sinclair Broadcast GroupMay 08, 2017 1:00 am - Ninety-three years of history will come to an end for "Chicago's Very Own" with the sale of Tribune Media, owner of hometown icons WGN-Channel 9 and WGN AM 720, to the p...
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Lake Zurich's Self leaves Rhode Island with multiple honorsMay 08, 2017 1:00 am - Layne Self is leaving the University of Rhode Island with high accolades. And the Lake Zurich graduate is leaving with the Winifred Keaney Award, which is presented to t...