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Valdivia extends single-season touchdown record with ForestersNov 07, 2016 12:00 am - Former Grayslake Central running back Joey Valdivia continued to add to his touchdown record for Lake Forest College. The senior ran for two more in the Forresters' 53-1...
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Rolling Meadows' Nolan commits to LoyolaNov 07, 2016 12:00 am - Katherine Nolan figures to play a key role as a senior on Rolling Meadows girls basketball team this season. Loyola University is also figuring on Nolan playing a key ro...
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Algonquin coffee shop creates community gathering spaceNov 06, 2016 10:00 pm - When Daily Projects Café and Eatery first opened along the Randall Road corridor in Algonquin earlier this year, its owners hoped it would become a hot spot for communit...
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Family shares a father's labor of loveNov 06, 2016 10:00 pm - Joel Pena's first car was one special 1957 Chevy Bel Air. He purchased the vehicle as a 17-year-old in 1966 while living in McAllen, Texas. His cousin sold it to him for...
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A piece of St. Charles history for your Christmas treeNov 06, 2016 10:00 pm - The St. Charles History Museum picked a good historic site to illustrate on its first Christmas ornament in three years. When in doubt, pick yourself. The new ornament, ...
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Imrem: Bye just perfect for Chicago BearsNov 06, 2016 4:01 pm - Since we can't make fun of the Chicago Cubs anymore, let's start back in on the Chicago Bears. Congratulations to the Monsters for the infinite wisdom of not playing ove...
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Soon: Exchange your extra vacation days for other perksNov 06, 2016 7:14 am - It's November, and you've been so overwhelmed at work you still have five vacation days you haven't used this year. You can: (a) try to squeeze it in amid all your crazy...
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The new corporate perk: 'life planning accounts'Nov 06, 2016 7:12 am - Like many things in America these days, the story of employee benefits has become a story of the haves and have nots. On the one side are workers - particularly young on...
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Kasper: A lifetime of memories from a spectacular Cubs seasonNov 06, 2016 7:00 am - This was simply the most fun spring, summer and fall of baseball I have ever witnessed. The memories, moments and oddities are flooding my brain, in no particular order ...
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Constable: To all the Cubs we've loved beforeNov 06, 2016 6:45 am - As difficult as it is to come to grips with Chicago Cubs closer Aroldis Chapman surrendering that stunning game-tying homer to the Cleveland Indians' Rajai Davis in the ...