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Whether or not you fast for Ramadan, this soup hits the spotJun 01, 2016 6:00 am - Truth: What I knew about Ramadan and the foods that are eaten to break the fast previously could have fit in a grain of millet. But it's never too late to learn, and not...
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Is your school district keeping new teachers' contract secret?Jun 01, 2016 5:11 am - Four suburban school boards are following the same path as Palatine Elementary District 15, approving teachers' contracts before they are final and then failing to make ...
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GOP leaders' sad surrender to TrumpJun 01, 2016 1:00 am - For those of us with a certain political bent and background, this is the most depressing moment of all. The best of the GOP - Marco Rubio and Paul Ryan, the intellectua...
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Austrian election is symptom of global populismJun 01, 2016 1:00 am - By Georgie Anne Geyer Since the end of World War II, when Vienna had the mood of an abandoned, exhausted remnant of its imperial Habsburg past, Austria has cautiously, s...
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Grab a seat, these college achievers are worth some timeJun 01, 2016 1:00 am - Take a load off and enjoy the spring heroics of some DuPage County collegiates... Trailing 2-1 with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning against No. 1-seeded F...
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Beyond 'Animal House': College movies worth further studyMay 31, 2016 11:00 pm - My alma mater, Wheeling High School, will celebrate its Class of 2016 at commencement Sunday, just as dozens of high schools across the suburbs will or already have. The...
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Imrem: Enough of the Warriors and Royals alreadyMay 31, 2016 5:00 pm - We have seen much too much of the Kansas City Royals and Golden State Warriors lately. The Royals won five of six games against the White Sox the past two weekends and t...
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Conan sidekick Andy Richter on new show, growing up in YorkvilleMay 31, 2016 5:05 am - Andy Richter described it this way: "I felt like she hit me in the head with a baseball bat!" The comedian and TV personality, who grew up in Yorkville, had enrolled at ...
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Step back from dispute with mom over wedding menuMay 31, 2016 5:00 am - Q. I'm getting married soon and am a vegetarian. Our menu has one meat option and one vegetarian option, as well as appetizers (a mixture of meat and veggie), sides and ...
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Illini golf team runs out of comebacksMay 31, 2016 1:01 am - University of Illinois golf coach Mike Small has insisted that the last four seasons have been the best in the history of the Illini program, and there's no arguing that...