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Piano teacher, students find healing in the musicApr 20, 2016 11:00 am - Aidan McCurley of Palatine ran through his recital piece during a recent piano lesson with ease. The 10-year-old boy played the simple melody softly, but he ended it wit...
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A vision for real estate development in St. CharlesApr 20, 2016 6:00 am - Genevans who didn't want the proposed Marquette apartment complex on State and Richards streets appear to be in the clear for now, as the developers have bailed on the p...
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Bolingbrook firm has eyes on the universeApr 20, 2016 1:00 am - Although a Bolingbrook-based tech company is firmly planted in the suburbs, it is literally reaching for the stars. An international satellite project led by NASA and th...
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Behind Bill's exchange with 'Black Lives Matter' activistsApr 20, 2016 1:00 am - Watching Bill Clinton bickering with Black Lives Matter activists in Philadelphia recently, I had several conflicting, and not entirely praiseworthy responses. One was t...
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Coffee cart part of District 214 'life' program for special ed studentsApr 20, 2016 1:00 am - Jaylisha Vega Navarro, a Hersey High School senior from Elk Grove Village, is not quite a barista yet, but she is learning the tricks of the trade during her daily shift...
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Naperville North's Foerch ending career he was born forApr 20, 2016 1:00 am - As a coach and teacher Dick Foerch helped Illinois high school gymnastics gain traction. He had other plans for his sons. Doctor, lawyer, businessman - those were his pr...
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The GOP would unify around Trump at its perilApr 20, 2016 1:00 am - The other day I spied a high Republican official walking on the street and called out his name. He stopped, hit his smile app and exclaimed how glad he was to see me. "W...
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First-generation students find open doors at community collegesApr 19, 2016 11:00 pm - First-generation college students are in many ways the core of community colleges, which were originally designed to provide equal access to higher education. Serving t...
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More room to groom at LITH Pet Supplies PlusApr 19, 2016 5:30 am - There now is more room to pamper your pooches and clean your muddy mutts along the Randall Road corridor. The Pet Supplies Plus store along Randall Road in Lake in the H...
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North: No complaints with Cubs and White Sox startsApr 19, 2016 5:19 am - The baseball season is just a few weeks old, but there is a sufficient sample size to allow me to share some of my first impressions. Right now the Chicago Cubs are doin...