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Inverness church building named for pastorApr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - The Rev. Patrick Brennan -- popular shepherd to 3,800 families at Holy Family Catholic Church in Inverness -- was greeted by a full house Sunday, celebrating their pasto...
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Lord of Life Lutheran Church welcomes new ministerApr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Lord of Life Lutheran Church and the Schaumburg community will welcome the Rev. Thad Fisher when he's installed as the church's new pastor Sunday by Metropolitan Chicago...
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Spring's the time for Gilberts litter brigade cleanupApr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Remember the candy wrapper or newspaper that flew out of your garbage can last November? You had every intention of picking it up when you had more time, or the temperat...
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World of sports whistled for unsportsmanlike conductApr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Having made a living for almost 50 years covering politics, I've never been under any illusions about where it stands in the larger scheme of things. Politics has its fa...
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Library's new computer system has many perksApr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - You may not have noticed something new at the Rolling Meadows library -- and that's just the way the staff wants it. The library recently went live with its new computer...
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Will grant influence cutting into history class?Apr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - "History is the only laboratory we have in which to test the consequences of thought," French philosopher Etienne Gilson said. Gilson did not have Elgin Area School Dist...
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'American Experience' confines rather than frees Walt WhitmanApr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Having just done a lovely job on the little story of a lost Eskimo 100 years ago, "American Experience" now turns its attention to a major figure, Walt Whitman, the nati...
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Ensemble marks anniversary with suburban concertsApr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Bella Voce, one of the Midwest's leading a cappella vocal ensembles, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this season, continuing with spring concerts this weekend in the...
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Listen up: Wisniewski has a good storyApr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Listening to Elissa Wisniewski isn't such a chore anymore, and that's, well, great to hear. That's because she has good stories to tell. So good, in fact, that you don't...
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Smarts, hearts duel in tepid 'Smart People'Apr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - It turns out in Noam Murro's domestic dramedy "Smart People" that super-intelligent families might be just as emotionally screwed up and dysfunctional as the rest of us....