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Furniture company finds success despite global competitionMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - As a furniture sales rep back in the 1990s, Ron Bartkowski saw change was coming. He heard American companies tell him how they couldn't compete with furniture makers ov...
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Inside Thursday's NCAAMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Thursday's heroes Kevin Love, UCLA Any chance this complete power forward could fall to the Bulls in the draft? Love, who piled up 29 points and 14 rebounds in UCLA's vi...
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Fighting the copy-cat syndrome in the age of instant messagingMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Bomb threats. Suicides. Gang names. Things we often, as a matter of course, don't write about. The reasons are all intertwined. Someone who gets his jollies causing a ru...
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How to compare appliance efficiency ratingsMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. Whenever I shop to buy an electric or gas appliance, I hear and see many "efficiency" claims. It gets confusing to determine which are legitimate. How can I compa...
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'Use 'em and lose 'em' philosophy costing schools good coachesMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Things felt different when I covered a Glenbard North softball game this week. For one thing it was a lot quieter. That's because Jim McKinney is no longer coaching the ...
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Firing Skiles was a big mistakeMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - "He's got heart." It's a simple line from "Invincible," the movie about Philadelphia bartender Vince Papale trying to make the NFL's Eagles in an open tryout in 1976. O...
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Des Plaines to look at streamlining news boxesMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Even as a journalist, you won't hear me stick up for the beauty of news boxes. But their freedom to exist on the sidewalk as a matter of free speech, well that's when I ...
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In volleyball, coaching boys and girls can be very challengingMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - There's one big advantage the six boys volleyball teams in the Fox Valley area have over other spring sports. Their seasons are in full swing and not dictated by Mother ...
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How to keep your home's brick exterior in top shapeMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - A brick exterior is one of the best materials to have on your home. Most are tough and require little in the way of maintenance. Here are just a few things you should do...
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Citizens Police Academy strengthens bond with communityMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - As reporters have about as much contact with police officers as anyone short of the criminals they catch, I decided to learn a bit more about how my frequent companions ...