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Boot scooters itching for springMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Those of us who do not partake of outdoor winter sports are eager to get back to our warm weather activities. But that means the weather has to break, and it hasn't show...
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Lithgow fills in at Monarch BallMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Award-winning actor John Lithgow showed his versatility Saturday, when at the last minute he stepped in to headline the Monarch Ball, a black-tie benefit for the Resurre...
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What to have on hand in an emergencyMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Are you ready? No matter what? For anything? The monthly, eerie wail of the emergency warning siren at 10 a.m. Tuesday, the first Tuesday of the month, seemed a bizarre ...
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The great experimenterMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Barbara Maier had a premonition that her Pizza Party Pizzazz Salad would win first prize in the monthly Better Homes & Gardens recipe contest, and it did. Her big, bold ...
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Grief reaches out to inspire faith, hopeMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - A heartfelt ministry celebrated its fourth anniversary last week, at Arlington Heights Evangelical Free Church in Arlington Heights, confirming a mother's instinct that ...
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Purdue's Hummel heads this all-Big Ten fantasy teamMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - I've busted out the Excel spreadsheet. I've crunched the numbers and calculated the formulas. I've figured out whom the voters should select when they send in their all-...
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What 'financial adviser' means about 95 percent of the timeMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - "My financial adviser says that I should …" That may be the most common phrase in all the reader mail I receive. The suggestion may be about mutual funds, stocks or bond...
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Glendale Heights printer excels at labelsMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Ken Harvanek started printing labels in his garage for small cosmetic companies more than 30 years ago. Working from his Glendale Heights home at night, he started out w...
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Mexican-Americans, and Obamas, need not prove they're patrioticMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - In the movie "Selena," about the slain Tejano singer, there is a priceless scene where Edward James Olmos tries to explain how difficult it is to be Mexican-American. On...
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Fox's 'New Amsterdam' deserves touch of immortalityMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - "New Amsterdam" is a new series about a cop who can't die, and if there's any justice in this TV world the show will last every bit as long as he does. I know it defies ...