Columns
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Schaumburg author gets invite to sign books at Mount RushmoreFeb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Catherine Stier of Schaumburg is on a roll. Flushed with success of her first children's book, "If I Were President" -- estimated at 30,000 copies so far -- Stier wrote ...
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Say it ain't so, Debbie, please say it ain't soFeb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Now it's personal, at least for me. At high noon today -- actually at 8:30 this morning -- Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee will duel before the House Oversight and Gover...
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Sugar Grove planner leaving for North AuroraFeb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Today is Scott Buening's last day after six years as community development director for the village of Sugar Grove. He will have the same position next week in North Aur...
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Elgin church crescendos its organ power with makeoverFeb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Some people love the rich sound of a massive pipe organ, while some people think the instrument is passe. A Chicago church I know removed a perfectly good pipe organ fro...
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Snowstorm doesn't stop family from going out for pizzaFeb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Steve Fiorentino and his family weren't going to let a little snow -- well, actually a lot of snow -- stop them from going out to eat along Randall Road during the heigh...
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From farm to tableFeb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Peg Sheaffer of Sandhill Organics Farm in Grayslake gets creative preparing meals with midwinter vegetables like her butternut squash soup. Turning midwinter vegetables ...
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Subprime mortgage mess harmed minority familiesFeb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- As we spend this month celebrating the achievements of African-Americans, I'm saddened by a report that concludes that the subprime mortgage crisis has cau...
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You can have your cake and eat healthy, tooFeb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - I fall hard for full-page, color food pictures, especially those featuring anything chocolate. That's why a recent Gourmet magazine picturing a single-layer, devil's foo...
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Meatless diet no guarantee against cancerFeb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Q. If plant-based diets are recommended for lower cancer risk, does that mean that a vegetarian diet is best? A. Not necessarily. Two recent studies, one in Brit...
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McCain can't take the risk of becoming a political opportunistFeb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - If John McCain's life is, as it sometimes seems, one of those old-time movie serials, the audience would now know that with the GOP presidential nomination within reach,...