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Dough! Mitchell whiffedDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - There's a pretty good chance that a Major League Baseball player was taking HGH at the very moment George Mitchell was speaking Thursday. And an even better chance he wa...
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Dear Santa: Here's what we'd like you to bring us in 2008Dec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - … The stockings were all hung by the chimney with care, in hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there … As we wind down the calendar on 2007, it's that time of year to ...
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Happy birthday, Thrill Jockey!Dec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - The single absolute for Chicago's Thrill Jockey Records is that there is no absolute. The record label turns 15 this year, and while retrospectives are inevitable -- the...
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All things being equine, Buffalo Grove's Woodsum's a winnerDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Buffalo Grove's Kim Woodsum in on her way to an equestrian scholarship from Baylor University. Horsing around is not supposed to be the right course toward a Division I ...
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Library offers warm winter activities during breakDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - So, the weather outside is frightful, the kids are home on break and starting to climb the walls, and you are going a bit stir crazy. If this is the scenario at your hou...
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Have you done any holiday shopping for the less-fortunate?Dec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Have you finished your holiday shopping? Sure, you've made your list, you've checked it twice, and bought gifts for all those naughty and nice friends and relatives. Now...
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Cusack a marvel in powerful 'Grace'Dec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - • If veteran actors ever qualify for one of those "breakthrough performance" awards given by various critics organizations, John Cusack would easily win one for his role...
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Schaumburg firm pumped up for partiesDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - The owners of a new Schaumburg business have pumped a lot of energy into their venture. Joyce Meredith and Veronica Boyd and their husbands launched Pump It Up, a childr...
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Remembering Astor, Fudge and "everyone's dog'Dec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - A Friday-night trip to the animal hospital was not in our plans. But Fudge, our Boston Terrier, had abruptly keeled over, vomited, and seemed incapable of getting up. Be...
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World chess champ to compete in S. BarringtonDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - One of the world's top chess players is coming to South Barrington. World chess champion Anatoly Karpov will be at Barbara B. Rose School Jan. 11 to participate in a sim...