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Teen film fest kicks off todayAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - •The First Annual Teen Film Fest will be held at 8 p.m. today at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library, 500 N. Dunton Ave. The contest solicited entries -- no more than...
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Cuban-Cubs talk nothing more than a smoke screenAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Hardly a day goes by that we don't hear from someone who'd like to see Mark Cuban buy the Cubs. Well, let me make this as simple as I can for you: Cuban isn't to get the...
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Branagh takes the Bard into the woodsAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Shakespeare goes au naturel in Kenneth Branagh's new version of "As You Like It," but if you might think that means it's been altered to suit HBO, get ready to be pleasa...
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Teens' works in spotlight at library's film festivalAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - A red carpet will lead the way into the Arlington Heights Memorial Library's teen film fest from 8 to 10 p.m. Friday. The five Arlington Heights teens in the contest are...
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No time for couponsAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - The best part about writing this column is hearing from readers, particularly when information has helped them in some way. With the price of groceries continuing to ris...
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Rizzuto's spirit carries on in Cubs' infieldAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Ryan Theriot and Mike Fontenot, meet Phil Rizzuto. Not literally, of course. Not anymore. Not after Rizzuto died early Tuesday at 89. But the former Yankees shortstop's ...
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The best of his era --perhaps of all timeAug 09, 2007 11:00 pm - The answer is simple. The question, not so much. Assuming most of the best players of this era did something untoward, who are the best -- who is the best -- of the last...
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Slow pace of 'Treatment' will drive you nutsAug 09, 2007 11:00 pm - •In Oren Rudavsky's sincere and restrained drama "The Treatment," Jake Singer (Chris Eigeman) is in the throes of a hot sexual encounter when his abusive Argentine shrin...
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Hawks part with Vrbata for veteran center AdamsAug 09, 2007 11:00 pm - Statistics can be misleading. Radim Vrbata was the Blackhawks' second-leading scorer last season with 41 points, but with only 14 goals and because of his reluctance to ...
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Another self-induced headacheAug 08, 2007 11:00 pm - Sometimes, the answer isn't in Celebrex. I found this out while at a Wisconsin Dells water park this week, when I repeatedly hit my head in the same spot, at the same tu...