Oak Park
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Top 20 compete in Suburban Chicago's Got TalentJun 23, 2014 5:30 am - “This is a competition!” That was the constant reminder that the four-judge panel hammered home repeatedly for the Top 20 finalists of Suburban Chicago's Got Talent, who...
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Oak Park home among 5 Hemingway hauntsJun 22, 2014 5:30 am - Ernest Hemingway lived, drank, fished and wrote in many locales around the country and the world. One of his most celebrated haunts is Key West, Florida, where the late ...
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Meet the Top 20 finalists for Suburban Chicago's Got TalentJun 20, 2014 5:30 am - It's showtime for the Top 20 finalists of Suburban Chicago's Got Talent. They've made it through the initial auditions and now they have to shine for the judges to move...
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Shakespeare, outdoor theater a good fit for summerJun 13, 2014 5:00 am - The centuries-old works of William Shakespeare still have actors and audiences thinking outside the box - and outside the theater. Shakespeare's plays have lent themsel...
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Composting gains steam in suburban schools, homesJun 11, 2014 5:30 am - On an ordinary afternoon at Kaufman Dining Hall at North Central College in Naperville, hundreds of students will do something quietly extraordinary: They'll scrape unea...
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Preschool teacher charged with sharing child pornJun 05, 2014 1:01 am - Bond has been set at $250,000 for a suburban preschool teacher facing felony child pornography charges. In a statement, Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez says R...
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Naperville architect designer helps Navajo in UtahJun 02, 2014 1:01 am - Bruce George, president of Naperville-based Charles Vincent George Architects, has been a part of many residential, commercial and other building projects nationwide. Lo...
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Illinois income tax changes proposal failsApr 29, 2014 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — A push to change how Illinois collects income taxes and raise rates on people with larger salaries has failed for the year, putting to an end a monthslong ...
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British composer to conduct St. Charles SingersApr 27, 2014 11:00 pm - Eminent English choirmaster and composer Philip Moore will make his Chicago-area conducting debut when he leads the St. Charles Singers in an all-British season-finale p...
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Lottery winner wants to help abused womenApr 22, 2014 1:01 am - An Oak Park lottery winner says she wants to use part of her winnings to help abused women and children. The Illinois Lottery says 27-year-old Yajaira Perez of Oak Park ...