Cook County Lifestyle
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10 ideas - both frightening and family-friendly - for HalloweenOct 30, 2014 1:01 am - If you want more out of Halloween than a plastic pumpkin filled with bite-size candy bars, you're in luck. We've scared up 10 ideas for Friday - both frightening and fam...
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Giving DuPage offers nonprofit trainingOct 29, 2014 11:00 pm - Giving DuPage is hosting a nonprofit training workshop, "Purposeful Boards and Powerful Fundraising," focusing on nonprofit governance, board structure and the role ...
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Mucca Pazza creates unique blend of rock, brass-band soundsOct 29, 2014 6:00 am - It's not going out on a limb to say that Mucca Pazza sounds like no other Chicago-area band. The sprawling ensemble, which features more than 20 members from the city an...
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Sleep Out Saturday raises awareness, money for 'hidden homeless'Oct 29, 2014 5:30 am - Two years ago, Nydia Rivera says she was trying to escape an abusive relationship. She was living with six other people in a two-bedroom mobile home. She worried for mon...
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Lake Zurich native fundraising for Guatemalan orphanage when she volunteersOct 29, 2014 1:01 am - Lake Zurich native fundraising for Guatemalan orphanage
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Drawing on friends to bury happy, outgoing 30-year-oldOct 29, 2014 1:00 am - Sad as he finds the mission, Peter Keene of Wheeling can't hold back the chuckles as he searches through his computer, pulling up photograph after photograph of his dead...
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Sleep Out Saturday to raise money for the homeless on Nov. 1Oct 28, 2014 11:00 pm - A person earning minimum wage would need to work 89 hours a week to afford rent in DuPage County. And, among the more than 71,000 DuPage residents who live in poverty, ...
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Palatine H.S. fall craft fair Nov. 8Oct 28, 2014 11:00 pm - The Palatine High School Pirate Booster Club presents the annual Fall Craft Fair from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8. Over 1,500 people attend the event annually, and o...
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Ricky B's Prime Burger House a chip off the old chopOct 28, 2014 6:00 am - Burgers are a hot commodity, and restaurant-goers apparently can't get enough. In Schaumburg, chains and independent restaurants alike from Smashburger to Big Chef have ...
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Bartlett church wants to reach out and bless someoneOct 28, 2014 5:30 am - Since the invention of Caller ID, many suburbanites never answer unsolicited telephone calls from "anonymous," "out of area," "private caller" or even a local phone numb...