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Villa Park woman fights illegal gamblingMar 18, 2012 7:00 am - As many suburbanites wade through their NCAA basketball bracket paperwork to see if anybody in their office pool has Norfolk State or Lehigh making the Sweet Sixteen ton...
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Rowling's Harry Potter website to launch in AprilMar 07, 2012 10:00 pm - NEW YORK — J.K. Rowling's long-awaited website for all things Harry Potter will be open for business in early April. The Pottermore site was announced last year, with a ...
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Everybody's streaming Netflix, but what next?Jan 17, 2012 5:00 am - NEW YORK — Netflix's streaming-video audience of more than 20 million subscribers has led many to label it a kind of digital TV network, and one that may grow into an HB...
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Rebecca Black tops YouTube videos in '11Dec 20, 2011 10:00 pm - NEW YORK - Rebecca Black's infamous "Friday" video has topped all other YouTube videos of 2011 with 180 million views. The Google Inc. video-sharing site announced its...
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Antioch family of dying dad wrapped in life-affirming Comfort QuiltNov 17, 2011 4:30 am - Fans of the Alyce Is Curious blog are accustomed to the former radio personality's high-spirited, funny, irreverent, adult, brassy, sometimes profane insights on everyth...
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The A.V. Club broadens its reach into videoNov 12, 2011 12:00 am - NEW YORK — The Onion's serious side, the A.V. Club, is following its comic brethren into video. Recently, the pop culture website and Onion newspaper insert debuted “On...
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Cowell promotes voting by social media on 'X Factor'Oct 25, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Simon Cowell doesn't use Twitter, but he wants “X Factor” fans to use the site to vote for their favorite contestants. The Fox show announced Tuesday that beg...
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Capone relative who lived in Bensenville tell of his softer sideOct 23, 2011 12:00 am - Hurt, petrified and unable to even draw a breath, the girl looked up and into the blue eyes of Al Capone, America's most infamous gangster. Capone lifted her off the gro...
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Area men develop website to sample indie bandsOct 13, 2011 6:00 am - In an economy where most recent college graduates are satisfied, even thrilled, to be employed, lifelong friends Dan Arwady and Jim Skuros kept thinking about the next b...
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MTV doubles down on the O Music AwardsSep 27, 2011 11:15 am - NEW YORK — MTV is bringing back the O Music Awards just months after debuting the digitally minded awards show. In late April, the network premiered the OMAs, a fan-fri...