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High school dropout from Lombard now an acclaimed writerSep 29, 2012 11:00 pm - Lombard's Leigh Stein thought she was an actress who loved, loved, loved acting. Whether she was onstage in the Glenbard East High School production of "West Side Story"...
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Chicago looks to Twitter for answer to gun problemSep 29, 2012 4:20 pm - The city of Chicago is asking residents with ideas on how to get illegal guns off the streets to share their thoughts — in 140 characters or fewer on Twitter. The initia...
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Slate: Solving the Internet radio royalty messSep 29, 2012 7:51 am - If you are like most of the millions of people who listen to Sirius XM satellite radio or Internet radio services like Pandora or Last.fm, you probably don’t give much t...
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Twitter is bad at measuring online influence, and that’s goodSep 29, 2012 7:34 am - Twitter cofounder and board member Ev Williams suggested this week that the microblogging site de-emphasize users’ follower counts in favor of some better algorithm for ...
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App Reviews: Google Sky Map, DroplrSep 29, 2012 7:33 am - Google Sky Map: Handy reference to the heavens, day or night Make the most of early fall’s cool, clear nights with Google’s Sky Map app, an open-sourced guide to al...
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6 Questions on cybersecuritySep 29, 2012 7:23 am - Two decades after the first warnings about “hackers,” the threat has only grown with individuals, companies and even nations at risk. Washington Post reporter Robert O’H...
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Online instruction takes off among craftersSep 23, 2012 7:36 am - If you’re itching to take up knitting or are stuck in a beadwork project, there’s help — and many classes — online. Options range from professionally videotaped courses...
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Google joins Facebook, Amazon in new internet lobbying groupSep 22, 2012 7:45 am - Google Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Facebook Inc. and 11 other Internet companies have joined to form a lobbyist group as issues such as online privacy and security become a g...
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Apple seen putting Pandora in play amid online shiftSep 22, 2012 7:37 am - LOS ANGELES — Apple’s potential entry into Internet radio is poised to put online music pioneer Pandora Media on the takeover wish lists of companies from Google and Ama...
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O’Reilly, Stewart to debate on presidential raceSep 18, 2012 11:40 am - NEW YORK — Pick your pundit when Bill O’Reilly and Jon Stewart face off for a special 90-minute debate about the 2012 presidential race. The host of Fox News Channel’s “...