Lifestyle
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Review: New insight into the complex character of Hoover
Jul 12, 2021 7:00 am - 'œThe Director: My Years Assisting J. Edgar Hoover,'ť by Paul Letersky with Gordon Dillow (Scribner) J. Edgar Hoover's life has been picked apart in other books; Paul Le...
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Book review: Brandon Taylor's connected short stories star beautiful messes
Jul 12, 2021 6:00 am - "Filthy Animals" by Brandon Taylor (Riverhead) Brandon Taylor's "Filthy Animals," a book of interconnected short stories, is a chronicle of pain, identit...
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'Never Have I Ever' actor juggles show and college with ease
Jul 12, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Jaren Lewison was at his USC freshman orientation when he got the call to screen test for the Netflix series " Never Have I Ever." He got the job and filmed s...
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A pandemic clothing purge is on as normal life resumes in U.S.
Jul 12, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Alina Clark is about as tired of her pandemic wardrobe as her comfort clothes are stretched and torn. "I have four sets of jeans, seven shirts and five sweate...
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Elgin church to host premiere of film 'For Prophet' SundayJul 12, 2021 1:00 am - It's not often you get to watch the debut theatrical release of a movie in the same building in which most of it was filmed. That will happen Sunday in Elgin as the fil...
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Lincoln Park Zoo welcomes baby piping plover
Jul 12, 2021 1:00 am - An endangered piping plover chick has hatched at Lincoln Park Zoo. Chicago's most famous bird parents, Monty and Rose, welcomed three new chicks into the world earlier t...
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16 inductees to be named to Hall of Honor at Batavia High School Sept. 23Jul 11, 2021 11:00 pm - On Thursday, Sept. 23, Batavia Unit District 101 will welcome sixteen inductees into its BPS101 Hall of Honor at Batavia High School. In a typical year, the Hall of Hono...
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St. Charles Women's Club awards two scholarshipsJul 11, 2021 11:00 pm - At their year-end celebration on Monday, June 14, the St. Charles Women's Club awarded two annual Sherry Costello Memorial Scholarships. The female high school senior r...
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Glen Ellyn readers: Help reach 40,000 points in summer reading fundraiser for World ReliefJul 11, 2021 11:00 pm - Since 2012, the Glen Ellyn Public Library has tied its Summer Reading program to a philanthropic cause - embracing the volunteer spirit of the community - and challengin...
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Monsters mess with New Zealand in mockumentary 'Wellington Paranormal'
Jul 11, 2021 7:30 am - LOS ANGELES - Americans will soon learn there are more creatures in New Zealand than just hobbits. Thanks to the expanding cinematic universe of Jemaine Clement and Taik...