Lifestyle
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'Murder She Wrote' actress Angela Lansbury dies at 96
Oct 11, 2022 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Angela Lansbury, the scene-stealing British actor who kicked up her heels in the Broadway musicals "Mame" and "Gypsy" and solved endless murders as crime nove...
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What DuPage County's $3.8 million in 'transformational' grants will help nonprofits doOct 11, 2022 1:00 am - The Tri-Town YMCA in Villa Park will open nearly 5,000 appointment slots for after-school mental health counseling services with the support of a $335,000 grant, DuPage ...
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Annual 'Fill the Bowls' food pantry fundraiser returns Oct. 16Oct 10, 2022 11:00 pm - Twenty-five local Fox Valley restaurants are gathering to host a fundraiser for Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry on Sunday, Oct. 16. Guests of all ages are welcome from 1 to...
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Fideliter Club Charities hosts successful Hot Havana Nights eventOct 10, 2022 11:00 pm - The energy and enthusiasm of over 100 members and guests at the recent Fideliter Club Charities of Elgin fundraiser, "Hot Havana Nights," brought in more than $50,000 in...
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Underground microbes may have swarmed ancient Mars
Oct 10, 2022 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Ancient Mars may have had an environment capable of harboring an underground world teeming with microscopic organisms, French scientists repo...
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Review: History of movie academy favors facts over melodrama
Oct 10, 2022 7:00 am - 'œThe Academy and the Award: The Coming of Age of Oscar and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences'ť by Bruce Davis (Brandeis University Press) Film historians ...
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Review: WWII novel sets high bar for historical fiction
Oct 10, 2022 7:00 am - 'œCradles of the Reich'ť by Jennifer Coburn (Sourcebooks Landmark) Gundi, Irma and Hilde all find themselves at a Lebensborn Society house for future mothers who are dee...
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District 21 seeks to expand language services for newcomersOct 10, 2022 5:30 am - Ania Figueroa knows firsthand the struggles of being a student whose first home language isn't English. Figueroa's family moved from Chile to the United States just shy ...
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'Things are flying off the shelves': Salvation Army home goods pantry in Elgin sees rising need for essentialsOct 10, 2022 5:30 am - As a single mother with three daughters, Nohemi Perez of Elgin found it impossible to make ends meet as prices on necessities from food to gas to rent kept rising. "I on...
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Mount Prospect Fire Department hosting food drive SaturdayOct 10, 2022 1:00 am - The Mount Prospect Fire Department is hosting a food drive Saturday to restock the village's emergency food pantry. From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, the fire a...