Lifestyle
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Wheeling principal awarded North Cook Region's top honorFeb 09, 2023 5:00 am - • Community Consolidated School District 21 announced that Alyssa Shlensky Shapiro, principal of Twain Elementary School, Wheeling, was elected as the North Cook Region ...
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Con artists accumulate in the slinky 'Sharper'
Feb 09, 2023 5:00 am - “Sharper” - ★ ★ ★ Almost invariably, we root for the con artist. Seldom does the ingenuity and cleverness of a good hustler, cardsharp or con man not win us over. They ...
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'Somebody' a dramatically flat story of rejected romance remorseFeb 09, 2023 5:00 am - “Somebody I Used to Know” - ★ ★ I really wanted to like the indie rom-com “Somebody I Used to Know,” but the longer its freight train of dramatically flat, passionless,...
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Jerky for the Troops: How hunters, American Legion join forces to send military a taste of homeFeb 09, 2023 5:00 am - The Northwest Towns Sportsmen's Club in Wauconda is asking for your help to bring a taste of home to service members serving overseas. The club started Jerky for the Tro...
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Chicago Auto Show: Muscle cars, EVs and a more 'normal' year for consumersFeb 09, 2023 12:00 am - After no show, a summer show and a half-sized show, all thanks to COVID-19, Thursday's media preview of the Chicago Auto Show felt ... normal. There was a new Mustang, a...
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At Super Bowl, Sheryl Lee Ralph seeks to 'Lift Every Voice'Feb 09, 2023 12:00 am - PHOENIX - Sheryl Lee Ralph is living a career dream: The "Abbott Elementary" star won her first Emmy last year and will lend her powerful vocals as a Super Bowl pregame ...
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Our Saviour's Lutheran to host faith and racial justice discussion Feb. 20Feb 08, 2023 10:00 pm - Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Naperville will host a presentation on faith and racial justice on Monday, Feb. 20. It will begin at 7 p.m. in the church's Fellowship C...
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Valentine's Day 2023: 90 suburban restaurants serving up sweet specialsFeb 08, 2023 10:00 pm - Whether you feel like going fancy or more low-key for Valentine's Day this year, there's a suburban restaurant special out there to fit the bill. And with the sweet day ...
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Dad's favorite split pea soup is a cure for what ails youFeb 08, 2023 5:00 am - This recipe for Vegetarian Split Pea Soup with Dill is my dad's favorite soup, and I love making it for him. He requests it for all occasions. After surgery, people sent...
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Creamy cauliflower with Gruyere is a side worthy of ribsFeb 08, 2023 5:00 am - Now is the perfect time to slow-simmer beef short ribs. I'm lucky to have a farmers market source that raises grass-fed cattle. When I ask if he's got any short ribs and...