Jamie Sotonoff
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Cook County commissioners want 3 Metra board members to resignAug 27, 2013 10:23 am - Suburban Cook County commissioners want the three remaining Metra board members who represent the county’s suburbs to resign, saying the scandal-ridden board has lost th...
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Suburban native to produce new John Wayne Gacy movieAug 27, 2013 5:30 am - They haven't yet cast actors to play serial killer John Wayne Gacy and his attorney, Sam Amirante, in the feature film being made about the two. Names like Philip Seym...
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Quilt memorializes suburban overdose victimsAug 22, 2013 12:00 pm - As she runs her hand over the 100-square quilt, Terri Dudar stops on certain squares and stares at them. Each square memorializes a young person from the suburbs who die...
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Mt. Prospect native to appear on 'Extreme Cougar Wives'Aug 20, 2013 5:00 pm - Sheri Winkelmann is 50. Her fiance, Desmond Huey, is 26. Their unconventional love story will be featured on Wednesday night's TLC reality show “Extreme Cougar Wives.” ...
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Lake Zurich native takes shorts films to Cannes and beyondAug 19, 2013 10:00 am - When Rebecca Norris told her father she planned to move to Hollywood and pursue her dream of becoming a filmmaker, she didn't expect his reply: "Well," he said, "you're...
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Libertyville artist, rapper becomes voice of 'nerdcore'Aug 13, 2013 5:30 am - He didn't think of himself as a nerd when he was a student at Libertyville High School, but “nerdcore” music is what made Chris Ward famous. Nerdcore is an adult-oriente...
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Teen's suicide inspires Arlington Heights family to give backAug 08, 2013 5:30 am - After her 18-year-old daughter committed suicide in 2007, Arlington Heights mom Fran Baumgartner didn't know how she was going to carry on. But within 48 hours of the fu...
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Meteors to light up suburban skies this weekendAug 08, 2013 12:00 am - Hundreds of meteors and bright fireballs will shoot across the suburban sky this weekend during what's expected to be an unusually good viewing year for the annual Perse...
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'70s and '80s hitmakers 'sail' into AuroraAug 06, 2013 2:00 pm - In the late 1990s, John Ford Coley had an impostor. The man did concerts in the New York area, playing England Dan & John Ford Coley's hits from the 1970s and posed as...
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Westchester native talks about acting before teaming with Jennifer AnistonAug 06, 2013 5:15 am - Kathryn Hahn couldn't quite remember how a Midwestern girl from Northwestern University wound up in New York as a struggling actress. "Blind faith!" she said. "It's so ...