Jamie Sotonoff
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Suburbs mock “doomsday” prediction with parties, showsDec 20, 2012 12:51 pm - When the Mayan calendar ends Friday, some people believe the world is going to end along with it. Most people — and scientists — find the doomsday prediction preposterou...
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Elmhurst's Celozzi driven to Hollywood successDec 17, 2012 10:00 pm - Nick Celozzi had a dream that his son, Nick Celozzi II, would go to law school. But no. Young Celozzi wanted to go to Hollywood and become a movie star. "My parents we...
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Suburban hearts reach out to ConnecticutDec 17, 2012 12:00 pm - Joe Dubowski received more than 500 condolence cards from people he didn't know at his Carol Stream home after his daughter, Gayle, was killed by a gunman at Northern Il...
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Tense exchange delays Mt. Prospect sex assault trialDec 12, 2012 4:00 pm - A rare, mid-trial motion for a new judge delayed the start of the second day of the sexual assault trial of Mount Prospect resident Herbert Burgess. The motion for “SOJ,...
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Elk Grove grad an opera superstar? Go FigaroDec 11, 2012 4:30 am - Opera soprano Ailyn Perez (pronounced I-lean) remembers the pivotal moment in second grade that music — and a teacher named Mr. Jacobs — rocked her world at Salt Creek E...
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NIU fans hustling to see Huskies at the Orange BowlDec 07, 2012 4:30 am - Dave LaCerra's Mount Prospect basement is covered in Northern Illinois University football memorabilia, including a piece of the goal post from a big 1983 game (in which...
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Schaumburg native rocks the violin in Trans-Siberian OrchestraDec 04, 2012 4:30 am - When Roddy Chong plays violin, he doesn't sit on a chair. He leaps into the air, runs across an arena stage, lunges forward, and flips his long hair like he's playing i...
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Fun 'Cinderella' not your Disney princess taleNov 29, 2012 4:00 am - It's obvious, from the opening scene, that Emerald City Theatre's production of “Cinderella” isn't a copycat version of the popular Disney princess story. For starters, ...
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Hinsdale native composes music for movies, TV, video gamesNov 27, 2012 4:30 am - While other kids his age watched “Sesame Street,” Tyler Bates jammed in his Hinsdale living room to Sly and the Family Stone and Stevie Wonder. The cool suburban presch...
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While you snoozed, they shoppedNov 22, 2012 10:00 pm - While you were sleeping, Laura Milman was shopping. The Mount Prospect mom started her Black Friday shopping trip at 6 p.m. Thursday lining up inside her local Walmart t...