Jamie Sotonoff
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Power outage swamps suburban ERsJul 14, 2011 12:00 am - Storm-related injuries have packed suburban emergency rooms this week, as people seek treatment for problems like tree branch cuts, overexertion and carbon monoxide pois...
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Cooking a thing of the past as families get busierJul 13, 2011 9:36 am - If someone doesn’t know how to cook, people might say, “He/she doesn’t know how to boil water.” The expression is meant as a joke, but Gilberts-based nutritional therap...
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Local families find ordinary tasks are challenging without electricityJul 13, 2011 12:00 am - The Libby family cheered Tuesday morning when they finally got a generator connected to their refrigerator and freezer, 28 hours after the storm knocked out power to the...
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Naperville native makes mark on SNLJul 12, 2011 12:00 am - When he got the phone call saying he'd been chosen to join the cast of “Saturday Night Live,” Paul Brittain didn't react. “I was more in the speechless and in-amazement ...
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Will suburbs eat up food trucks?Jul 11, 2011 12:00 am - The pink and white Cruisin’ Cupcakes truck pulled up to a busy Schaumburg ballfield one weeknight, slid open its large side window and slapped up a magnetic menu. Within...
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ComEd text alerts get mixed reviewsJul 11, 2011 12:00 am - Since she often travels for work, Maggie Lang signed up for ComEd outage text alerts last month, hoping it’d help her keep tabs on the power situation in her Mount Prosp...
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Suburbs a hub for table tennis talentJul 06, 2011 1:00 am - People walking past the Schaumburg Park District racquetball courts stopped in their tracks when they saw Arcot Naresh and Spenser Lam playing a whip-fast, high-energy g...
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Female jurors: defense tried to pull our heartstrings, but we wouldn’t let themJun 28, 2011 12:00 am - Defense attorneys might have thought Rod Blagojevich’s sweet stories of his courtship with wife Patti or the sight of his two adorable daughters would win the sympathies...
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Man apologizes for shooting Hanover Park payday loan clerkJun 21, 2011 12:00 am - After being shot in the forehead at point-blank range by a robber at USA Pay Day Loans in Hanover Park last October, clerk Jaime Brock lay bleeding and motionless on the...
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Suburban Vietnam veterans reflect on historic '86 paradeJun 17, 2011 12:00 am - 25th anniversary brings back memories of 'life-changing' event