Matt Arado
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'Benjamin Button' ages well on sterling DVD setMay 07, 2009 11:00 pm - "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (two-disc Criterion edition) - David Fincher's Oscar-nominated drama about mortality and the cruelty of passing time gets a nic...
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Driving while distracted leading to more crashesMay 05, 2009 11:00 pm - For the most part, living in the suburbs means you have to drive. And driving, it turns out, is dangerous. Don't believe it? Apparently, we don't. Law enforcement and sa...
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Community colleges offer ways for out-of-work to get back on the jobMay 03, 2009 11:00 pm - For many suburbanites forced out of work by the recession, the road back to financial security runs through the local community college. Thousands of unemployed and unde...
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State backs off on swine flu testing; cases increase but remain mildMay 01, 2009 11:00 pm - No educator likes the idea of shutting a school down, even for one day. But in the cases of recent closures across the suburbs due to swine flu, school administrators sa...
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Banks keeps 'Uninvited' from wearing out its welcomeApr 30, 2009 11:00 pm - "The Uninvited" - This thriller, part of the new "PG-13 Remake of an Asian Horror Film" genre, delivers all the temporary pleasures and long-term regrets of a greasy...
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Report predicts more suburbanites will fall into povertyApr 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Mary Ellen Durbin said there's an easy way to see how the recession has affected people in the suburbs - just look at her parking lot. "We had to hire a parking attendan...
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Jerry Lewis to bring music, memories to St. CharlesApr 27, 2009 11:00 pm - The original Nutty Professor is heading to the suburbs with a show full of music, comedy and stories from a legendary 60-year career in show business. Jerry Lewis, who r...
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Fire, police heads: Response to Engelhardt home was promptApr 23, 2009 11:00 pm - The 911 call that Amanda Engelhardt made from her family's Hoffman Estates home on April 17 kicked off a frenzied rush of activity from the village's public safety perso...
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Downey, Foxx make for a great duet in preachy 'Soloist'Apr 22, 2009 11:00 pm - "The Soloist" hits enough right notes that we forgive all the screechy ones. Based on a moving true story, the film documents the friendship between a star columnist fo...
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Rourke returns to his '80s form in 'The Wrestler'Apr 21, 2009 11:00 pm - "The Wrestler" - Darren Aronofsky's "The Wrestler" is a touching but flawed portrait of loneliness that deserves comparison with classic 1970s character studies like...