Ted Cox
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'Big Brother' casting in Chicago; BBC reimagines 'Pride and Prejudice'Apr 01, 2009 11:00 pm - 'Big Brother' is casting Feel like revealing your personal life to a national TV audience? CBS' trashy summer reality series "Big Brother" holds an open casting call for...
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Spike in suburban heroin deathsApr 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Law enforcement agencies throughout the suburbs are reviewing their strategies in the fight against heroin use amid reports of an alarming increase in overdose deaths in...
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Solti protege conducts Elgin Symphony this weekendApr 01, 2009 11:00 pm - In Solti's footsteps Shi-Yeon Sung, who became the first woman to win the Sir Georg Solti International Conductor's Competition two years ago in Frankfurt, Germany, foll...
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Arlington Hts. teen preps for national spelling bee one letter at a timeMar 29, 2009 11:00 pm - A couple of years ago, Andrew Napora and his family got the feature film "Spellbound" out of the library, and his response was common to many a student who's seen the do...
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Sculfield moving to 'Morning Riot' on 'GCIMar 26, 2009 11:00 pm - As of April, there'll be a riot goin' on at urban-contemporary WGCI 107.5-FM. 'GCI announced Thursday that afternoon-drive host Tony Sculfield will be shifting to head "...
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A guide to Blago-cabularyMar 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich offered views of politics and his ouster from office, among other things, during a two-hour gig as radio talk show host Wednesday morning. "T...
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Rod Blagojevich, media star: 2-hour stint on WLS used to attack QuinnMar 24, 2009 11:00 pm - WLS 890-AM turned its airwaves over to Rod Blagojevich for a couple hours Wednesday, as the disgraced former governor filled in for vacationing radio talk show hosts and...
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Are suburban commuters experiencing a traffic recession?Mar 19, 2009 11:00 pm - For drivers, there appears to be a silver lining to the gloomy economy. For those who still have jobs to commute to and money to spend at the malls, traffic sure seems t...
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Today is 'Won't You Be My Neighbor' DayMar 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Today is the second annual "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" Day, created a year ago by friends and colleagues of PBS kids' show host Fred Rogers to mark what would have been ...
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Roger McGuinn mixes Byrds hits with the folk traditionMar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - About 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, Roger McGuinn will sit down for a late lunch in the Elgin area, or perhaps somewhere between there and Chicago, and start drawing on ...