Vince Pierri
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Corporate party helps needy kidsDec 04, 2008 10:00 pm - The scene rivaled anything you might see in Santa's workshop, with at least 500 people frenetically assembling more than 1,500 toys in the last weeks before Christmas. ...
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Santa photographers use tricks of the tradeDec 04, 2008 10:00 pm - The first customer of the day was a squirmer. About 18 months old, baby fat bulging under her red tights, the little girl arched her back and threw a few high kicks as ...
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Hawthorn Woods woman would give her arm to help -- and has 100 timesDec 03, 2008 10:00 pm - The staff at the LifeSource blood donation center in Lake Zurich set out balloons and cake to honor one of their champion donors. Wednesday, Darlene Hendricksen gave her...
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St. Bede community honors Our Lady of the Angels victimsDec 01, 2008 10:00 pm - Tiny flames from hundreds of white candles flickered as Rev. Robert Fitzpatrick spoke about both the benefits and dangers of fire. "Used properly, fire can provide us w...
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The man behind that GOING OUT OF BUSINESS! signNov 30, 2008 10:00 pm - You've seen them standing on the corners. Or maybe you've driven right past not noticing the men behind those skinny billboards. The signs blare, "EVERYTHING ON SALE! CI...
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Libertyville High School students move 30,600 items in food chainNov 26, 2008 10:00 pm - A human food chain made up of about 100 Libertyville High School students and teachers passed thousands of boxes filled with everything from diapers to macaroni and chee...
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Suburban residents find reasons to be thankfulNov 26, 2008 10:00 pm - Bleak, gloomy, dreary, dismal. Journalists are running out of adjectives to describe the state of the economy. Unemployment is rising, consumer confidence is falling. Th...
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Antioch Senior Center hosts Thanksgiving todayNov 21, 2008 10:00 pm - If you had 110 people coming over for Thanksgiving dinner, you would start cooking early too. Paul Howard, director of the Antioch Senior Center, says the birds were ge...
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No dancing on roof for this chimney sweepNov 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Armed with the tools of his trade, the chimney sweep arrives at the house. No, it's not 17 Cherry Tree Lane in London - it's Highland Avenue in Wilmette. And there aren...
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Suburban moms praying while their kids are learningNov 18, 2008 10:00 pm - It's 9 a.m. on a Friday morning and four moms are huddled in a living room. With Bibles on their laps and coffee mugs on the table, they begin to pray. "Dear Lord, help...