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Summer Sounds to begin again at Glen Town Center
In this 2009 file photo, Cesar Cruz, center, performs routine maintenance on a fountain in Navy Park, a small sitting area in the Glen Town Center where the Summer Sounds series is ...
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Area cruise nights offer close-up view of auto historys best
Lemont Car Club's first Saturday cruise of the season on May 18. The Lemont Classic Car Club holds cruise nights every Monday from 6 to 9 p.m. at Lemon Tree Casual Dining, 1035 State St. in Lemont, and Saturdays from 6 to 9 p.m. through August and 5 to 8 p.m. in September at Christ Community Church, 13400 S. Bell Road in ...
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Valley View may have new online teaching program soon
A new online teaching program may be implemented soon to help assist Valley View high school students who are lacking in the core areas of reading and math. Rachel Kinder, an assistant superintendent for the district, recently told the Valley View Community Unit School District 365U board that the new program, Compass Learning, would be similar to the Compass Learning's Odyssey program ...
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That’s All She Wrote Should Have Seen This Coming
(WBBM) I knew it, I just knew it. The Blackhawks have been hit with the curse of the damn President's Trophy. Only seven teams who won it since 1985 have gone on to win the Stanley Cup. There, I have something to blame. But let me just add the Hawks’ power play if I can. Have you ever seen a team so proficient on offensive be so brutal with the man-advantage? Thursday night's ...
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Woman Critical After Lawndale High-Rise Fire
The still and box alarm at Albany Terrace Apartments at 3030 W. 21st Pl. was struck out by 2 p.m., according to Fire Media Affairs. Some residents fled the building, but a 67-year-old woman suffered smoke inhalation and was hospitalized in critical condition, Fire Media said. The cause of the fire is under ...
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Tony Parkers calf is doing just fine MAY 24
Golden State Warriors and underwent an MRI on Thursday to check on the recovery. The results? His calf seems to be recovering just fine and there will be no limitation on his workload in Game 3 on Saturday. Parker said that he's feeling better and believes he'll be fine on ...
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Greivis Vasquez to undergo surgery MAY 24
04:24 PM ET 05.24 | New Orleans Pelicans point guard Greivis Vasquez will undergo surgery to remove loos particles in both of his ankles. A report had indicated that Vasquez is expected to miss 12 to 16 weeks. Vasquez dealt with ankle problems towards the end of the season where he missed four games between March and April with separate sprains. If the reported timetable is correct, Vasquez will ...
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LeBron James credits pee-wee coach for left hand layups MAY 24
Indiana Pacers in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals, and his left-handed finish has become all the buzz. James states when he was eight years old his coach would drill him on the proper steps, and form, to finish with his left hand. That practice paid off for James, though it comes as no surprise that the leagues Most Valuable Player can drive left or hand and finish with either ...
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Andris Biedrins will accept player option with Golden State Warriors MAY 24
Warriors , according to his agent. Biedrins will enter the final year of a six-year, $54 million, contract that he signed with the team in 2008. He averaged .5 points and 2.9 rebounds with ...
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A New Model To Pay For Infrastructure in Chicago
The Chicago Infrastructure Trust creates a new way to pay for things like improvements to bridges and roads that won't destroy the city's already stretched ...
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Unity Temple ownership could change hands
Oak Park's Unity Temple could soon see a massive facelift if a fundraising effort that involves a recently announced $10 million grant from a Chicago foundation is successful.The foundation and the temple entered into an agreement that provides the "framework" for the eventual restoration and preservation of Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple in the village, according to a ...
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Lance Armstrong Criticizes Another Cyclist For Doping
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John Danks Set For First Start In A Year
(AP) — Even though John Danks is about to begin his seventh season in the majors, he admits he will have some nerves heading into his first outing in more than a year for the Chicago White Sox. Danks will make his first start since arthroscopic shoulder surgery in Friday night’s opener of a three-game home set against the Miami Marlins. The left-hander last pitched May 19, 2012, ...
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Blackhawks Hold Optional Practice With Season On The Line
UNITED CENTER (CBS) Facing elimination Saturday night at the United Center, the Blackhawks held a full team meeting Friday before an optional practice. Twelve players took the ice for the optional skate that did not include head coach Joel Quenneville. ';We talked about the situation and where we’re at,'; Quenneville said about the team meeting. ';I thought it was very ...
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Lyric Opera of Chicago mum for now about Oklahoma ticket sales
Ashley Brown and John Cudia starred in in Lyric Opera of Chicago's production of "Oklahoma!". The just-concluded run of the classic American musical "Oklahoma!" was uncharted territory for the prestigious Lyric Opera of Chicago. It was the first time the opera company had produced an extended engagement of a musical separate from its regular season ...
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United offering more premium perks from New York
United Airlines says it now offers flat-bed seats and on-demand personal entertainment systems in premium cabins on every international flight from New York area airports. No matter what the surveys say about the quality of its service, Chicago-based United Airlines is charging ahead with upgrades of its service in a variety of ways. Today, United bragged that it is now the only United ...
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Illinois Medical District plans ambitious expansion
The Illinois Medical District is planning an expansion that could create 2,500 to 4,500 jobs and more than $300 million in new revenue in the next 10 years, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. Plans include the development of 55 vacant acres and building a high-speed fiber optic line linking researchers to the University of Illinois supercomputer and a retail, hotel, restaurant, office and ...
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Plan B taps Joe Popa as its first group creative director
Joe Popa is Plan B ad agency's first group creative director. Plan B the Alternative Agency has hired Joe Popa as its first-ever group creative director. Previously a creative within the DraftFCB and Rivet agency networks, Popa now will oversee creative and design across Plan B's client roster at the agency headquarters in Chicago and a satellite office in San Francisco. Popa will report ...
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As Detroit Peaks Flustered Chicago Nears a Stunning Fall
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Barrington Crash raises urgency for changes at CN crossing
Barrington officials say Thursday's rush-hour collision between a freight train and a semitrailer truck on Route 14 only strengthens their argument for a grade separation at the railroad crossing. Village President Karen Darch and Village Manager Jeff Lawler say at least the point didn't have to be made more tragically. Two people were taken to Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital with ...
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Ealys fate now rests in the hand of the jury
James Ealy's fate now rests in the hands of a jury. Following three days of testimony, prosecutors and defense attorneys performed their closing arguments for about three hours in a cool Lake County courtroom early Friday ...
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Illinois House approves guns plan opposed by governor
Illinois Rep. Brandon Phelps, D-Harrisburg, testifies during a House Committee hearing on concealed carry gun legislation at the Illinois State Capitol ...
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No Evidence Chicago Red Light Cameras Based on Safety -- System Made $71 Million Last Year
Red light camera at a Chicago intersection. (AP) (CNSNews.com) - Contrary to its claims, the City of Chicago's red light cameras are not based on safety, according to an Inspector General (IG) audit of the program that brought in more than $71 million in revenue for the city last year. ...
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Unions target board members after they close nearly 11 of Chicagos elementary schools
Barbara Byrd-Bennett Forty-eight of the 50 elementary schools the Chicago Public Schools board of education voted to close Wednesday will be shuttered in June. The other two will get short reprieves. For all but one of the schools the vote was unanimous. Most of the 27,000 students affected are black and Latino and all live in poor neighborhoods. As they have for months, protesters objected to ...
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Demolition begins at vacant downtown Jewel
Bulldozers have arrived at the former Jewel Osco site in downtown Wheaton, demolishing the building that has been vacant for several years. It'll make way for a new DuPage Medical Group building, which is expected to bring in new jobs and more activity into the city's downtown. "It's funny, for the last four or five years, very little development had taken place in Wheaton, ...
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Thorne Miniature Rooms go fictional
If you live in Chicago and do not know about the Thorne Miniature Rooms at the Art Institute of Chicago, then you must have been living under the proverbial rock before you came across this article.
The Thorne rooms are one of the most famous museum exhibits in the city. They are a collection of 68 rooms contained within glass boxes and are notable because each room is constructed at a 1-inch to 1-foot scale and all 68 rooms together display a range of historical periods from various cultures. Read more
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