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Boyer aria, concerto winners will be featured at Sunday vesper concert
BAY VIEW -- The Bay View Music Festival introduces the 2012 Adrian Boyer Aria and Concerto winners: soprano Jackline Madegwa and violinist Ashton Fineout. These two will be performing with the Bay View Festival Orchestra at 8 p.m. on Sunday, July 15,...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Music, Arts and Culture, Culture, Bunny (music group)
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Olympians with Illinois connections
Representing the U.S. Lance Brooks, Springfield, track and field (discus): The No. 1 discus thrower in the country, Brooks once worked seven jobs to pay for his training. The Millikin University graduate is ranked 34th in the world. Kelci Bryant,...
Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Lisa Leslie, Windsurfing, Basketball, Surfing
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Teen kayaker honored for rescuing man from Chicago River
A 17-year-old kayaker who held a man's head above water in the Chicago River until rescuers arrived this spring was honored today by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District for his heroic actions. Emmanuel Gonzalez was kayaking for the first time on...
Tags: Champaign (Champaign, Illinois), Hospitals and Clinics, Human Interest, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
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Illinois State Fair taking steps to stop spread of new swine flu
Illinois State Fair organizers are equipping the Springfield fairgrounds with extra hand-washing stations and cautionary signs to keep an emerging swine flu strain at bay. State public health officials on Thursday confirmed Illinois' first case, a...
Tags: H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine, Preventative Medicine, Medical Procedures and Tests, Springfield, Flu
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Free back-to-school apps, websites
Here are four free back-to-school websites and apps for everyone – from kids learning to read to adults who want to continue their education. For little ones learning to read – iStoryBooks iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, Android, Free This app is...
Tags: Apple iPod, Apple iPhone, YouTube, Back to School, Science and Technology
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Fatal cab crash: 'It flipped four times'
Tribune reportersA University of Chicago business school student was struck and killed by a cab that veered off Milwaukee Avenue in the River West neighborhood this morning, hit a light pole and flipped over several times, authorities said. Eric Kerestes, 30, was...Tags: University of Chicago, Colleges and Universities, Students, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Science and Technology
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Alerts issued as temperatures inch toward 100
The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat watch for the city of Chicago today as temperatures are expected to inch toward 100. The heat watch is in effect from 11 a.m. until 7 a.m. Wednesday in the city. The surrounding area –...
Tags: Champaign (Champaign, Illinois), Tom Skilling, Science and Technology, Agricultural Research and Technology, Weather
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Conscientious? It's a good thing
Becoming more conscientious could be your ticket to better health and longer life. Our weight, our genes, our diet, whether we exercise or smoke (or used to)‚ we accept that these are all part of the complicated mix that determines how healthy we...
Tags: Diabetes, Genes and Chromosomes, Science and Technology, Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), High Blood Pressure
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Stress in trauma's wake: Genes play a major role
Ten years after terrorists hijacked four American jetliners and killed nearly 3,000 people, there's growing evidence that people with a previous history of depression, or who have been traumatized before, are far more vulnerable to developing post-...Tags: Mental Illness, Northern Illinois University, Stress, Health, Symptoms
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Double-dipping labor leaders stand to reap millions
At least eight Chicago labor leaders who are eligible for inflated city pensions also stand to receive union pensions covering the same work period, thanks to a charitable interpretation of state law by officials representing two city pension funds, a...Tags: Finance, Bankruptcy, Career and Workplace, Government, Unions
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Gymnast Sender back for unfinished business
One in an occasional series on the Road to London for the 2012 Olympics, which open July 27.
David Sender figured the type of goldfish he bought for an eighth-grade science project at James Fenimore Cooper Middle School in Buffalo Grove would live one or...Tags: 2012 Summer Olympics, Gymnastics, Gymnastics Clubs, Sprained Ankle, Vault Gymnastics
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A lift or a drag?
Huma Gruaz picked a precarious time in her personal life to enroll in a Master of Business Administration program.
She had just moved to Chicago from the suburbs. She had to figure out how to navigate life after a divorce. And she had just started her...Tags: Media Industry, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Southern Illinois University, Students, Colleges and Universities
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