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Cerna 'Chickie' Alter, 1939-2013
Cerna "Chickie" Alter was not a brilliant artist, but she knew great art when she saw it, friends said. Mrs. Alter studied painting at the Art Institute of Chicago, and then in the 1960s started a corporate art consulting business with a fellow art-...
Tags: Ovarian Cancer, Mexico, Art Institute of Chicago
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Leslie Zemeckis sashays into the history of burlesque
During the shabby final days of the last of the burlesque houses that once dotted State Street near Congress Parkway, three of us — in possession of a few bucks and self-confidence fueled by fake IDs — entered the Follies Theater and saw a...
Tags: The New York Times, Arts and Culture, Gypsy Rose Lee, Jeffrey Tambor, Book
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Nganje joins NDSU as chair of Agribusiness and Applied Economics Department
William Nganje has joined the North Dakota State University Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics as department chair and professor. Before joining NDSU, Nganje was an associate professor of agribusiness finance at Arizona State University'...Tags: Teachers, Science and Technology, Colleges and Universities, Newspaper and Magazine, Arizona State University
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Tinley students awarded scholarships for community service
Six graduating high school seniors have been awarded $1,000 scholarships from Tinley Park for their community service, village officials have announced. Those students who are being honored include Emily Ruzevich, who attends Lincoln-Way North;...
Tags: Brookfield Zoo, DeKalb, Colleges and Universities, Awards and Prizes, Wildlife
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District to upgrade buildings, and more
Education briefs from Mundelein and Lake Zurich. New May Whitney principal hired Lake Zurich Community Unit School District 95 announced the hiring of a new principal at May Whitney Elementary at its recent board meeting. Christopher Martelli will...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, University of Iowa, Consumer Confidence, Loyola University Chicago
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Red Stars style will reflect strong work ethic
Members of the Chicago Red Stars can't predict how they'll fare in their inaugural season in the new National Women's Soccer League. But they're quick to promise that no one will work harder. "We're going to go off what Chicago likes," said Ella...
Tags: Soccer, Major League Soccer, FIFA World Cup, Sports
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Geneva's Kanute takes collegiate triathlons
Geneva's Ben Kanute won both the Olympic distance and sprint races at the Collegiate Triathlon Championships this weekend in Tempe, Arizona. Kanute, 20, a sophomore at the University of Arizona, also had the fastest leg in the mixed team relay. Former...
Tags: Champaign (Champaign, Illinois), Colleges and Universities, Triathlon, Geneva (Kane, Illinois)
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Bedford County school administrators train to tackle bullying
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefThey spend most of their time leading and teaching others, but on Tuesday school administrators got a lesson of their own. Bedford County sent all of its principals back to the classroom, where they were taught by a former student. Dorothy Espelage...Tags: Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Health and Safety at School, Education
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Snowstorm heads out -- and winter with it?
The snowstorm that buried central and southern Illinois only skirted Chicago as it headed east -- and with it maybe the last of an unusual winter that seemed would never end. The storm dropped 17 inches of snow in Springfield, breaking the old record...
Tags: Weather, Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), Air Transportation Delays, Weather Warnings, Chicago Weather
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Late-winter snowstorm slams Central Illinois, not Chicago
Tribune reporterChicago appears to have dodged the worst of an early-spring snow system that is dumping six to 10 inches on Central Illinois, according to the National Weather Service. But according to State Police Sunday night, motorists traveling in Kankakee,...Tags: Champaign (Champaign, Illinois), National Weather Service, Kankakee, Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), Bloomington
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Wife and her twin spend their days texting
Dear Amy: I am married to a 40-year-old woman who is an identical twin. Needless to say, my wife and her sister are close, but I almost categorize it as obsessive and/or excessive. They talk via phone or text just about every hour, and they need to know...
Tags: Human Interest, Hospitals and Clinics
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'Mortal Kombat' creator Ed Boon back with DC superhero game
Ed Boon was pulling punches. I could tell immediately: Why else would Aquaman be wiping the floor with Batman? Not to mention, I was playing Ed Boon in a video game, a fighting game, that Ed Boon, the king of the fighting-game genre, created. The game...
Tags: PlayStation, Gaming Industry, Midway Games Inc., Politics, Nintendo Company Ltd.
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May 1, 2013
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