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Hair today—and into tomorrow
Social Studies . . During salonblonde's anniversary celebration of hair and music at the Double Door, Shannon O'Brien, a MAC makeup artist, bopped to tunes spun by her boyfriend, eclectic Chicago deejay Matt Roan, while Bang!Bang! singer and lead... -
South Asians establish a home
Tribune reporterAbout 20 children sprinted across a cramped first-floor auditorium inside the Indo-American Center in Chicago's West Rogers Park neighborhood. Some of the children ran up and over a tiny stage in a makeshift game of tag that would be their only exercise...Tags: Rogers Park, Devon Avenue, Migration
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Woman: ex-husband stole half their bed
Chicago TribuneA Batavia woman told police she suspects that the man she recently divorced stole half of her bed. Police investigating the weekend theft found a note that read, in part, "I win! We took the bed we made love in." The woman said a twin bed that made up...Tags: Police Investigations, Police
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Obama traffic jams
To save the commuters the discomfort of having the Kennedy and Dan Ryan Expressways closed whenever President-elect and future President Barack Obama arrives in Chicago to visit his home in Hyde Park, please land Air Force One at Gary International. --...Tags: Barack Obama, Government, National Government
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CTA trying to sell station naming rights
Chicago TribuneThe Chicago Transit Authority is negotiating with potential corporate sponsors for naming rights at some rail stations as a way to bring in new revenue. In addition, companies can get their names festooned on highway signs in some parts of the state...Tags: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Chicago Transit Authority, Transportation, Northbrook, Burger King
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The Watcher recommends
Sunday: "A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!" (9 p.m., Comedy Central). Ah, nothing says Christmas like a fake right-wing pundit. Airing from a rustic upstate New York cabin set, this special has Stephen Colbert welcoming musical guests Feist,...Tags: Elvis Costello, Peter Jackson, Holidays, Tom Hanks, Mike Nichols
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Fishing report
LEGEND: *****–excellent; ****–very good; ***–good; **–fair; *–poor Lake Michigan (Chicago lakefront) **1/2 Winter perch activity picking up, notably at Navy Pier and Montrose. Perch biting on minnows. Trout, salmon fair on...Tags: Kankakee, Kenosha (Kenosha, Wisconsin), Wilmington, Fishing, Indiana
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Batavia approves scaled-down version of plan to boost downtown
Special to the TribuneA little more than a year after Batavia rejected a proposal that would have taxed downtown property owners to help support Batavia MainStreet, the city approved a scaled-down version of the plan. The City Council this week approved a special service area...Tags: Volleyball, Dining and Drinking, Bars and Clubs
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U.S. says soldier's captor is slain
Associated PressAn Al Qaeda in Iraq leader blamed in the 2004 capture and slaying of an Army reservist has been killed in a raid here, the U.S. military said Thursday. Acting on a tip, U.S. forces carried out the raid Nov. 11 in Baghdad's Mansour neighborhood, killing...Tags: Guerrilla Activity, Suicide, Bombings, Veterans Day, Ohio
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Tollway, arboretum turning new leaf on drab interchanges
Off into the shadows of the concrete jungle, a new partnership is blooming between the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority and the Morton Arboretum in Lisle.
It offers a model for a host of opportunities to make drab highway interchanges across the...Tags: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Building Material, Metal and Mineral, Chicago, Oak Lawn
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Ladies first? Not always
Tribune criticI was dining with a group of friends—there were six of us—and I ordered a bottle of wine for all to share. And the waiter, moving clockwise around the table, poured wine for the women first, then the men, and finally to the person who'd...Tags: Beverage Industry, Schools, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Dining and Drinking, Chicago Public Schools
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Paterson makes state appointments
ALBANY - Gov. David A. Paterson chose a longtime former teacher from Batavia as his deputy secretary for education. Duffy Palmer will fill the position he's held on interim status since Aug. 19. The former Batavia City School District teacher will earn...Tags: Regional Authority, Eliot Spitzer, Wyoming, Government, Executive Branch
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