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Costumed dead tree a Downers Grove landmark
Much to the embarrassment of his kids, it's time once again for Sam Orticelli to dress up the dead tree in his front yard. For the last four years, the Downers Grove real estate attorney has costumed the 15-foot-tall stump facing Fairview Avenue in...Tags: Downers Grove, Halloween
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Judge allows charges in prayer death case
Associated Press WriterA judge Monday refused to dismiss reckless homicide charges against parents accused of praying instead of seeking a doctor's care as their 11-year-old daughter died of untreated diabetes. Marathon County Circuit Judge Vincent Howard rejected arguments...Tags: Constitutional Issues, Crimes, Criminal Laws, Trials, Laws
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The Planner
Today Unemployment Compensation Tax Seminar, 10 a.m., in Spanish, Hollywood Beach Culture & Community Center, 1301 South Ocean Drive, Hollywood. Presented by the Florida Department of Revenue. Free. Call 954-967-1821. Mousercise, 2 p.m., Delray Beach...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Rivers, Investments, Kravis Center, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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Decorator turns Dubuque theater into holiday site
Telegraph HeraldRegulars on the crew at Dubuque's Bell Tower Theater know they'd better keep moving. Otherwise, Jim Meyer is likely to decorate them. Meyer grins and shrugs when he hears the joke, even after hearing it many times before. "You either got it or you...Tags: Employees, Religious Festivals, Theater, Hobbies, Halloween
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Egyptian-born commentator baptized by pope in high-profile conversion enters Italian politics
ROME (AP) _ An Egyptian-born writer who renounced Islam and was baptized by Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday that he has formed a political party that would enter candidates in next year's EU elections. Magdi Cristiano Allam said his "Protagonists for...Tags: Freedom of Religion, European Union, Islam
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Peninsula District girls basketball preview
Peninsula District girls BETHEL Last season: 15-10, 11-7 Peninsula District. Coach: Mike Hagans. Top returning players: Amber Easter, Regina Williams, Shamari Carroll. The buzz: The Bruins have only one starter returning, but she's a pretty good...Tags: Boston Bruins, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Basketball, Jim Smith
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Remains of the slave ship Trouvadore found
Texas researchers have discovered the wreck of the slave ship Trouvadore, which slammed into a reef off the coast of the Turks and Caicos Islands in 1841, freeing the 193 Africans who were being brought to the U.S. South for a life of servitude.
It is...Tags: Baby Products, Games, and Toys, Museum of Natural History, Local Authority, Toys, Slavery
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Defining the job has been a challenge for first ladies throughout the ages
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ Among the many challenges Michelle Obama will face as first lady, the biggest may be defining the job. And therein lies the problem: Her newest high-profile job isn't a job, per se. The Founding Fathers made no provision for the...Tags: Eleanor Roosevelt, Family, The White House, Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama
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Share the Care adult day care is an oasis for ailing seniors, offers relatives a break
Sentinel Staff WriterThe last one left is Elmo Bingham. On a Monday afternoon at Share the Care adult-day-care center, Bingham is sitting alone at a round table in the kitchen, flipping through a magazine called Garden & Gun. The big-band music on the stereo is turned off....Tags: Adults, Mental Illness, People, Vehicles, Illnesses
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Gardens: DECEMBER 2008
It's become a tradition for me to garland my December calendar with my own version of "The Twelve Days of Christmas." This year I thought I'd try out some new lyrics. I hope you like them. On the Twelfth Day of Christmas my true love sent to me Twelve...Tags: Religious Festivals, Hanukkah
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SATURDAY AT AQUEDUCT
Best Bet: BRIBON (8) Best Value: TIPPITY TAP (4) Totals: 35-205 ($330.20) 1 1 Mile. 3&up. Claiming $15,000. Non winners of 3 races or 3yo. Purse: $21,000. Post - 12:25 p.m. 3 Mastermind(L) 5-8-11 Arboleda Chin 120 50-1 1 Ecru Egret(L) 4-3-2 Thompson...Tags: Ryerson Incorporated, Globalization, Fiction, Imperial and Royal Matters, International Relations
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Thanksgiving meals come and go, but year-round work remains at family-owned turkey farms
Associated Press WriterMETHUEN, Mass. (AP) _ You'd think a turkey farmer would get a day off once the Thanksgiving bird reaches the table. Jim Rischer gets something far less — at best. "I try to work a half-day instead of a full day," said the patriarch of the family...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Farms, Sarah Palin, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Turkey
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