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Internet brings high school graduations closer to home
Tribune ReporterFaced with a problem this spring of too many graduating seniors and too little room for their families, five south and west suburban high schools stumbled on an obvious solution: broadcast the ceremonies live on their Web sites. Just like that, officials...Tags: High Schools, AT&T; Corp., Internet, Government, Facebook
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Richard S. Kelly, 1925-2009: Longtime Cook County domestic relations judge
Tribune reporterRichard S. Kelly, father of seven, was new to the bench but had ample family experience when he became a Cook County domestic relations judge. "He believed in the foundation of the family, which may sound counterintuitive" for a judge handling divorces,...Tags: Northwestern University, Marriage, Wilmette, Colleges and Universities, Rush University Medical Center
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Obama tells C-SPAN that health-care reform stars are aligning
Washington BureauWASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama predicted travails ahead for the struggle to pass health-care reform but offered a hopeful outlook for passage of legislation providing access to insurance coverage for all, saying "the stars may be aligned" for a deal...Tags: George Bush, Local Authority, Bill Clinton, The White House, Government
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Supreme Court short list: Chicago appellate judge is driven, versatile 'moderate liberal'
Tribune reportersVirtually every Wednesday evening, Diane Wood leaves one courthouse and travels a few blocks to another for a two-hour rehearsal with the Chicago Bar Association Symphony, an ensemble where she has played the oboe and English horn for roughly two decades....Tags: PTA, Downers Grove, University of Texas, Court Administration, Colleges and Universities
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Wedding dresses go back to basics
Tribune NewspapersOstentation is out, minimalism is in. That's a credo that applies to many things these days, including one of the least likely suspects: The wedding dress. Pouf is passé. Slim is stylish, and so are soft lace, flowing fabrics and focused...Tags: Marriage, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Fashion Trends
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Grandparents help out military parents
McClatchy/Tribune Newspapers"Good. Nothing. Good." The stateside half of a telephone conversation between 6-year-old Emma Tackett and her mom, Jeannette Tackett, who is in Iraq with the National Guard, leaves much to the imagination. Like many kids her age, Emma is a girl of few...Tags: SpongeBob SquarePants (tv program), Defense, Armed Forces
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1,800 loving tributes offered for California's war dead
The expressions of grief number more than 1,800, each memory offering a glimpse of a man or woman who has died in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Some tributes have been brief. "The greatest man I have ever known," read a comment last month about...Tags: Vehicles, Holidays, Armed Forces, Guerrilla Activity, Assault
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Business still booming for an old railway restaurant
It has to be one of the few restaurants still used for motion pictures, weddings and fundraisers even though it stopped serving food four decades ago. But, then, few have settings like the Fred Harvey Restaurant at L.A.'s Union Station. It's a wondrous...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Government, Steve Harvey, The Women (movie, 2008), Railway Transportation
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My word: From 1 old soldier to another
Seventy-one years have passed, but I can still picture him dressing for the parade: a stocky man, then about 57; ramrod straight; a rough, black, wool shirt tucked into khaki breeches; laced leggings; a sweat-stained campaign hat framing the weathered...Tags: Festive Event, Pennsylvania, American Legion, World War II (1939-1945)
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Review: "Mating Rituals of the North American WASP" by Lauren Lipton
Special to The CourantWhatever happened in Vegas in Lauren Lipton's new novel, it didn't stay in Vegas. And therein lies the heart of "Mating Rituals of the North American WASP." Lipton, a free-lance journalist who has homes in Litchfield County and New York City, has...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Newspapers, Connecticut, Dining and Drinking, New York Times
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Swanier Shares Experience Of Dealing With Parents Off To War
NEW LONDON — A Polish soldier had been killed. Everybody in the camp lined up. The truck came through with the soldier's body, and everybody saluted. Ketia Swanier was there and felt a profound emotion. The soldier had a family, who watched him go...Tags: NBA, Connecticut Sun, Armed Forces, Texas, Shawn Bradley
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Va. rejected federal funds for out-of-work families
When Gov. Tim Kaine proposed amendments to my bill, SB 1495, one would have thought, given the outcry by some, that Chicken Little's sky was indeed falling. At the outset, the legislation provided that good cause for leaving employment existed if an...Tags: Labor Legislation, Employees, Government, State Budgets, Employers
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