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How to Make Prime Rib Like a Pro
Finding the ultimate prime rib recipe is among the most popular Christmas recipes for 2012. Last year, the delicious red dish trended on Google for two weeks as a popular search term. For those...
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Keeping Illinois Roads Safe for the Holidays
Traffic fatalities on Illinois roads have been increasing this year _ the figure so far is 937_ prompting the Illinois Department of Transportation and the Illinois Tollway to urge drivers be safe as...
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NRA Calls for 'Armed Security' Around Schools
In an amazing Friday morning press conference, the National Rifle Association broke its weeklong silence following the horrific shooting of 26 people at a school in Newtown, CT and called for a surge...
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A Week After Sandy Hook, Grieving Continues
The country is still stunned, saddened and sober, focusing on the same things: How to talk to children about fear and death. How to assure them that what happened at one school won’t happen at their...
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Regional Police Report: Man Duct-Taped Couple In Art Heist, 22 Charged In...
Evanston Police: Man Duct-Taped Couple, Stole Paintings Stolen paintings found in a Morton Grove consignment shop led Evanston detectives to arrest and charge a Glenview man in connection with a home...
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Cartoon: Happy Holidays from Patch!
The Sunday Comics Patch by illustrator Charley Krebs.
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A Bizarre Fire Starter and Unwanted Home Improvements
Local police departments provided the following reports. In all incidents where an arrest occurred, a charge is merely an accusation and not evidence of guilt. Extreme makeovers gone wild Someone...
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Poll: Should Armed Guards Be In Every School?
The NRA called for a surge of gun-carrying "good guys" around U.S. schools Friday in the group's first public statement since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. NRA Executive Vice President...
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What's Your Favorite Christmas Ornament?
Holiday decorations do more than just glitter and sparkle — they give a hint about the personality of their owners. Whether it's a trinket showing loyalty to a favorite sports team, a delicate ball...
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Christmas Fun Facts and Trivia
We know that there were three Wise Men, 12 days of Christmas and that Santa delivers all his presents around the world in one night. But did you know... $23,439.38 How much it would cost to buy your...
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Winter Fashion Photo Gallery
It's the most wonderful time of the year.The mittens are clapping and Santa hats flapping,sweater weather is here!It's the most wonderful time of the year. Cold winds and the threat of frost bite...
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What Is a Humbug?
When Charles Dickens first had Ebenezer Scrooge utter the words, “Christmas, bah humbug,” six days before the holiday in 1843, what did the English author have in mind? Was Scrooge comparing the...
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Caption This! Dogs Play Around the Christmas Tree
We had about a dozen captions submitted for the photo of a cat fully stretched out in last week's Caption This contest. The Patch judges awarded title of best caption to John L for his caption: "Hah!...
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The Votes Are In: Christmas Carol Favorites
You, the voters, have spoken, and you've chosen some great Christmas and holiday-time music. Earlier:Love Christmas Carols? Vote for your Favorites We asked you to vote in four categories, and...
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