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Watch Asteroid 2012 DA14 Fly By Earth
Asteroid 2012 DA14 is expected to fly within about 17,200 miles from Earth, NASA says.The asteroid is expected to fly by Earth at about 1:24 p.m. Central time, according to the Adler Planetarium. What...
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Lake County Museum Presents 'Mucha: Expanding Art Nouveau'
View beautiful and rare Art Nouveau objects by Czech artist Alphonse Mucha at the Lake County Discovery Museum, starting January 26. The exhibition features an exclusive peek at objects from the...
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Facebook Sued Over "Like" Button
Facebook is being sued for using the “Like” button, PRNewswire.com reports. Rembrandt Social Media has filed the lawsuit against the social media giant. Rembrandt is the patent holder of a feature...
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Student's Heart is with Poverty Stricken in Guatemala
She’s still a teen, but Courtney Quigley has already found her mission: to help poverty stricken families who live in the garbage dump of Guatemala City. It is a challenging place to visit and to work...
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Regional Police Report: Woman Killed by Car Backing Out of Driveway and More
Palatine Woman Killed by Car Backing Out of Driveway The investigation continues into an accident that claimed the life of a 77-year-old Palatine woman. According to a press release from Palatine...
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State to Require New Vaccinations for 6th-12th Graders: What Do You Think?
The Illinois State Board of Health has approved new recommendations from the Illinois Department of Public Health and The Illinois Department of Education to require all sixth through twelfth grade...
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Laughing Baby Loves Tearing Paper: Video
There is nothing like the sound of a baby's belly laugh to brighten up a gray winter day. This week's YouTube viral video, originally posted by BruBearBaby, features 8-month-old Micah being delighted...
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Fugitive Turns Herself In, Kind Of and Other Odd Police News
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. Vandals give resident a unicycle A...
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Nominate Highland Park Music Teachers Who Have Made a Difference
Has a Highland Park music teacher made a positive impact on your life? Nominations are now being accepted for the first-ever Music Educator Award, which will recognize music educators for their...
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Fresh Suspenders and A Discuss Thrower
We love Craigslist. The online classified is easy to use, localized and discreet. Whether you're looking for collectables, furniture or a passive-aggressive gift for your in-laws, there's a good chance...
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Random Acts of Kindness in Highland Park
Have you noticed your friends or neighbors making a difference in Highland Park? We want to know about it! Whether it's taking a stray dog to a shelter, taking out trash for a sick neighbor or helping...
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Caption This! Wet Kisses
We had almost 20 captions submitted for the photo of a dog rocking pink shades in last week's Caption This contest. The Patch judges awarded title of best caption to Bambi for "Do these glasses make my...
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Singles Searching for Love On Smartphones is Booming
Even though Valentine’s Day is over, the season of love lasts all year round and the number of singles searching for love on their smartphones is booming at 13.7 million in Nov. 2012, double the rate...
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Check Out These Expensive North Shore Mansions
It's Presidents Day. Which may have you thinking about that impressive white house at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. But we've got plenty of impressive abodes here on the North Shore, too. Each week, Patch...
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Israeli Basketball Legend Teaches Clinic at Berto Center
The Jewish National Fund hosted a basketball clinic with former University of Illinois and Israel basketball legend Tal Brody on Feb. 7 at the Berto Center in Deerfield. More than 100 children and...
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Letter to the Editor: Suburban Cops Allowed to Work Half Drunk
In response to NBC-TV news story “Many Suburban Cops Allowed to Work Half Drunk” which aired on local news February 14, 2013. The Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists (AAIM) finds it utterly...
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Lake County Twins Compete on "The Amazing Race"
Twin Lake County doctors are contestants on CBS’s The Amazing Race this season. Idries and Jamil Abdur-Rahman, 36, are competing to win $1 million in the show where teams of two race around the globe...
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Gasoline Prices Rise 13 Percent Over Last 32 Days
Most motorists have noticed that the price of gasoline has done nothing but rise over the past month. CNN Money reports the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in America has...
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