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Sprint announces first 4G LTE cities for mid-2012 -- no L.A. yet
TechnologyLater this year, Sprint plans to launch its 4G LTE network in the cities of Atlanta, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio; no plans for Los Angeles have been announced as of yet.... -
Pop & Hiss premiere: TiRon gets down with 'Band on the Run' in new video
Pop & HissSince the "Day of the Locust," Hollywood Boulevard has been the metaphor of choice for dreams deferred. TiRon was raised in Kankakee, Ill., but has been based in Los Angeles since junior high school. His new video for "Down" finds...... -
Barbra Streisand furnishes her design taste
Barbra Streisand, a well-educated student of antiques and vintage decorative arts, has finally declared a major: "Eighteenth century American furniture and the design of the architects Greene and Greene are my special love," she says.
Think of it as a...Tags: Furniture, Barbra Streisand, Architecture, Sarah Bernhardt, Bradley
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Hartford Metro Not Sharing In House Price Gains Early In '13
The median sale price of previously-owned single-family houses in the Hartford metro area didn't register the gains seen nationwide in the first three months of this year, according to a new report Thursday. The Hartford metro area's median sale price...Tags: Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Services and Shopping, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut), Real Estate
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Tribune sued by former Countryside police chief
Momence police Chief Timothy Swanson, formerly the police chief in the suburb of Countryside, filed a lawsuit against the Chicago Tribune on Friday in response to articles about a police helicopter program he spearheaded. Swanson, of Bourbonnais, is...
Tags: Bourbonnais, Momence, Trials, Justice System, Laws
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NAACP chapter leaders from across state discuss issues in Decatur
Herald & Review, Decatur, Ill.A networking meeting Saturday of presidents of about a dozen Illinois branches of the NAACP was deemed valuable by the long-serving and newly elected alike. Jeanelle Norman is both, as former president of the Decatur branch who returned to office last...Tags: Bloomington, Politics, Champaign (Champaign, Illinois), NAACP, Elections
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Teen's injuries lead to warnings about potato guns
Aaron Williams was 15 when his friend invited him over to try out a new Christmas present — a potato gun constructed by hand from plastic pipe with hair spray as its propellent. Aaron said it was thrilling to watch as other teenagers balanced...
Tags: Potatoes, Ophthalmology, New Products, Hospitals and Clinics, Shootings
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Plains join 30 music acts at Fort Lauderdale's inaugural Block x Blog festival
When Plains' frontman Michael McGinnis is working, he's holed up in the recording pit of Honor Roll Music, a studio-warehouse in Little Haiti. His 6-foot-3 frame is hunched over three side-by-side monitors, his eyes staring at the screen's mixing software...
Tags: Nintendo Company Ltd., Music, Entertainment, Radio, Arts and Culture
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Plainfield trustees approve money for ash borer battle
The Plainfield Village Board voted Monday to continue the town's battle against the insidious emerald ash borer, a hungry little insect that is laying waste to the municipality's trees. The board voted unanimously to allocate up to $60,000 for the...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Joliet, Plainfield (Will, Illinois), Science and Technology
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Late-winter snowstorm slams Central Illinois, not Chicago
Tribune reporterChicago appears to have dodged the worst of an early-spring snow system that is dumping six to 10 inches on Central Illinois, according to the National Weather Service. But according to State Police Sunday night, motorists traveling in Kankakee,...Tags: Bloomington, National Weather Service, Champaign (Champaign, Illinois), Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Horse neglect rampant in Illinois, advocates say
CHICAGO - The four horses hadn't been visited in weeks. There was no water in their buckets, no hay in the stall. All of the animals looked dangerously thin. The horses' caregiver apparently had stopped showing up. So even though the horses were not...Tags: Will County, Politics, Pension and Welfare, Career and Workplace, Conservation
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