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Memorial Day BBQ? 8 Money-Saving Tricks (Sponsored)

Who’s NOT planning a BBQ this weekend? If the weather holds and you’ve got propane or charcoal, chances are you’re grilling something with your friends and family. Here, new ideas for keeping your costs down. Sponsored by Home Depot.
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The Community High School District 99 Board of Education voted unanimously May 20 to make Kristin Bormann the assistant principal for student activities and programs at Downers Grove North High School.

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How to Help Animals Affected by the Oklahoma Tornado

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A child is pulled from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, OK.

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How to Help Victims of the Oklahoma Tornado

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Physicians with the Michigan State Medical Society Thursday joined young cancer patients and patient advocates asking the state Legislature to approve a new package of bills that would ban minors from using indoor tanning facilities.

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Legislation to Ban Teen Tanning in Illinois Heads to Gov. Quinn

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Downers Grove North’s Top 2 Percent:  Front row (l-r): Rebecca Ridderhoff, Emma Burkhardt, Alana Osterling, Margaret Smith, Lydia Zimmerman. Back row (l-r): Principal Scott Kasik, Conner Fear, Tristan Burnham, Mary Bedalov, Alexander Buckley, Mantas Naris.

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District 99 Names Seniors in the Top 2 Percent of the Class of 2013

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AAUW Announces 2013 Scholarship Winners

AAUW Scholarship Award winners Lucy Wang, Lindsey Thiesfeld, Emma Jerzyk, Emma Harrison, Evelina Pabijanski, Emily Kaczmarski, Samar Khan, Nicole Mullaney, Tiffany Habbal
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra performs at The Morton Arboretum, June 27-30, 2013

Chicago Symphony Orchestra performs at The Morton Arboretum, June 27-30, 2013 -
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Rigged system good for both parties, bad for you; IL ex-pat loves his IN tax cut; Campaign 2014: Rauner's friends: Your Reboot Illinois Daily Tip-Off

The fix has always been in on Illinois' system for drawing up legislators' district boundaries. Abdul-Hakim Shabazz left Illinois for Indiana, and loves it.
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Hunger Knows No Season

Rotary donates to support local food pantries
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Reducing Injury during Summer Activities

Here's an article by Tom Callanan PT, DPT from the Doctor's of Physical Therapy newsletter about gearing up for summer activities.
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