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There's a point about 35 miles southwest of downtown Chicago where Harlem Avenue, the famed four-lane thoroughfare that cuts through the city and then the…
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Some people define success as being able to slide behind the wheel of a brand-new, fully loaded, leather-interiored Land Rover. Not Neil Koreman. The…
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Every time a Chicagoand points and clicks on an Internet purchase to be shipped by United Parcel Service, another bit of weight is added to the region's…
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Sometimes the more things change, the more they stay the same. A perusal of back issues of this magazine yields a striking continuity in many of the…
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The 6,300 citizens of Round Lake Park, a working class village near the Wisconsin border in far northern Lake County, have been affected by the recent…
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When Bryan Samuels became director of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, he inherited an agency that looked to be on the upswing.…
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The Advocate is in: Illinois' new top doc is known for his skill at reaching underserved communitiesWhen Dr. Eric Whitaker got a call from the governor’s office, it didn’t occur to him he was being considered to head the state Department of Public…
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It would be an easy bicycle ride down Lincoln Highway from the Lincoln Mall in Matteson to Rick’s Food & Liquors in Ford Heights. Just a tad over six…
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When American Airlines Flight 587 crashed in Queens, N.Y., the reaction from many Americans spoke volumes about the health of the U.S. airlines industry.…
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A couple of decades ago, Naperville’s teachers were unlikely to encounter a child carrying an ornamental sword to school, or a parent who doesn’t…