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High school students turn to internships to help plot future
This summer, teenagers will canvass in support of politicians, help nurses in hospitals or tweet as part of a company's social media effort. They're still in high school but they are working unpaid internships — sometimes even paying thousands of...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Mount Prospect, University of Illinois at Chicago, Prospect Heights (Cook, Illinois)
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Childhood passion leads to uncommon calling
Daily American Staff WriterAs a second generation photographer, Chuck Wagner has always had a passion for pictures. He has turned his hobby into a unique way to document a national tragedy — Flight 93. Throughout his years working as a Flight 93 ambassador, Wagner has...Tags: Washington, DC, The Salvation Army, Human Interest, FBI
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Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson breakup again, for now
Zap2itAfter a relationship of three years, it seems that Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson have broken up. Again. For now. What happened (this time)? According to sources quoted by People, the most recent break-up followed Pattinson skipping a 27th birthday...Tags: Robert Pattinson
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NTSB: Trains were moving 70 mph before Connecticut collision
About 30,000 commuters in Connecticut and New York braced for a sluggish trek to work on Monday -- and for the rest of the week -- as officials continued to investigate why two trains slammed into each other in Bridgeport, Conn., on Friday evening. An...
Tags: Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut), Transportation Industry, Transportation Accidents, National Transportation Safety Board, Dannel P. Malloy
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It's time for Chicago
Chicago transforms into a warm-weather temptress once the city bids winter farewell. A sparkling lakefront framed by skyscraper views is just the beginning. Free events are abundant at city parks and along Chicago's 18-mile Lakefront Trail. Favorites...
Tags: Transportation Industry, Chicago Hotels, Fort Lauderdale, Travel, Trips and Vacations
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As grocers, restaurants bicker, many menus still lack calorie counts
Three years after Congress voted to require it, you still won't find calories listed on the menus of most restaurant chains. The problem? The federal government has yet to write the specific rules to carry out the law, in part because supermarkets are...
Tags: McDonald's, Publix Super Markets Inc., Crime, Law and Justice, Cathy McMorris, Orlando Restaurants
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StoryCorps booth allows Chicagoans to make history into a microphone
Sitting across from his son Peter in a warmly lit booth at the Chicago Cultural Center earlier this month, Chester Konopacki gave slow, careful answers about his childhood on his family's farm in Eastern Poland. He recalled he was tending horses one night...
Tags: Chicago Cultural Center, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Arts and Culture, Culture, Radio
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Damaged trains being removed from wreck site
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Commuter trains damaged in a crash in Connecticut were being removed Sunday in the first step to making repairs and restoring service, the agency that runs Metro-North said. Aaron Donovan, spokesman for the Metropolitan...
Tags: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Amtrak, Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut), Railway Accidents, Railway Transportation
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The Fountain's 'Heart Song' gives voice to flamenco's depths
Two years ago Stephen Sachs began working on a play about the philosophy and practice of flamenco. He figured he had all the material he needed, having spent years in close proximity to flamenco dancers as the co-artistic director of the Fountain Theatre,...
Tags: Shirley, Arts and Culture, Human Interest, Entertainment Events, Religion and Belief
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A rare Chicago look at Balanchine's 'Swan Lake'
No dance artist is immune to the passage of time: The works of George Balanchine remain stellar, but we seem to see less and less of them every year. But there is the occasional surprise, and that happened over the weekend at the Harris Theater, where...Tags: Entertainment Events, Dance
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Darden tries out Atrium bar area
Wedged between its latest combination of Olive Garden and Red Lobster in Wilkesboro, N.C., Darden Restaurants is testing a bar called Atrium. Atrium offers its own menu. It has alcohol and foods such as flatbreads, tacos and mini-sandwiches that...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, International Drive, Olive Garden, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Red Lobster
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South Bend may allow urban hives
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- First birds, now bees. On the heels of a new backyard chicken law, Common Council member Tim Scott, D-District 2, has introduced an ordinance amending the city code as it relates to beekeeping. The ordinance, which has been referred to...Tags: Beekeeping, Safety of Citizens, Government, Allergies, Politics
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