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“I was thinking, I am thinking about my family, they are safe or not.”

Relief workers in Myanmar say they are having a tough time reaching most of the people devastated by the deadly cyclone.

The International Red Cross says almost 2 million people need food and drinking water, but so far only 220,000 have received aid.

CBS 2 West Suburban Bureau Chief Mike Puccinelli reports a monk from Myanmar, who is now living in the Chicago area, is praying for his family and hoping to raise money to send to his disaster-ravaged homeland.

Ashin Ukkamsa prepared to pray Friday at the Burmese Buddhist Association temple on Forest Lane in Elmhurst. Read more

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“The safety of the students and employees of Elmhurst College is our first concern. We very much appreciate the efforts of the Elmhurst Police Department in responding quickly and effectively and resolving this situation.”

An Elmhurst College student was taken into custody by police last week after allegedly threatening violence at an upcoming college event. via The Highland Park News

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“No man is above it, and no man is below it.”

In the late 1950s, the United States was engaged in the Cold War with the USSR, a communist nation. via Naperville Sun

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"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly": The After Hours Film Society will discuss the award-winning film at 7:30 p.m. May 12. via Wheaton Sun

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“We encourage parents to talk to their children, teens or younger, and explain these issues. They cannot be so trusting of people they don't know.”

A 33-year-old man who worked at southwest suburban mall has been charged with sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl in the mall parking lot.

Andrew F. Alexander of Elmhurst was charged Friday with felony aggravated sexual abuse for having unlawful sexual contact with the teen in late April, Orland Park police said Tuesday.

The girl met Alexander while she was shopping in the Orland Square Mall and he took her to his vehicle in the parking lot, where he sexually abused her, Orland Park police Sgt. John Keating said. Read more

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“Landscape replaces architecture as the basic building block of contemporary urbanism... Landscape has become both the lens through which the contemporary city is represented and the medium through which it is constructed.”

Last month Metro held its Integrating Habitats competition, and although I'm late in writing about it, wanted to touch upon at least one of the winners. via Portland Architecture

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“Sometimes you have to take half a loaf”

SPRINGFIELD - Senate Democrats on Tuesday advanced their own version of a proposal to let voters remove the governor and other elected officials, a move critics said was aimed at throwing the recall effort ... via Chicago Tribune

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Alin Luchain, 24, of the 2200 block of Schrader Lane, North Aurora, was charged with felony retail theft after he walked out of a store in the 100 block of Hansen Boulevard in North Aurora with $256 worth of ... via Beacon News

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Barack Obama as "Messiah" ? Hmm. The last time I checked, the Messiah I worship actually healed a multitude of sick people, actually fed a multitude of hungry people, and actually brought back to life a dead ... via WORLD Magazine

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With over 12 years of retail banking experience, Martin Quantz, manager of Amcore Bank's South Elgin branch, was promoted to an officer. via Daily Herald

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