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$10 for $20 Worth of Fresh Gourmet Fare and Drinks at Meg’s Café in Glencoe

Adding gourmet ingredients to a meal makes a commonplace activity feel special, much like brushing your teeth with a sparkler or withdrawing money from an ATM while holding it at gunpoint. Spice up a mundane day with today’s Groupon: for $10, you get $20 worth of fresh gourmet fare and drinks at Meg’s Café on Park Avenue in Glencoe. Specializing in sandwiches and salads served from the kitchen of An Apple A Day Catering , Meg’s Café maintains a cozy setting for the day’s ritual food sacrifice. At lunch , a vegetarian foccaccia sandwich overspills its banks with pesto, red onions, goat cheese, and zucchini flotsam ($7.59). A create-your-own omelette ($9.99), meanwhile, will appease architects tired of clients rejecting their vision of condominiums filled with mushrooms and melted cheese. At the sound of the dinner sousaphone, quell querulous appetites with a Thai chicken salad ($11.99) before digging for buried flavor-treasure through the grilled salmon topped with chilled cucumber-dill sauce ($16.99) or the orange-glazed half roast duck ($16.99). Groupon Says The Groupon Guide to: Hangover Cures Which former NBA power forward gives the best massages? Read more…

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$5 for $10 Worth of Organizational Products from LobotoME.com

A disorganized mind is like a messy closet: cramped, dusty, and full of forgotten birthday presents. Clear up the clutter with today’s Groupon: for $5, you get $10 worth of organizational products from LobotoME.com , a cheery digital papery that offers mind-sorting aids with a quirky sense of humor. Trade in staid sticky notes for a tongue-in-cheek MEpad ($9.95), a portable pencil-in option for listers on the go. Time-saving options such as the grocery-aiding Check ME and belly-briefing Feed ME ($9.95 each) smooth shopping sessions, allowing gray-matter space for thinking about dinosaurs. Each cheeky checklist is printed on recycled materials with soy-based inks to ensure approving high-fives from organic and organized Mother Earth. Groupon Says The Groupon Guide to: Hangover Cures Which former NBA power forward gives the best massages? Read more…

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$49 for 28-Day Online Vegan Challenge with Nutrition Northwest Co. ($249 Value)

For $49, today’s side deal gets you an online 28-day vegan challenge detox program with Nutrition Northwest Co. (a $249 value). Certified nutritionist Angela Pifer specializes in customized nutrition programs and group detoxification programs, this online group detox is designed to cleanse body of harmful toxins through a four-step program. Over the detox period, clients strive to identify unhealthy toxins in their bodies, remove them, restore nutrients, and begin healing. Upon enrollment, clients will have access to the Rejuvenate online community, a copy of the Rejuvenate manual and recipe book, weekly teleconferences to monitor your success, and free downloads of audio meditations and Pilates videos. Clients are encouraged to participate in the Rejuvenate Seven Day Pre-cleanse Program, which will prepare you for the detoxification and increase your chances of success. Groupon Says Read more…

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$35 for a Three-Month Patron Circle Membership to Facets Multi-Media ($70 Value)

The term “silver screen” originated during the filmmaking portion of the 1948 Olympics, when Hollywood’s entry, Talking Dog II , came in a close second to the Soviet film Four Hours of Grainy Footage of People Building Collective Farms . Educate yourself on cinematic history with today’s Groupon: for $35, you get a three-month Patron Circle membership to Facets Multi-Media (a $70 value). Facets is a nationally renowned organization dedicated to the preservation, archival, exhibition, distribution, rental, and educational resource of film. Patron Circle membership benefits are a myriad of movie-lovers’ delights. Facets bestows members with near-unlimited rental privileges (four at a time) from its DVD catalogue —either at the cinémathèque or via its two-way mailing program—which includes everything from new releases to rare, out-of-print reels of Orson Welles eating nachos. Patron Circlers also get free admission for two to Cinémathèque screenings and a free pass to Facets Night School , which assembles film buffs for special Saturday-night lectures about esoteric cult classics and obscure oddities. Fuel the film fire further with a 10% discount on the purchase of DVDs from the website and a 36% discount for Facets Film School classes on art and the history of cinema. Recent sessions have included Federico Fellini: His Cinematic Realm of Dreams, Magic, and the Self; Modes of Interrogation: The Documentaries of Errol Morris; and Cannonball Run II: Why? Members continue to get red-carpet treatment with VIP invitations to film festivals, advance screenings, filmmaker appearances, and other cinematically fantastic events. Groupon Says The Groupon Guide to: Hangover Cures Which former NBA power forward gives the best massages? Read more…

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It’s so hard to say goodbye

It’s so hard to say goodbye — Sat Jan 01 01:24:00 UTC 2011 Dear Bulls Home readers, I have been blessed with the opportunity to share Chicago Bulls news and my opinions about the team with you since November 2009. I’ve had tons of fun doing it, but unfortunately… by Bulls Home via Rant Sports about: Chicago Chicago Bulls sport Sports

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Notebook: Packers preparing to play Bears starters

Notebook: Packers preparing to play Bears starters — Sat Jan 01 02:03:00 UTC 2011 The Green Bay Packers have said all week that theyre preparing to play against the same Chicago Bears team that won the NFC North. by Packers News via Green Bay Press-Gazette Read the rest of this story… 09.03p ET about: American Chicago Bears Environment Football Green Bay Packers Green Bay Press Green Bay Press-Gazette NFC North NFL Sport

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Teen wounded in drive-by shooting

Teen wounded in drive-by shooting — Sat Jan 01 03:44:00 UTC 2011 A 14-year-old boy was wounded in the arm in a drive-by shooting on the Southeast Side Friday night.The teen was walking with two other males on the 10900 block of South Buffalo Avenue about 8 p.m. when a blue sport-utility vehicle was driven by and som… about: 10900 South Buffalo Avenue, Chicago, IL Chicago Fire Department Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Comer Children’s Hospital Hector Alfaro Law_Crime Southeast Side the University of Chicago University of Chicago University of Chicago Medical Center at: University of Chicago

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Man found shot in head on Far South Side

Man found shot in head on Far South Side — Sat Jan 01 03:54:00 UTC 2011 Police were called to the Far South Side Friday night and found a 40-year-old man shot in the head.Detectives were still investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting and did not have any details available late Friday, said Chicago Police Ne… about: 13200 South St. Lawrence Avenue, Chicago, IL Advocate Christ Hospital Ballistic trauma Chicago police Chicago Police Department crime Far South Side Far South Side Police Hector Alfaro Law_Crime Medical Center News Affairs Officer

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Man wounded multiple times in South Side shooting

Man wounded multiple times in South Side shooting — Sat Jan 01 04:16:00 UTC 2011 A 30-year-old man was wounded in the ankle and thigh Friday night when he was shot on a South Side street.The man was shot about 9 p.m. on the 7700 block of South Hermitage Avenue, said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro, citing prelimin… about: 7700 S. Hermitage Ave., Chicago, IL Advocate Christ Hospital Chicago Chicago Fire Department Chicago Police Department Chicago Police News Affairs Officer crime Health Hector Alfaro Law_Crime Medical Center south side South Side spokesman

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Bill Cameron’s best gaffes and malapropisms in Chicago politics this year / LISTEN

So many quotes, so little time. Certainly the biggest gaffe of the year goes to Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr in the Blagojevich case, denying to Don & Roma that he tried to buy Obama’s old senate seat.

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