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World’s Finest Chocolate leasing part of plant to chocolate giant
<p>World’s Finest Chocolate is leasing part of its Southwest Side factory to Swiss chocolate giant The Barry Callebaut Group, which will invest $5.7
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Archdiocese, 4 Northwest Side schools pursue new regional plan
<p>The Archdiocese of Chicago announced four Northwest Side Catholic schools will participate in a new school regionalization plan that could lead to
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<small><strong>Gihad Ali (far right) youth programs director with the Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago, appeared at an online radicalization seminar presented by the in December. She was joined by (from left): Sheikh Kifah Mustaph, Imam
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Muslim groups work to keep youth safe from ISIS, entrapment
<p>With terrorist organizations like ISIS seeking to recruit Muslim youth online and via social media, Chicago-area Muslim groups are taking steps to
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Chicago archdiocese 24-hour forgiveness festival open to Catholics, others
<p>For 24 hours, the doors of Chicago area Catholic Churches will be open to Catholics and non-Catholics alike seeking forgiveness and prayer as part
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The Sitdown: Arshia Wajid, founder and president, American Muslim Health Professionals
<p>Arshia Wajid, founder and president of the Chicago-based national nonprofit American Muslim Health Professionals, has been tackling public health
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<small><strong>Laurie Skelly is a data scientist at Datascope. | Michael Schmidt/Sun-Times</strong></small>
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Women at work: Data mining among hottest professions
<p>At Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Mary Kwasny is conducting research designed to help pregnant women reduce unhealthy weight
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Women at work: Aiming to blaze a trail in firefighting
<p>With a bachelor’s in biology, Loné Williams, 28, was teaching middle-schoolers in Sauk Village when she decided to change careers.</p>
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Funeral director Kristen Garrett at Gluekert Funeral Home in Arlington Heights. | James Foster / Sun-Times
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Women at work: Female funeral directors say our empathy, listening skills help
When Marya F. Gibbons, co-owner of Gibbons Funeral Home, attended a recent continuing education class for funeral directors, she was one of only
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Women at work: Aiming to blaze a trail in firefighting
By Francine Knowles