COFFEE MUGS
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Coffee drinkers have two passions: their coffee and the mug from which they drink it. Share a photo of your favorite mug and tells us the story behind it by clicking here. Please include your full name and town of residence, and brief description of why you love your mug and how you got it. We will publish them in our online gallery.

• Photos: Favorite coffee mugs

VETERANS DAY 2009
Salute your veteran
Veterans Day 2009 is Nov. 11. Celebrate your veteran by sharing a picture and a story about him or her. To submit, click here. Please include your full name, along with the full name and town of residence of your veteran, and a brief description of your veteran's service to the country. We will publish photos in our online gallery.

• Photos: Saluting our veterans

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GREEN HOUSE BLOG
Calling fowl over chicken arguments
At 7 p.m. Wednesday, Lockport will vote on whether to lift its chicken ban. Plenty of upstanding municipalities, including Naperville, allow chickens in backyards. They're a good source of local, sustainable food. But plenty of people have a knee-jerk reaction and think they should be banned everywhere? But their arguments just crack under examination.

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