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Divers discover history in Lake Michigan waters
Filed by Alyssa Wells on Aug 12, 2008 12:00 AM

Most people don’t expect to have any scuba diving experience in Lake Michigan, let alone an exciting one. While diving is usually synonymous with warm, turquoise water and dazzling marine life, scuba divers in the Great Lakes region guard a well-preserved secret.

“If you’re diving and you want to see fish you have to go to the tropics,” says Cris Kohl, author of eleven books on the Great Lakes. “But if you want to see the best preserved shipwrecks in the world you have to dive here, because you sure won’t see them in saltwater.”

Chicago-style pizzas headed to troops in Iraq

Chicago-style pizzas headed to troops in Iraq

An Elk Grove Village man has arranged for thousands of pizzas to be frozen, packed in dry ice and shipped to the Middle East in time for the Fourth of July.
Chicago Tribune - 06.25.08

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