All Stories from September 21, 2020 (Change date)
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Reds, Brewers and Cardinals charging hard in NL CentralSep 21, 2020 7:00 am - All the Cincinnati Reds needed was one extended winning streak to turn a disappointing season into a possible playoff berth. Cincinnati had high hopes after spending big...
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13 overlooked horror films to check out before HalloweenSep 21, 2020 6:00 am - Every year around this time, the nation's top film critics should gather together for a giant Zoom meeting to hash out a list of the 13 most overlooked scary movies for ...
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Book review: Mary Gordon finds beauty by examining an ugly past in 'Payback'Sep 21, 2020 6:00 am - “Payback” by Mary Gordon (Pantheon) In true reality TV fashion, “Payback,” Mary Gordon's latest novel, begins with a teaser. It's 2018, and we're watchin...
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Suburban biking groups show a little creativity during the shutdownSep 21, 2020 6:00 am - "Given lemons, make lemonade" is the old saying. Some bikers have gone way beyond lemonade by displaying pandemic shutdown creativity in Schaumburg, Palatine and Wheaton...
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Horrors of slavery at center of Janelle Monae's 'Antebellum'Sep 21, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Janelle Monae says she “felt so much rage and anger” when she stepped onto a former slave plantation for the first time to film the psychological thriller “An...
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Chicago's Fluorescents grows into a new era with 'Dead End Conversations' EP, new videoSep 21, 2020 6:00 am - In the spring, when Chicago pop-punk foursome Fluorescents dropped “Dormancy,” the first single off Friday's new EP “Dead End Conversations,” it spoke of periods of tran...
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Ken Jennings on his new 'Jeopardy!' producer gig, Alex Trebek and filming the show in a pandemicSep 21, 2020 6:00 am - Back in January, longtime “Jeopardy!” executive producer Harry Friedman did something he never had in two decades of running the show: He called a contestant on the phon...
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New short-term rehab centers in Lisle, Aurora aim to 'break the traditional mold'Sep 21, 2020 5:30 am - Two new short-term medical rehabilitation centers in the suburbs are aiming to "break the traditional mold" of skilled nursing facilities, company leaders say. Blending ...
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A Mother's Day spent moving dirt at the dump? Bloomingdale Twp. Road District invoices under scrutinySep 21, 2020 5:30 am - Labor Day 2016. A day of leisure for many, but not for a Bloomingdale Township Road District contractor who spent eight hours moving dirt at a local dump, records obtain...
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Dist. 214 board member says remote learning vote had 'no bearing' on decision not to run againSep 21, 2020 5:30 am - A slate consisting of three Northwest Suburban High School District 214 school board members and one newcomer have announced their candidacies for next spring's election...