All Stories from May 11, 2024 (Change date)
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Jim O’Donnell: Maryland joins New York in dancing over the dead wires of Arlington ParkMay 11, 2024 4:47 pm - LAST WEEKEND'S KENTUCKY DERBY could have had a 20-horse photo finish and it wouldn't have mattered around the empty acreage once known as Arlington Park. The intersta...
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Water polo: Naperville North boys, girls win sectional titlesMay 11, 2024 4:34 pm - It was a sweep for Naperville North Saturday at Neuqua Valley. Both the Huskies boys and girls water polo teams won sectional titles, but they took different paths to hoi...
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4 things we learned from Bears rookie minicampMay 11, 2024 4:06 pm - The Bears took the field for the first time since January over the weekend. The team began its on-field portion of the off-season with rookie minicamp at Halas Hall in La...
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The true dictatorMay 11, 2024 3:16 pm - With all due respect to Mr. Lewis and Mr. Trumfio, I ask the following questions. Who has defied the Supreme Court and continued to buy votes by forgiving student loans? ...
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There must be a way to have peace without bloodshedMay 11, 2024 3:16 pm - Do you want to live in a country that favors government run by a dictator, autocrat, or fascist? I believe in predictable democracy, in which, the president takes a vow t...
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Fire destroys Crystal Lake garage, damages attached houseMay 11, 2024 3:13 pm - No one was hurt in a fire that gutted the garage of a Crystal Lake home Friday night, authorities said. The Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Department responded at about 7:07 p....
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Whenever a game is in need of change, we’re ready with ideasMay 11, 2024 2:47 pm - As our favorite Nobel laureate reminds us, the times they are a changin,’ not to mention a shrinkin.’ Not to pick on Pickleball again. I am instead inspired by the new, c...
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Powerlifting isn’t sanctioned the by IHSA, but that isn’t stopping powerlifters from preparing for state meetMay 11, 2024 2:46 pm - Maine West junior Adam Salinas pictured himself competing with some of Illinois’ best high school powerlifters. But a year ago, all he could do was take pictures at the I...
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Serious numbersMay 11, 2024 2:13 pm - I hope someday to be 100 and writing myself a birthday column, but I'm a ways from that event. What I am is 67 and writing myself a birthday column, which is serious enou...
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What happened to D.C.'s fiscal watchdogs?May 11, 2024 2:00 pm - The April jobs report found the U.S. economy added 175,000 new positions, but it fell below expectations. Unemployment nudged up to 3.9% last month, which at least keeps ...