All Stories from January 11, 2025 (Change date)
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Bill McCartney, who coached Colorado to its only football national championship in 1990, has diedJan 11, 2025 11:02 am - ill McCartney, who coached Colorado to its only football national championship in 1990, has died. He was 84. McCartney died "after a courageous journey with dementia," according to a family statement. His family announced in 2016 that he had been diagnosed with dementia and Alzheimer's.
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Independent streak helped build Notre Dame into football’s historic and now modern behemothJan 11, 2025 10:00 am - It was some combination of religion, a grudge involving Knute Rockne and a rival, and maybe the simple time-honored notion that some people just don't like Notre Dame. Back in the 1920s, the Fighting Irish made what might have been their biggest push to join what would become the Big Ten but the athletic director at Michigan blocked it.
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Beware the latest TV gimmick: indoor golfJan 11, 2025 10:00 am - I have not seen everything, but I have seen indoor golf and I shrug. Indoor golf is usually found on cruise ships and in sports bars. Now it is a TV gimmick, like poker a...
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Jim O’Donnell: Freeman, Irish need a chunk o’ Northern Illinois at the CFP title gameJan 11, 2025 10:00 am - EVERYTHING'S COMING UP IRISH for Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame in the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff. Still, that shamrock quake leaves no one backing off fro...
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Grief & healing: Keeping in touchJan 11, 2025 6:00 am - It's very important to keep in touch with old friends and relatives. Continuity in our friendships and relationships make life richer.
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I drove all 2,448 miles of Route 66. What I wish I had known before startingJan 11, 2025 4:00 am - Last September, I crossed a dream trip off my bucket list. While I'd driven many sections of Route 66 over the years, I had never tackled the entire 2,448 miles from Chicago to Santa Monica in one trip.
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Jan 11, 2025 4:00 am - Illinois bill to regulate intoxicating hemp products stalls due to opposition from industry lobbyists and disagreements within Democratic caucus.
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Budget shortfall hangs over new General AssemblyJan 11, 2025 4:00 am - New Illinois legislature sworn in amidst bitter partisan divide. Can unity prevail with looming budget crisis?
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Jan 11, 2025 4:00 am - A review of the events of the past week in the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan.
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Jan 11, 2025 4:00 am - Illinois is struggling to meet renewable energy goals and facing budget shortfalls. New legislation transfers financial risk to utilities and ratepayers to guarantee funding for approved renewable projects.
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