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'The Art of Self-Defense' paints comic portrait of American machismoJul 18, 2019 6:00 am - "The Art of Self-Defense" - ★ ★ ★ Be prepared for a savage indictment of American masculinity on a horrifyingly hilarious level. "I want to be what intimidates me," Case...
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The newspaper as a magical looking glass into historyJul 18, 2019 1:00 am - Stacked safely away in my attic are some keepsakes I rarely look at but could never part with. There is the Nov. 3, 2016, edition of the Daily Herald and several other n...
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The next steps for our communityJul 18, 2019 1:00 am - It has been a long, difficult 16 months since the city of Elgin experienced its first officer-involved fatal shooting in more than 20 years. On March 12, 2018, the Elgin...
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Feder: 'Timing just feels right' for radio entrepreneur Sam AlexJul 18, 2019 1:00 am - Sam Alex is living proof that radio dreams still come true, Robert Feder writes. Sixteen years after he started as an intern for a Chicago radio station, the northwest s...
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Piano man David Kellen back at the keyboard in GenevaJul 17, 2019 11:00 pm - For most of his life, David Kellen could count on his time at the piano keyboard as a stabilizing force, and surely his purpose in life. It was his ultimate go-to happy ...
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Three winners, three losers in this year's Emmy nominationsJul 17, 2019 10:50 am - For Emmy voters, deciding on the very best shows amid the ever-expanding television landscape should keep getting harder. More networks, streaming platforms and types of...
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Here's how the homemade Italian sausage gets madeJul 17, 2019 6:06 am - Good Italian sausage begins with the right cut of meat, most often pork butt, providing the perfect ratio of meat and fat, a grind that is not too fine, and seasonings. ...
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Ziehm: Chicago LPGA veteran Jeray battles at MistwoodJul 17, 2019 1:00 am - It took just one swing for the 25th Phil Kosin Illinois Women's Open to turn into a real battle Wednesday at Mistwood in Romeoville. Nicole Jeray, for two decades Chicag...
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O'Donnell: Please hold all tickets on the future of Arlington ParkJul 17, 2019 1:00 am - THERE IS SOMETHING in the air at Arlington Park. And no, it's not the seasonal waft out of the oval's deteriorating backstretch. Credible reports are that an individual ...
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Trump never takes a vacation from provocationJul 17, 2019 1:00 am - For many, summer is the literary season of lighter novels at the beach or pool. For me - exhausted by the quickening pace of President Donald Trump's moral and mental di...