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Feder: Chicago Reader poised to become nonprofit after co-owner gives up fightApr 27, 2022 1:00 am - The next time some rich guy offers to rescue your newspaper, run the other way. That's one of the lessons from the fiasco that nearly destroyed the Chicago Reader after ...
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Harper, ECC semifinalists for $1 million Aspen Prize for community college excellenceApr 27, 2022 1:00 am - Harper College in Palatine and Elgin Community College are among 25 semifinalists for the 2023 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, officials announced Wednesda...
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No surprise: Toews and Kane believe Hawks can turn things around in a hurryApr 27, 2022 1:00 am - Professional athletes are nothing if not extremely optimistic. No matter how bleak things may appear from the outside, most pros believe they can win the next game, clim...
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Projecting all 6 Bears picks on the mock draft dart boardApr 27, 2022 1:00 am - I am not a fan of mock drafts. They portend a level of knowledge no one, including the very best of the NFL's general managers and personnel experts, can possibly have. ...
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From Johnny Depp to Rece Davis, an incomplete guide to the brawny NFL DraftApr 27, 2022 1:00 am - IF THE IMMORTAL WAYLON JENNINGS was singing about it, he might ask, "Don't you done think this NFL Draft bit's done got out of hand?" Instead, beginning Thursday night o...
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LaVine could miss Game 5 after entering health and safety protocolsApr 26, 2022 11:00 am - With the potential final game of the season looming, one more round of bad luck seems appropriate for the Bulls. The team confirmed Zach LaVine entered health and safety...
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Spotlight: Chekhov's 'Seagull' inaugurates Steppenwolf's new in-the-round theaterApr 26, 2022 6:00 am - A re-imagined classic Steppenwolf Theatre's Jeff Perry returns to the theater he co-founded for fellow ensemble member Yasen Peyankov's adaptation of Anton Chekhov's "Se...
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Constable: Self-made filmmaker from Lisle finds his way to make a full-length movieApr 26, 2022 5:10 am - As a kid playing basketball and football at Lisle High School, Zachary Trussell didn't have all the ingredients to feed his passion for film. "My mom loves movies, so I ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Unlike Cubs in April '97, Sox fans have no option to shoot the goatApr 26, 2022 1:00 am - TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO - April 1997 - the Cubs opened the season 0-14. That sort of dark start makes the White Sox current pan dripping look positively Pale Hose by compa...
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Feder: 'Seinfeld' Food Truck returns to ChicagoApr 26, 2022 1:00 am - It's been 10 years since the "Seinfeld" Food Truck rolled into the Chicago area. Now it's coming back - loaded with free treats (but no soup) for everyone. To promote r...