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Feder: Top program exec Dan Soles to leave WTTWJun 04, 2019 1:00 am - For nearly 25 years, everything you saw on WTTW-Channel 11 first had to pass the high standards of Dan Soles. Now he's leaving, Robert Feder writes. Signaling changes in...
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The snowballing climate science Jefferson would have understoodJun 04, 2019 1:00 am - When you enter the National Climatic Data Center in Ashville, North Carolina, you find a ledger in a glass case that contains carefully gathered climate records from 18t...
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Five players with local connections qualify for U.S. OpenJun 04, 2019 1:00 am - The Monday of U.S. Open sectional qualifiers has been billed “golf's longest day,” and for good reason. This week the final nine of twelve 36-hole qualifiers started wit...
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Rozner: Young, hungry Wolves chase another CupJun 04, 2019 1:00 am - If NHL justice were a reality, the Vegas Golden Knights would probably be playing in the Stanley Cup Final for the second time. And the franchise is only two years old. ...
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Elderly mom's caretaker needs respite help from siblingsJun 03, 2019 11:00 pm - Q. I am the youngest of five brothers and have cared for my mother for 12 years. I live with mom and my siblings live out of state. At 88, mom needs care that is overwhe...
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Is spending millions to extend Metra to Oswego needed - or a 'complete waste'?Jun 03, 2019 5:30 am - It's been seen as a train to nowhere, but a proposal to extend the Metra BNSF Line from Aurora to Kendall County is gaining momentum. Last month, the commuter railroad a...
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Rozner: It's safe to watch White Sox baseball againJun 03, 2019 1:00 am - The White Sox are interesting. Just let that simmer for a moment. A team that's lost 195 games the last two years is rather watchable and - dare to say - entertaining. A...
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What you're not hearingJun 03, 2019 1:00 am - Remember all the noise Republicans in Congress generated about repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act (better known to most of us as Obamacare)? Recall the resp...
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Feder: Another Tribune payday for Michael Ferro - $13.6 millionJun 03, 2019 1:00 am - You may have missed an interesting footnote to news last week that Chicago-based Tribune Publishing declared a special cash dividend of $56 million to its shareholders, ...
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Losing a young loveJun 02, 2019 7:00 am - His name was Bob Markum. It was the start of World War II, early 1940s. My mother was about 19 or 20 and engaged to him. They both were raised and lived on wheat farms d...