Columns
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Movie review: Liam Neeson goes super vigilante - again - in blackly comic 'Cold Pursuit'Feb 07, 2019 5:00 am - "Cold Pursuit" - ★ ★ ½ You gotta appreciate a vigilante action thriller that ends with its cast members listed in the order of their "disappearance." Practically everybo...
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Constable: Fremd Writers Week lit fire that still blazes 25 years laterFeb 07, 2019 4:30 am - Twenty-five years ago, Fremd High School English teachers Gary Anderson and Tony Romano were leading the search to engage students in writing. "We used to have a lot of ...
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Feder: Block Club Chicago hires three new reportersFeb 07, 2019 12:00 am - Three new full-time reporters have been hired at Block Club Chicago, the nonprofit subscription-based digital news site founded by former editors of DNAinfo Chicago, Rob...
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Rozner: Is this Blackhawks run for real?Feb 07, 2019 12:00 am - Don't look now — and perhaps you haven't — but the Blackhawks have been on a pretty nice roll and are threatening to get in the playoff race. The focus is on this six-ga...
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More wins means more pancakes for Schaumburg's Hodges brothersFeb 07, 2019 12:00 am - Breakfast for dinner is a good change of pace. Then again, it might be even better as the routine, like it is in the Hodges' household. A win for the Schaumburg boys bas...
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Something special about Geneva's McDonald-Mascari duoFeb 07, 2019 12:00 am - Geneva senior co-captains Jack McDonald and Mitch Mascari are nearly as unbeatable on the basketball court as they are inseparable pals off it. Geneva is 23-1 and leads ...
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The Senate Finance Committee is now steered by a tractor driver from IowaFeb 07, 2019 12:00 am - His tractor is so noisy that, when driving it, the man who calls himself "just a farmer from Butler County" puts his cellphone under his cap, set on vibrate. Charles Gra...
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Can moderate Dems talk Pelosi out of extreme border position?Feb 07, 2019 12:00 am - As things stand now, a House and Senate conference committee is the only hope that Democrats and Republicans can reach agreement on border security and avoid another gov...
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O'Donnell: 'NFL complementary league' fills the void starting Saturday nightFeb 07, 2019 12:00 am - IF TV PEDIGREE MATTERS, young Charlie Ebersol and his new Alliance of American Football can't miss. The eight-team “developmental league” — coast-to-coast if you lop off...
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The surprising solution to avoid woodpecker damage to your houseFeb 06, 2019 10:00 pm - As a board member of the Kane County Audubon Society, Jerry Hope of St. Charles almost always notices stories about birds in the newspaper. And he did so last week when ...