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What about due process for police?Dec 24, 2018 12:00 am - I am writing in support of our Elgin Police Department. I believe in due process, which is in the Constitution as a right of everyone of us, including police officers. T...
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Restoring America's shine will take timeDec 24, 2018 12:00 am - President Reagan referred to America as "A shining city on the hill." As I watch the current occupant of the White House and today's Republican Party's treatment of refu...
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Should sibling tell secret about deceased dad?Dec 23, 2018 5:00 am - Q. I'm the oldest child, with two younger brothers. My dad passed away about five years ago. My mom told me my dad cheated on her all their married life, until he got to...
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Problems with incorrect bathroom and kitchen ventingDec 23, 2018 5:00 am - Q. Over the years, I've noticed you always tell people to only vent the bathroom fan through the gable wall. Never through the roof or the soffit. Now, I own a two-story...
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Tidbits about Christmas throughout history in IllinoisDec 23, 2018 5:00 am - One might say Illinois had plenty to do with the Christmas holiday in the U.S. After all, it was Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the U.S. and a resident of Galen...
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Hey Santa, these workers need some helpDec 23, 2018 5:00 am - To: Claus, Santa Subject: Impossible wish list Esteemed Mr. Claus, This is not another plea to put me back on the "nice" list. I realize those three ships have sailed. I...
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Rozner: Bears win didn't have to be this complicatedDec 23, 2018 12:00 am - The Bears are selling very hard the idea that they are playoff-ready. There is zero doubt around the league that their defense certainly is, but the offense continues to...
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It's no secret: Grammar Moses is in the holiday spiritDec 23, 2018 12:00 am - Many years ago, I wrote a story in which I buried a secret message. No, it did not profess my undying love for Mary Ann from “Gilligan's Island” or divulge my voting rec...
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InTransit: O'Hare's interfaith chapel a place of solace for anyoneDec 23, 2018 12:00 am - A stone's throw from O'Hare's Interfaith Airport Chapel, workers lug bags off a jet. Nearby, a man waves orange batons guiding another plane to a gate. Inside, pilot Joh...
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Movie review: 'Vice' a bold, bonkers portrait of Dick Cheney as master manipulatorDec 23, 2018 12:00 am - "Vice" -- ★ ★ ★ ★ Every scene in Adam McKay's bold and bonkers biopic "Vice" radiates with the unbridled energy of an exuberant, experimental work-in-progress. After bri...