Columns
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Guns in peanut butter and a whole chicken: What TSA agents found during a record-breaking 2022Jan 20, 2023 4:00 am - We all know you can't bring a gun aboard a commercial flight, but that didn't stop a record 6,542 failed attempts last year, according to the Transportation Security Adm...
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Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: Unpacking the new year one piece at a timeJan 20, 2023 12:00 am - What do you do when it's all too much? You start unpacking, one piece at a time. That's the way to start the new year. One piece at a time. First piece: the next senator...
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Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: Republicans must avoid repeating history with the budgetJan 20, 2023 12:00 am - The long and tedious battle for House speaker ended with the GOP arguably more focused on fiscal responsibility and cutting spending. To accomplish this, Republicans are...
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Sound check: Glory Days headlines Rockin' Robin memorial showJan 19, 2023 5:00 am - Rockin' Robin Memorial Show Wauconda-area pop-punk band Glory Days headlines a stacked lineup this weekend to celebrate the life of the late Robin Olmsted, a Cary artist...
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'Missing' an energized, timely, tech-savvy thriller set in a scary surveillance stateJan 19, 2023 5:00 am - “Missing” - ★ ★ ★ In “Missing,” we have what might have been the most innovative, energized and timely thriller of 2023, a flash-edited testimonial to tech-savvy Zoomer...
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Neighbors in the news: Advocate Condell medical-surgical nurse receives top honorJan 19, 2023 5:00 am - • Katherine Davey, a medical-surgical registered nurse at Advocate Condell Medical Center, Libertyville, was selected as a 2022 Nurse of the Year for her exemplary demon...
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Stories that unite: Jewish film festival brings messages of hope, courage and resilienceJan 19, 2023 4:00 am - "It is stories like these that aim to unite us and renew our faith in humanity," says Hillary Wenk, co-director of the 10th annual Jewish Community Centers Chicago Jewis...
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Syndicated columnist Jamie Stiehm: The three women of San FranciscoJan 19, 2023 12:00 am - So, what city gave America the only woman House speaker, the most senior senator and the first woman vice president? San Francisco, of course, that fair city. But here i...
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: Biden and the sanctuaries' dilemmaJan 19, 2023 12:00 am - This column has written previously about the fundamental difference between Republicans and Democrats when it comes to the crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border. When confron...
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Actor/music director/conductor Alexander Gemignani dreams big as the lead in Marriott Theatre's 'Big Fish'Jan 18, 2023 10:00 pm - Wherever Broadway veteran Alexander Gemignani goes, he is among family. He says that's how it feels for theater professionals who, over the course of a show, often estab...