Columns
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Future of the Fox River: Ideas flow in for potential improvementsJan 13, 2023 5:00 am - A lot of brain power from community groups and government entities continues to flow into ideas and plans for enhancing activities and healthy lifestyles with the Fox Ri...
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Suburban cold cases solved and unsolved: How DNA has played a role so farJan 13, 2023 4:00 am - Despite thousands of leads, hundreds of interviews and untold hours of investigation, it took nearly a decade - and a couple of strokes of luck - for police to arrest th...
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Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: Belligerent spending, a congressional addictionJan 13, 2023 12:00 am - After 15 failed attempts, California Rep. Kevin McCarthy finally secured the House speakership. Many worry that the concessions McCarthy made to secure his victory - esp...
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: With visit, Biden makes things worse on borderJan 13, 2023 12:00 am - Republicans have spent two years demanding that President Joe Biden visit the U.S.-Mexico border. They wanted Biden to face the real-world consequences of his border pol...
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Neighbors in the news: Prospect Heights orthodontist installed as dental society presidentJan 12, 2023 5:00 am - • With more than 30 years of experience in orthodontics, Dr. Michael Durbin of Prospect Heights was installed as the 2023 president of the Chicago Dental Society. Dr. Du...
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Widescreen: Weaver's performance is the greatest innovation of Cameron's 'Avatar' sequelJan 12, 2023 5:00 am - James Cameron's career as a movie magician has given us a liquid-metal man, a shocking recreation of the sinking of the Titanic and the photorealistic, bioluminescent fo...
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Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: Humanity, the news and creatures in crisisJan 12, 2023 12:00 am - I have a personal memory that seems relevant to a recent story in the news. I am called to my front door on a warm day in July. I look out to find four barefoot boys, ra...
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Syndicated columnist Elwood Watson: Amid McCarthy drama, Republicans tried to play the race cardJan 12, 2023 12:00 am - The drama surrounding Rep. Kevin McCarthy's speakership bid remains nothing short of surreal. It took 15 bids to secure the votes required to become speaker of the House...
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Sound check: Pino Farina headlines Des Plaines Theatre, Tomorrow Never Knows fest kicks off mid-weekJan 11, 2023 10:00 pm - Pino Farina in Des Plaines The Pino Farina Band puts its best alt-rock foot forward for a headlining show at the Des Plaines Theatre this weekend. The performance, ...
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Following her dream: Roosevelt University grad returns in 'Chicago' 25th anniversary tourJan 11, 2023 10:00 pm - New York City native Jess DiForte's parents didn't take their kids on vacations. They took them to Broadway. DiForte's parents may not have known it at the time, but doi...