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Room air cleaners are effective for allergiesDec 04, 2021 6:00 am - Q: My kids have allergies year-round, so I need room air cleaners in addition to the main one on the furnace. How do I compare effectiveness and efficiency of various un...
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Grief over losing a pet is as real as any griefDec 04, 2021 5:00 am - By Susan Anderson-Khleif As some know, I have two kitties who brighten my days and are very sweet. They are also very smart, have learned a lot of what to do, where to g...
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How We Got The Story: Covering theater in pandemic has changed, but rewards remainDec 04, 2021 12:00 am - There was a time when the most pressing challenge a theater critic faced was punctuality: arriving at the venue by curtain time and filing the review on deadline. The C...
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Japanese Americans who rebuilt lives in the suburbs reflect on Pearl Harbor trauma, legacyDec 04, 2021 12:00 am - Like many Americans who lived through the experience of Pearl Harbor, Jean Mishima remembers the chaotic aftermath of the attack as if it happened yesterday. But it affe...
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Lincicome: Halls of Fame: The thrill of admittance and the agony of exclusionDec 04, 2021 12:00 am - By my rough count there are 272 sports halls of fame. This does not count walks of fame and walls of fame or show business halls of fame. In fact, the spookiest hall of ...
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After disappointing season, Jimenez looking to regain old form with White SoxDec 04, 2021 12:00 am - Eloy Jimenez knows all about work stoppages. Last season, the White Sox's left fielder was shut down from late March until late July with a ruptured left pectoral tendon...
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Constable: Barrington teen in rare air going for World Cup of Indoor SkydivingDec 04, 2021 12:00 am - Buffeted by hurricane-strength wind, 15-year-old Gigi Keuer of Barrington is flung from one side of the chamber to another, her petite frame spinning, flipping end over ...
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Arkush: Do Bears have enough left to challenge NFL's top team?Dec 04, 2021 12:00 am - Contrary to what people may think, the Bears and the Cardinals hold the NFL's oldest rivalry, dating back to 1920. Of course they both played in Chicago from 1921-1959, ...
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Drury Lane's taptastic 'Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn' serves up seasonal cheerDec 03, 2021 12:00 pm - “Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn” - ★ ★ ★ Like the 1942 film that inspired it, “Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn,” which premiered on Broadway five years ago, is a quaint, jukebo...
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Spotlight on theater: Steel Beam, Raue Center serve up family-friendly holiday fareDec 03, 2021 5:00 am - Holiday pantomime Raue Center for the Arts partners with its school of the arts to produce "A Christmas Carol: A Holiday Pantomime," adapted from Charles Dickens' tale. ...