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'I just wanted to let you know'Nov 05, 2020 12:00 am - I first heard from my old high school friend in an email in October 2011. Subject line: "Ashtabula High 1975." "I am in complete shock over what has happened to compassi...
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Symposium shows young people have a passion for birdingNov 04, 2020 5:00 am - Those of us working through the COVID-19 era may be tiring of video conference calls. It's easy to get Zoomed out, dreading the next "virtual" meeting. But a Zoomer abou...
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Sound check: Join Hellogoodbye for an anniversary livestreamNov 04, 2020 5:00 am - ‘Oh, It Is Love' Forrest Kline and Hellogoodbye introduced the world to its boppy, poppy vibes with 2006's debut “Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!” — an album ...
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Feder: ESPN 1000 at the finish line for White Sox radio rightsNov 04, 2020 12:00 am - The headline here in August read: "White Sox appear headed to ESPN 1000." Now it's about to come true. Sources confirmed Tuesday that the Chicago White Sox have rejected...
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A little compassion for the losers, pleaseNov 04, 2020 12:00 am - There is no place quieter or more forlorn than the losing candidate's headquarters the morning after election night. If the phone rings, it's a good bet that it is eithe...
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Arkush: Tale of the tape reveals Bears should have beat SaintsNov 04, 2020 12:00 am - Unlike the Rams game the week before and the Colts game four weeks ago, studying the tape of the Bears 26-23 loss to the Saints wasn't painful. The Bears actually did so...
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Jim O'Donnell: Does Tony La Russa have Michael Jordan to thank for his new gig?Nov 04, 2020 12:00 am - DOES TONY LA RUSSA have Michael Jordan and "The Last Dance" to thank for his new autumnal roost as manager of the White Sox? Memorable works of drama are supposed to inc...
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On Route 66, ice cream and traveling a long roadNov 04, 2020 12:00 am - For almost 20 years, I have planned and hosted programs for women as Women's Initiative Coordinator for Itasca Bank & Trust Co. Our programs drew audiences of from 30 to...
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Constable: 'Anticipation … or just chasin' after some finer days'Nov 03, 2020 4:30 am - The song running through our heads today should be the 1971 hit "Anticipation," by Carly Simon. Anticipation can be a wonderful sensation. You can feel the anticipation ...
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Election results will come late this year. That's a good thing.Nov 03, 2020 12:00 am - We're just about to finish up this election, and a record-shattering 51 million votes have already been cast across the country. The devastation wrought by COVID-19 (and...