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What, really, are Trump's chances?Oct 16, 2020 1:00 am - Every day, some new poll is published showing Democratic challenger Joe Biden with a big lead over President Donald Trump. Some Trump supporters ignore the news because ...
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Game on: Sports franchises a vital part of suburban business sceneOct 16, 2020 1:00 am - Shawn Hunter believes his Chicago Dogs minor-league baseball team caught a big break when Gov. J.B. Pritzker moved the state to Phase 4 of its COVID-19 pandemic guidelin...
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Taking a final look back at unique 2020 golf seasonOct 16, 2020 1:00 am - For all the frustrations of the recently completed fall golf season, one addition could be a game-changer for the sport. Golf teams began using the iWanamaker app this f...
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Constable: Prizes add to palette of artist, disability advocateOct 15, 2020 5:30 am - By Burt Constable bconstable@dailyherald.com There are many ways to describe 39-year-old Reveca Torres of Prospect Heights, an artist whose work and life are taking inte...
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Forget all those defensive studs, Bears MVP is a special teamerOct 15, 2020 1:00 am - I submit that through five weeks of this 2020 season Cordarrelle Patterson is the Bears Most Valuable Player. He is in fact, a three-time first-team All Pro and three-ti...
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Vernon Hills baseball coach Czarnecki ready to step down after 19 seasonsOct 15, 2020 1:00 am - In some ways, the decision couldn't have been easier. In others, it couldn't have been more difficult. After 19 seasons, Jay Czarnecki stepped down recently as the head ...
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Feder: NBC 5 hires reporter Vi Nguyen from CBS 2Oct 15, 2020 1:00 am - Vi Nguyen, who's been a per diem reporter for CBS-owned WBBM-Channel 2 since 2018, has been hired full-time as a multimedia journalist and general assignment reporter fo...
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Turn that inexpensive cut of beef into Sunday night dinnerOct 14, 2020 6:00 am - One of my very favorite low-and-slow meats is a chuck roast, a seven-bone roast, to be exact. A seven-bone chuck roast doesn't have seven bones, just one shaped like a 7...
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The results of this Thai-style soup are worth all the effortOct 14, 2020 6:00 am - Right next to taffy apples and pumpkin spice lattes, butternut squash soup is one of my favorite fall foods. But I have to admit this dish gives me pause. There's always...
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Peterson: Nobel honored many Americans, Trump only noticed he wasn't one of themOct 14, 2020 1:00 am - Nobel Week has come and gone, and even in this pandemic year some things remained the same. Americans have been particularly well represented. Of the 12 individuals hono...