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Grammar Moses: True cleverness is timelessOct 10, 2020 1:00 am - True cleverness is timeless. Take this from William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," written 419 years ago: "Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve ...
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Baseball Way Back: Plenty of vicarious World Series thrills for Chicago baseball fansOct 10, 2020 1:00 am - COVID-19 has brought baseball fans a different kind of baseball season. For Chicago baseball fans, however, the pandemic season has delivered a familiar result - yet ano...
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Group launches initiative to combat racism, make mosques more inclusiveOct 10, 2020 1:00 am - A Chicago-area Islamic group has launched an initiative to help mosques and other Islamic institutions be more inclusive of minorities and women. The Council of Islamic ...
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Facts Matter: Trump hospital video appears edited, despite aide's claimOct 10, 2020 1:00 am - President Donald Trump spent last weekend as a patient at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after he tested positive for coronavirus. During his stay, which r...
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Constable: If it is 'Goodbye, Columbus,' what fills that void?Oct 10, 2020 1:00 am - Four metal posts jut out of the empty stone pedestal where a 9-foot-tall statue of Christopher Columbus once looked over Arrigo Park in Chicago's Little Italy neighborho...
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Residential evictions on hold puts landlord on the spotOct 09, 2020 7:01 am - Q. I have been renting my condo to a woman for almost two years. She is always late with her payments and she has come up with countless excuses why. Up until last month...
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Preserves, parks in Kane County make it easy to learn about treesOct 09, 2020 6:00 am - You don't have to be a "tree hugger" to appreciate the trees in Kane County forest preserves or park district properties. But it makes it more interesting when you can l...
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Buffalo Grove man makes videos to motivate others to get out in natureOct 09, 2020 6:00 am - Diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes as a toddler, David Goldman has battled an array of significant health issues over the years. The longtime Buffalo Grove resident points t...
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Kane County sheriff, jail inmates talk reform and recidivism on new podcastOct 09, 2020 5:30 am - Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain has added another tool to his reform efforts at the Kane County jail: a podcast on which he interviews detainees. "A Sheriff and His Inmates...
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Feder: ProPublica Illinois to double reporting staff, expand coverageOct 09, 2020 1:00 am - ProPublica Illinois, which launched in 2017 as the first local outpost of the award-winning investigative news organization, announced plans for a major expansion Thursd...