Columns
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Bike repair stations popping up around the suburbsNov 25, 2022 5:00 am - With more electric vehicles purring along roadways, charging stations are key to widespread acceptance by skeptical motorists. Surprisingly, cyclists are already blessed...
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Spotlight: Itasca native reprises her role as Cindy Lou Who in darkly comic 'Who's Holiday!'Nov 25, 2022 5:00 am - Cindy Lou, who? Itasca native Veronica Garza reprises her role as Cindy Lou Who in Theater Wit's remount of "Who's Holiday!" Matthew Lombardo's adults-only comedy about ...
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State police's simulator lets cops practice responses to danger. We tried it, and it's hard.Nov 25, 2022 4:30 am - Police officers often say the public doesn't understand that sometimes situations go sideways in seconds. The Illinois State Police on Wednesday gave members of the medi...
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: In quest to get Trump, secrecy strikes againNov 25, 2022 12:00 am - Think back five years to the frenzy of news reporting and commentary over what was called Trump-Russia "collusion" - the allegation that the 2016 Trump campaign conspire...
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Guest Columnist Arthur I. Cyr: Thanksgiving and Lincoln's legacyNov 25, 2022 12:00 am - Thanksgiving means actual, not contrived, inclusiveness. President Abraham Lincoln profoundly demonstrates this fundamental point. On Oct. 3, 1863, the White House issue...
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Widescreen: Four things I'm thankful for in entertainment this yearNov 24, 2022 5:00 am - The new edition of 'Planes, Trains & Automobiles' John Hughes' Thanksgiving classic got a new 4K/Blu-ray release this week that includes a mother lode of deleted materia...
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Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: A Thanksgiving reminder that virtue also makes newsNov 24, 2022 12:00 am - Elon Musk. Nancy Pelosi. Jan. 6. Hunter Biden. Ticketmaster. Taylor Swift. Joe Biden. Ukraine. Russia. Justin Fields. Colorado Springs. Donald Trump. There's an endless ...
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Disastrous Christmas reunion unfolds in BTE's funny, fast-paced 'Season's Greetings'Nov 23, 2022 4:30 pm - “Season's Greetings” - ★ ★ ★ The confrontations, confessions and trysts that occur over the course of an extended family holiday in Alan Ayckbourn's “Season's Greetings”...
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'Glass Onion' a spectacularly fun and mentally challenging sequelNov 23, 2022 5:00 am - “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” - ★ ★ ★ ½ “I need a great case!” declares Benoit Blanc, the bored and allegedly best detective in the entire world. On cue, he recei...
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Just as Spielberg's life story 'Fabelmans' finally starts rolling, it endsNov 23, 2022 5:00 am - “The Fabelmans” - ★ ★ ½ This should have been a real-life superhero origin movie with youthful stand-ins serving as early versions of Steven Spielberg before he evolved...