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Build safety into infrastructure billAug 03, 2021 1:00 am - According to the Illinois Department of Transportation, about 1,166 people died in motor vehicle crashes in 2020, an approximate 15 percent increase over 2019. Sadly, it...
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Suburban artists display works in national juried exhibitAug 02, 2021 11:00 pm - • The artwork of Tobi Abrams of Arlington Heights and JoAnn Kennedy of Crystal Lake are part of a juried, national exhibition being held at the Blue Cat Gallery & Studio...
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Bulls land Ball, Caruso as NBA free agency beginsAug 02, 2021 3:00 pm - The Bulls wasted no time making their first move of the NBA off-season. Roughly a minute after the negotiating period began at 5 p.m. Monday, Twitter reports had the Bul...
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Aurora's Paramount Theatre mandates COVID-19 vaccination for theatergoers. Will others follow?Aug 02, 2021 5:30 am - It's a question that would have confounded Hamlet himself. Should theaters require proof of vaccination or not? That's the issue theater operators face now that in-per...
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'Hadestown,' 'To Kill a Mockingbird' to play as part of Broadway in Chicago seasonAug 02, 2021 1:00 am - Broadway in Chicago on Monday announced season subscriptions go on sale Sept. 8 for its upcoming season, which includes "Hadestown" and "To Kill a Mockingbird." In ...
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Feder: Steve Dolinsky makes reservation with NBC 5 as 'The Food Guy'Aug 02, 2021 1:00 am - There's finally some good news on the eat beat in Chicago. Steve Dolinsky, whose savvy restaurant reviews have been tantalizing viewers for more than 25 years, is about ...
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Grammar Moses: Did I make a straw man argument? No problem!Aug 01, 2021 5:30 am - Theresa Pawlicki tells me she is 78 years old and has a daughter who is a stickler about proper English, so she lives in mild fear of saying the wrong thing. But that's ...
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Quinn - and the Bears - looks forward to a greatly improved yearAug 01, 2021 1:00 am - "Come all without, come all within, you'll not see nothing like the Mighty Quinn." When Bob Dylan wrote and recorded the song in 1967 and other rock legends including th...
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Immigration is our universal American storyAug 01, 2021 1:00 am - Last month, a federal judge in Houston ruled that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy was "illegal," which halted accepting incoming applications. I was in...
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Capone draws the most attention at Cubs-Sox exhibition in 1931Jul 31, 2021 7:00 pm - Three great Chicago pastimes - baseball, politics and organized crime - converged Sept. 9, 1931, at Comiskey Park. The occasion was a charity game between the Cubs and t...