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Hub Arkush: Just how meaningless is the Bears' game at Minnesota?Dec 27, 2019 11:00 pm - It's kind of that a Chicago Bears season that started with such high hopes will end with what is basically going to be an exhibition game and, for the first time as the ...
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'Parasite,' 'Little Women' and 'Marriage Story' lead list of 2019's best filmsDec 27, 2019 10:00 pm - The best motion pictures of 2019 don't appear to have much in common, except three of them involve sharp blades and a few others involve close shaves. These 10 movies ma...
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Dynamic duos: 10 great screen performances in 2019Dec 27, 2019 5:00 am - No actor does his or her work alone, and many of 2019's finest big- and small-screen performances came in twos. Here are five dynamic duos you'll want to see again: Bean...
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Beer, a bow and arrow and more: The suburbs' oddest crimes in 2019Dec 27, 2019 4:30 am - It wouldn't be wrong to say that every arrest, every criminal charge and every conviction involved some poor choices along the way. But a handful of suburban cases that ...
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O'Donnell: Too hard not to be lookin' back at 2019, peekin' ahead to 2020Dec 27, 2019 12:00 am - WAY BACK WHEN BOB SEGER was still singing hungry, he noted: "Too many people lookin' back." Nonetheless, at the end of a calendar year, that's what media does. So, purel...
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Feder: On New Year's Eve, Steve Darnall will party like it's 1958Dec 27, 2019 12:00 am - Steve Darnall, host of "Those Were the Days," will ring in 2020 retro-style with his third annual "New Year's Eve Big Band Dance Party" on College of Du Page's jazz stat...
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Rozner: Tomorrow isn't just another dayDec 27, 2019 12:00 am - There's no way to guess how many obituaries I've written over the years, paying tribute to the legends I've known, athletes I've covered and those that have touched our ...
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Feder: A look back at Chicago media luminaries who left us in 2019Dec 26, 2019 12:00 am - Marshall “Wizzo” Brodein magician and sportscaster Chet Coppock were among the Chicago media luminaries who left us in 2019 Go to robertfeder.com. for the complete l...
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Does Bears' QB Trubisky have maturity, discipline to bounce back?Dec 25, 2019 11:00 pm - It's a real stretch to suggest that 2019 was a lost season for the Bears. A number of players made clear strides forward. However, what was accomplished at quarterback, ...
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Neighbors in the NewsDec 25, 2019 10:00 pm - Oakton Community College Associate Professor of English Tina Fakhrid-Deen channeled her passion for creative writing to earn the 2020 winter/spring MacDowell Colony Fell...