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Facts Matter: Post office won't deliver Christmas cards addressed to 'any soldier'Dec 07, 2019 12:00 am - A social media post asking users to send an extra Christmas card to injured American soldiers has been flagged as false information by Facebook, according to PolitiFact....
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Illinois spent $8.5 billion to cut its pension debt. It wasn't enough.Dec 07, 2019 12:00 am - Trying to get pension funding back on track, state officials designated $8.5 billion last year to five state-funded retirement systems. It wasn't enough, and the pension...
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Algonquin teen navigates LGBTQ world in 'Work in Progress'Dec 07, 2019 12:00 am - In her life as a sophomore at Jacobs High School, 15-year-old Lauren Viteri is a well-behaved kid who gets good grades and comes home to her parents, Raul, a Realtor, an...
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A kid, a cop and a story to warm a winter's dayDec 06, 2019 5:00 am - There are certain days that are "classic" Chicago winter. We all know them: cold, damp, windy, overcast. The sort of days we'll do almost anything to avoid going out in...
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Dragon boat races, festival may be returning to St. Charles next summerDec 06, 2019 5:00 am - When a community festival disappears — either to take a short hiatus or simply because its time had come and gone because of finances, manpower or lack of community inte...
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Trust is an essential foundation for effective governmentDec 06, 2019 12:00 am - To me, it was a thunderclap. Years ago, when I was in Congress, we were in the midst of a tense, contentious debate. Members had gotten irritated, levying charges back a...
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Rozner: Nagy has Bears' Trubisky in line for huge contractDec 06, 2019 12:00 am - Just as they planned, it's all coming together for the Bears after 13 games. In Year 5 of Ryan Pace's rebuild, Matt Nagy and Mitch Trubisky are just where they want to b...
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Local women's basketball coaches are rare breed: lifetime coaches and lifelong friendsDec 06, 2019 12:00 am - About 12 years ago, when Joe McKeown was trying to decide whether he should leave a good situation at George Washington to accept a job offer to take over a struggling N...
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Why beatdown of Cowboys could be crucial turning point for BearsDec 06, 2019 12:00 am - As I was saying a week ago ... Sorry guys, I didn't mean to disappear like that but, it seems the big guy had a plan for me to spend a little time on injured reserve. Wh...
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As neighbors rebound, Illinois still stalledDec 06, 2019 12:00 am - Ten years ago, the nation bottomed out. The second quarter of 2009 was the lowest point of the Great Recession, the ashes from which the U.S. economy would rise. New dat...