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Widescreen: 'Avengers: Endgame' is now available for digital purchaseAug 02, 2019 6:00 am - The highest-grossing movie of all time is now available on digital purchase platforms and packed with special features to make it worth your $19.99. "Avengers: Endga...
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How Naperville native's slaying spurred friend to turn anger to actionAug 02, 2019 5:30 am - Candice Dickerson was shopping in a Chicago cellphone store April 26, buying her son a reward for a job well done on a school project, when a suspected gang member's str...
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The return of America's cruelest passionAug 02, 2019 1:00 am - I had fully intended to ignore President Donald Trump's latest round of racially charged taunts against an African American elected official, and an African American act...
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U.S. needs to end the war with Afghanistan without losing the peaceAug 02, 2019 1:00 am - Donald Trump is clearly searching for a way out of Afghanistan. This week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo bluntly explained the president's directions to him: "End the e...
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O'Donnell: Palatine's Mayor Schwantz hoping his multi-tasking includes a Bears Super BowlAug 02, 2019 1:00 am - JIM SCHWANTZ HAS AMPLE REASON to wish there were 48 hours in each day. Consider the man's public resume: Mayor of Palatine; Super Bowl champ; Moving company executive; F...
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Feder: NBC Sports Chicago adds weekday afternoon sports betting showAug 02, 2019 1:00 am - NBC Sports Chicago is betting it can win over viewers with a four-hour weekday afternoon talk show devoted to the burgeoning business of legalized sports gambling, Rober...
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'Mike Wallace' documentary a timely, telling portrait of TV journalistAug 01, 2019 6:00 am - "Mike Wallace is Here" - ½ Avi Belkin's tight and hard-hitting journalistic profile "Mike Wallace is Here" begins with a classic square-off between the irascib...
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Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham trade insults, punches in wildly inconsistent 'Hobbs & Shaw'Aug 01, 2019 5:00 am - “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw” - ★ ½ I've never seen a movie title “present” another movie title before. How exactly does that work? Nonetheless, “Fast & Furiou...
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End is near for much of Democratic fieldAug 01, 2019 1:00 am - Twenty Democratic presidential candidates debated Tuesday and Wednesday nights. It will be the last time voters will see some of them on a debate stage. The Democratic N...
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Feder: Justice Department approves Nexstar deal for Tribune MediaAug 01, 2019 1:00 am - The Antitrust Division of the Justice Department has approved the $6.4 billion acquisition of Chicago-based Tribune Media by Nexstar Media Group, Robert Feder writes. Th...