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Grammar Moses: Jamborees of jaguars and awkward analogiesJun 27, 2020 1:00 am - My wife and I were puttering around the back roads recently in her Toyota RAV4, and every time we would get to a stoplight a sexy, white Jaguar F-Type coupe that sounded...
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Facts Matter: Aunt Jemima a figure in recent false claimsJun 27, 2020 1:00 am - A photo circulating on social media purporting to show Aunt Jemima holding a stack of pancakes while chained to a table is actually a modern artist's interpretation of t...
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Zalusky: Santo family looks back 60 years after dad's major-league debutJun 27, 2020 1:00 am - Imagine your dad's home office located on the infield dirt at Wrigley Field. And picture him not only taking you along to work, but bringing home his Cubs teammates and ...
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Harper College student group aims to help DreamersJun 27, 2020 1:00 am - A new student group at Harper College in Palatine aims to help immigrant students, faculty and workers, known as Dreamers, through advocacy, referrals for legal services...
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Why native plants are better for your backyard - and the prairieJun 26, 2020 6:00 am - Picture a field of tall Queen Anne's lace bending in the summer breeze. Honeybees are buzzing around sweet clover at the edge of the field, and small cabbage white butte...
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Widescreen: Five funny vacations you can take (on screen) with John HughesJun 26, 2020 6:00 am - Writer/director John Hughes was born in Michigan and died in New York, but his time at Glenbrook North High School inspired a career that left an indelible mark on Ameri...
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Why police, safety advocates have more concerns about fireworks this yearJun 26, 2020 5:15 am - With COVID-19 stamping out most Independence Day fireworks shows in the suburbs this year, there's plenty of temptation out there for people to put on their own pyrotech...
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Movie theaters return, and cinema superheroes won't be the only ones with masksJun 26, 2020 5:00 am - Successfully rebooting local movie theaters sidelined by the coronavirus pandemic will depend on two make-or-break factors. First, earning the public's confidence that m...
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It's finally go time: NWSL, Red Stars to start 2020 season todayJun 26, 2020 1:00 am - My bad. I mentioned last week that the WNBA, with plans to tip-off in late July, could be the first team sports league to get going in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic ...
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Bears players see the plusses in virtual offseasonJun 26, 2020 1:00 am - It's been a couple weeks since I asked Bears head coach Matt Nagy a few times what he thought the real benefits of the virtual offseason could be, and at what point he t...