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Fremd's Wexley knows how to function 'in the zone'Feb 06, 2020 12:00 am - You would think the hardest, most stressful thing Max Wexley has tried to do lately is ace the ACT. Which he did, by the way, in September with a perfect score of 36. Le...
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Dann Gire predicts Oscar's sure bets and potential surprisesFeb 05, 2020 10:00 pm - We already know five things about the 92nd Academy Awards show to be broadcast live at 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9, on the ABC network: • The show will pay tribute to the late...
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Sound check: Richard Marx goes acoustic for pre-Valentine's Day showFeb 05, 2020 5:00 am - Richard Marx acoustic Grammy winner Richard Marx, the platinum-selling ballad-rock royalty from the Chicago area, primes fans for Valentine's Day with a preholiday ...
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O'Donnell: J-Lo and Shakira — was the halftime show #MeToo racy or a bumpy Ice Capades?Feb 05, 2020 12:00 am - JONATHAN SWIFT WROTE in an age when he had neither the benefit or curse of the internet, the DVR and Uber Eats. In “Gulliver's Travels,” he did note: “What some invent, ...
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Tariffs and economic realitiesFeb 05, 2020 12:00 am - I have been teaching economics since 1967 - 40 years of it at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. During that interval, economic reality has not changed. Just ...
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Feder: CBS 2 eyes launch of 24/7 streaming news service in MarchFeb 05, 2020 12:00 am - Look for CBS-owned WBBM-Channel 2 to roll out a 24/7 streaming news service this spring, Robert Feder writes. Branded as CBSN Local, it will feature locally anchored pr...
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Feder: Music critic Greg Kot leaving Chicago TribuneFeb 05, 2020 12:00 am - Greg Kot, the nationally renowned authority on popular music for the Chicago Tribune, is leaving the newspaper after 40 years — including the last 30 as music critic, Ro...
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Metea Valley's Schneider ready to go the distanceFeb 05, 2020 12:00 am - It's not a novel idea, there are plenty of examples. Still, cross country and track programs are fortunate to employ a coach fit, fast and sturdy enough to lead athletes...
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Pieces come together for state-champion St. Charles East bowlersFeb 05, 2020 12:00 am - It was like playing Tetris with strikes, St. Charles East senior Tyler Johnson said, describing the Saints bowling team stacking up X after X on the view screen at state...
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Impeachment and the endless war of personal smearsFeb 05, 2020 12:00 am - In the midst of the impeachment trial in the Senate, The New York Times had a big scoop. The paper learned that, according to a yet-to-be-published tell-all book by Pres...