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Constable: Sugar Grove library offers waffle-maker, microscope, air compressor - and booksFeb 06, 2020 4:30 am - You can, of course, still swing by the local library to pick up a wonderful book. But patrons of the Sugar Grove Public Library have been visiting its Library of Wonderf...
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MLK's daughter calls for 'dismantling, disrupting' systemic racismFeb 06, 2020 12:00 am - Disrupt. Dismantle. Be the light that snuffs out the darkness of racism. That was the message Bernice King, daughter of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., conveyed to...
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Feder: Voting starts for Illinois Rock and Roll Museum Hall of FameFeb 06, 2020 12:00 am - With the opening of the Illinois Rock and Roll Museum on Route 66 in Joliet set for this summer, voting is underway on the first Hall of Fame class, Robert Feder writes....
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Never Trump challengers fail first big testFeb 06, 2020 12:00 am - AMES, Iowa - For six months, some of President Donald Trump's most implacable foes have invested great hope in two Republicans - former Rep. Joe Walsh and former Massach...
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Washington's positively historic actions on Alzheimer's researchFeb 06, 2020 12:00 am - By Luisa Echevarria Something historic happened in our nation's capital recently, and the consequences have the potential to profoundly impact the future and change the...
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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 ...