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'Just Mercy' a familiar, crowd-pleasing civil rights courtroom dramaJan 09, 2020 5:00 am - "Just Mercy" - ★ ★ ½ The civil rights/courtroom drama "Just Mercy" doesn't merely ask for our attention and approval, it demands them, as if its noble crusade against th...
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Constable: As war hangs on hawks, doves and tweets, thankfully suburbs help save birdsJan 09, 2020 4:00 am - When the specter of World War III can hang on a single tweet and the passions of hawks and doves, we can find a haven among the birds of our suburbs. One of our favorite...
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Remembering tragedy can be link to hopeJan 09, 2020 12:00 am - A.J. Freund died before his sixth birthday, but he may have accomplished something important in his difficult short life. That will not be because the Crystal Lake boy s...
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Feder: WGN to expand newscasts on Saturdays and SundaysJan 09, 2020 12:00 am - With the expansion of news on Saturdays and Sundays, WGN-Channel 9 will increase its output to a record 72½ hours of news each week, the Nexstar Media Group station anno...
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More questions answered on Bears, Trubisky, Nagy and moreJan 09, 2020 12:00 am - We answer more Bears/NFL/Life questions ... Why do the Bears treat quarterback Mitch Trubisky with kid gloves? - Submitted by Brett Rapaport A: Brett, I can't really ans...
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Tips for dealing with misbehaving childrenJan 08, 2020 10:00 pm - Sometimes we can learn as much about parenting by just watching people as we can by reading books or attending seminars. For instance, the other day I stopped in for a c...
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Famed bean soup a unifying force in the Senate since 1903Jan 08, 2020 5:05 am - Nobody's looking for political commentary in the Food section. Yet, I'm kind of going there - but just for a second, so don't worry. The U.S. Senate is going to be in th...
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Finding a standout chicken recipe on the internet is no easy featJan 08, 2020 5:03 am - You may already know this; thanks to the internet, there are a gazillion chicken recipes available. So many, it's hard to pick just one. I wanted to make braised chicken...
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Sound check: Juliana Hatfield in Evanston; don your PJs for Snuzfest; Dave Specter's new releaseJan 08, 2020 5:00 am - Juliana Hatfield on stage The early '90s musical landscape would certainly have been lacking without the likes of Juliana Hatfield. The influential singer — who was...
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Persecution of Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang meets with silence on the arab streetJan 08, 2020 12:00 am - In a previous article, LTC Sargis Sangari, CEO of the Near East Center for Strategic Engagement, discussed the "backyard wars" concept in terms of the necessity for the ...