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The Senate Finance Committee is now steered by a tractor driver from IowaFeb 07, 2019 12:00 am - His tractor is so noisy that, when driving it, the man who calls himself "just a farmer from Butler County" puts his cellphone under his cap, set on vibrate. Charles Gra...
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Can moderate Dems talk Pelosi out of extreme border position?Feb 07, 2019 12:00 am - As things stand now, a House and Senate conference committee is the only hope that Democrats and Republicans can reach agreement on border security and avoid another gov...
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O'Donnell: 'NFL complementary league' fills the void starting Saturday nightFeb 07, 2019 12:00 am - IF TV PEDIGREE MATTERS, young Charlie Ebersol and his new Alliance of American Football can't miss. The eight-team “developmental league” — coast-to-coast if you lop off...
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The surprising solution to avoid woodpecker damage to your houseFeb 06, 2019 10:00 pm - As a board member of the Kane County Audubon Society, Jerry Hope of St. Charles almost always notices stories about birds in the newspaper. And he did so last week when ...
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Sound check: Styx returns for Genesee, Rialto showsFeb 06, 2019 5:00 am - Two nights of Styx The Styx catalog runs far and wide, a melding of prog-rock and hard rock that brought the world hits such as “Come Sail Away,” “Lady,” “Mr. Roboto” a...
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Is $2.8 million too much for Maine Township to hold in reserve?Feb 06, 2019 4:02 am - With more than $2.4 million in its general assistance reserve fund, Maine Township could have gone more than 2½ years without adding additional tax revenue and maintaine...
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Online's 'walled gardens' must stop assuming real news is freeFeb 06, 2019 12:00 am - Facebook and Google have been brutal to the news business. But this primarily reflects a failure of imagination. The tech giants are the world's best distribution platfo...
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Don't make Medicare-for-all a litmus testFeb 06, 2019 12:00 am - Hear that crunching sound? It's the eggshells that 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls are stomping through, backing up and stomping upon all over again, as they attem...
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That's a wrap: Rozner says he's done at The ScoreFeb 06, 2019 12:00 am - As expected, Daily Herald sports columnist Barry Rozner has severed ties with WSCR 670-AM after 10 years as a prominent weekend and fill-in personality at the Entercom s...
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Retired Geneva counselor starts Operation Snowball in LithuaniaFeb 05, 2019 10:00 pm - Jack Irwin had all of the background he needed to make a difference for teens in Lithuania. He was a counselor in the Central and Kaneland school districts before retiri...