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Childish Gambino, Lady Gaga and 'Jesus Christ Superstar' among 2018's great pop culture momentsDec 28, 2018 5:00 am - No rankings, no categories: We've reached the end of another supercalifraglisticexpialodocious year in pop culture, and these are the films, shows and videos that stood ...
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2018's odd crimes and imperfect criminals in the suburbsDec 28, 2018 4:30 am - They say there's no such thing as a perfect crime. This year, we saw plenty of accused criminals who seemed determined to prove that adage true. From the bank robbery su...
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The words of the year that politicians just won't speakDec 28, 2018 12:00 am - The Oxford English Dictionaries named "toxic" the word of the year for 2018. Merriam-Webster picked "justice." Two words that were never considered because hardly anybod...
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Getting identity politics rightDec 28, 2018 12:00 am - By E.J. Dionne Jr. Progressives have some intellectual and moral work to do. What are cast as political challenges to liberals and the left are also philosophical probl...
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Feder: WCPT cuts afternoon host Ben JoravskyDec 28, 2018 12:00 am - Ben Joravsky, the longtime Chicago Reader political writer who's been moonlighting as a talk radio host, is out as afternoon personality on WCPT 820-AM, Robert Feder wri...
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Controlling girlfriend is isolating him from parents, friendsDec 27, 2018 10:00 pm - Carolyn Hax is away. The following first appeared on Aug. 8, 2004. Q. I love my girlfriend - although she says I never say it enough. I have always been faithful, but oc...
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Fact-based 'Vice,' 'BlacKkKlansman,' 'First Man' land spots on top 10 movies of 2018Dec 27, 2018 5:00 am - Fact-based movies dominate my annual list of top 10 English-language, narrative films of the year. We begin with a movie that Monty Python might describe as “something c...
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Now that he's back, let Jackson show you the wayDec 27, 2018 12:00 am - If I didn't explain myself I would be doing a disservice to all of you. Thanks to all of you who wrote and called the Daily Herald asking, "What happened to Mike Jackson...
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Keystone Kops capture U.S. economyDec 27, 2018 12:00 am - The Keystone Kops are officially in charge of our economy. Markets have been plunging, with the S&P 500 down 20 percent from its September peak. A lot of factors have dr...
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What politicians should do about Illinois' declining populationDec 27, 2018 12:00 am - It's the same grim story to which Illinoisans have grown accustomed: We're shrinking. And it's getting worse. New numbers released Dec. 19 from the U.S. Census Bureau pa...