Columns
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Feder: Sun-Times reinstates Roeper, says it'll make Twitter policyFeb 02, 2018 12:00 am - Richard Roeper is back on the beat after a Chicago Sun-Times investigation into whether the movie critic padded his Twitter account by buying fake followers. "Roeper is ...
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Birder's international big year inspires winter searchingFeb 01, 2018 10:00 pm - The Year of the Bird started nicely with a red-breasted nuthatch, a visitor to my peanut feeder on New Year's Day. I couldn't have ordered a better "first bird" of 2018....
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Jackson: Imagine our riches if redfish could tolerate Illinois watersFeb 01, 2018 9:05 am - It's big, colorful (red), and almost as strong as a lake sturgeon. It's relatively smaller, very strong, and hits live bait or some kind of artificial lure like a freigh...
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Balance, brotherhood leading Carmel to a big seasonFeb 01, 2018 12:00 am - For most high school basketball coaches, game-planning is pretty predictable. Most opponents are going to have one go-to guy to prepare for, a superstar that will probab...
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Panico takes starring, long-distance role in healthy choicesFeb 01, 2018 12:00 am - As he approached Mile 21 in the New York City Marathon, his body was quitting. Santino Panico was only strides away from being finished. He had torn his hamstring five w...
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On immigration, Trump goes for it allFeb 01, 2018 12:00 am - Back in 2015, before the presidential primaries began, a voter asked candidate Donald Trump if he believed compromise should be part of politics. "Compromise is not a ba...
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Random acts of basketballFeb 01, 2018 12:00 am - The occasional randomness can be good for the basketball soul. With that in mind, this week's edition of Eyes on Five looks at a little bit of everything. Of course, th...
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Feder: WXRT unplugs 'Jazz Transfusion' after 43 yearsFeb 01, 2018 12:00 am - "Jazz Transfusion," a Sunday night staple on WXRT FM 93.1 for 43 years, is vanishing from the Entercom adult album alternative station. This weekend marks the final broa...
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Can Trump sustain newfound aura of gravitas?Feb 01, 2018 12:00 am - It was a good speech. Calm down. I said good. Despite talking for an hour and 20 minutes, the longest speech since Bill Clinton's much-mocked 2000 stemwinder, Donald Tr...
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Batavia mayor taking heat for downtown redevelopmentJan 31, 2018 10:00 pm - If you've been mayor of your community since 1981, you grow a fairly thick skin in terms of what people might say about you. Batavia Mayor Jeff Schielke has had to pract...