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Baseball Way Back: 'Capital punisher' was also a gentle giantNov 05, 2023 12:00 am - They called him "The Capital Punisher," a nod to both his home team, the Washington Senators, and the unremitting justice he meted out with his mighty bat. With that gav...
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Living in the shadow of dead treesNov 04, 2023 10:00 am - Q: The neighbors who live behind us have three large cottonwood trees that border our back fence. Unfortunately, these trees are dead. Two years ago, our insurance compa...
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Start making a plan for the holidaysNov 04, 2023 9:00 am - I always plan for holidays, even if I will be alone. And many of us who live far from family have had lots of practice figuring out what to do alone on a major holiday....
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Blackhawks figure out how to score early to beat FloridaNov 04, 2023 1:00 am - Nick Foligno's been in the NHL a long time. He's seen a lot of great teams, mediocre teams and terrible teams. So after any game - even one like Saturday's at the United...
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Poles put a lot on the line with trade for Montez SweatNov 04, 2023 1:00 am - What is Ryan Poles doing? It's what we are all trying to figure out after yet another tumultuous week at Halas Hall. Is the general manager slowly but surely putting the...
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Bulls switch up starters, then finish poorly in loss to BrooklynNov 03, 2023 4:00 pm - Vincent Price once made a movie forecasting the scene at the United Center on Friday. It was called "Theatre of Blood." Playing on a garish red court, constructed in hon...
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Batavia's Gather Bakery opening second location - a holiday pop-up shop in Geneva CommonsNov 03, 2023 6:00 am - In many ways, the bakery dreams of Eric and Deanna Keilty would get an important litmus test this holiday season as their Gather Bakery moves into a temporary storefront...
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Facing long road to recovery, injured Kane County sheriff's detective remains positiveNov 03, 2023 5:00 am - Kane County Sheriff's Detective Brian Anderson is facing a long and difficult recovery - one that'll be measured in years, not days or weeks - from devastating injuries ...
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Knight touched, stomped and yelled his way through memorable coaching careerNov 03, 2023 1:00 am - The setting was the press room at Assembly Hall, following a routine regular season basketball game between Indiana and Northwestern in the late 1990s. The game was surp...
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In a troubled time, we need statesmen at the helmNov 03, 2023 1:00 am - These are anxious times for our nation and democracy. In the past few years, we've witnessed events most never thought could happen in America. We've seen a significant...