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'We built a special bond'; It's hard to accept the end of a seasonNov 03, 2023 1:00 am - The end of a football season is never easy, and that was certainly the case for Prospect High School after a 49-15 loss at Mt. Carmel in the second round of the Class 7A...
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New poll exposes flaw in Trump opponents' planNov 02, 2023 1:00 am - The headline from a new Des Moines Register-NBC News poll of Iowa is that former President Donald Trump still has a big lead in the Republican race. Among those likely t...
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Academia says it's down with mass slaughterNov 02, 2023 1:00 am - As of this past weekend, Israel's Institute of Forensic Medicine reported that of the 1,400 Israelis slaughtered on Oct. 7 by Hamas gunmen shouting "God is great!", 400 ...
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More Friday night college games? No thanks, Friday is for high school footballNov 02, 2023 1:00 am - Big Ten Conference officials aim to schedule more Friday night college football games in the future. Shame on them. At one time it wouldn't be a thought in their greedy ...
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Covering an increasingly vast news, entertainment, sports landscapeNov 02, 2023 1:00 am - Maybe you noticed. There's a World Series going on. Well, maybe it's over now. As I write on Wednesday afternoon, the Texas Rangers have a 3-1 advantage over the Arizona...
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Suburban actresses describe Teatro Vista's 'Bernarda!' as a theater experience unlike any otherNov 01, 2023 11:00 pm - Teatro Vista's new interpretation of “The House of Bernarda Alba,” early 20th-century Spanish poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca's tragedy about a despotic matria...
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A look back at Carmenere's past and a look to its futureNov 01, 2023 6:00 am - "Now" is a provocative marketing term as in "What's the best wine to drink now?" The thing is, with wine, there's a whole lot of "then." And uniquely, with Carmenere, be...
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Chili isn't a soup, or is it? It's all good all the sameNov 01, 2023 6:00 am - Is chili a soup? No, you say! There is no broth in chili. It doesn't (or shouldn't) run off a plate. Plus, you don't put soup on a hot dog, for Pete's sake. Yes, you say...
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Agent says building permits not required; contractor disagreesNov 01, 2023 6:00 am - Q: When we bought our home, the seller disclosed that the sunroom had been added without a building permit. Our Realtor assured us that a permit was not required because...
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'A town straight out of a Hallmark movie': Long Grove provides perfect setting for new Hulu rom-comNov 01, 2023 5:00 am - From the moment producers Chris Charles and John W. Bosher read Buffalo Grove screenwriter Adam Rockoff's holiday romance, they knew “Reporting for Christmas” would be t...