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Radtke: Keeping hope alive for a winter sports season is all we can do right nowNov 21, 2020 12:00 am - As we enter a Thanksgiving week like none other we've seen in our lifetime, high school sports are on "pause." And for the first time in the past month, the Illinois Hig...
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Constable: Ho, ho, hold on a sec, as 'Pandemic Santas' ponder COVID holidaysNov 21, 2020 12:00 am - Santa Claus is coming to town. Probably. Maybe. But you might not recognize him at first. Pandemic Santa might wear a mask, maybe a plastic face shield, and he'll keep k...
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Donate a toy, get a gift card: Geneva business owner supports Toys for Tots, local restaurantsNov 20, 2020 5:00 am - As a member of the Fox Valley Corvette Club, Bill White has taken part in the club's past efforts with the Moose Lodge to energize the annual U.S. Marine Corps Toys for ...
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'I feel I had to protect myself': Rittenhouse offers no regrets in first public commentsNov 20, 2020 4:00 am - Kyle Rittenhouse, the Antioch teen accused of killing two men and wounding another during violent demonstrations this summer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, told The Washington P...
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How much is Rudy worth?Nov 20, 2020 12:00 am - According to The New York Times, Rudy Giuliani has been seeking $20,000 a day - since the day after the election - to lead the war against reality being waged by Preside...
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Jim O'Donnell: As Chicago Bears fade to flail, the style of Jim Finks seems so far awayNov 20, 2020 12:00 am - BEARS FANS HAVE reason enough to be infuriated. The team's offensive incompetence against Minnesota Monday night was foul enough to call for a gubernatorial order of bye...
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Bruce Miles: Thanks for the memories, TheoNov 20, 2020 12:00 am - It's no exaggeration to say that on my final Wrigley Field Sunday as a Cubs beat writer, all Hades was breaking loose around the joint. The Cubs were in the midst of a ...
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Strength of our republic is in accepting results of electionsNov 20, 2020 12:00 am - Every year right after an election, I'd find a small pile of requests waiting for me from journalists. They wanted some sort of comment on what it all meant. "What are t...
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Rozner: Theo Epstein sees baseball's problems. Will he help fix them someday?Nov 20, 2020 12:00 am - There are generally two kinds of sports executives when it comes to their public stance on the game in which they work. There are the politically correct types that offe...
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Feder: New deal for Lou Manfredini expands WGN Radio showNov 20, 2020 12:00 am - Lou Manfredini, the handyman extraordinaire known as "Mr. Fix It," will add a fourth hour to his Saturday morning home improvement show on WGN 720-AM under a four-year c...