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Facts Matter: Ice cream won't make you vulnerable to COVID-19Mar 28, 2020 1:00 am - An old message listing false information about the coronavirus is being delivered in a new format. An audio message on Facebook Messenger offers ways people can avoid be...
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Hart's shot capped fairy tale ending for state champion GenevaMar 28, 2020 1:00 am - As a sports writer, there's nothing better than covering a basketball game that comes down to the last possession and watching a player drain a game-winning shot as time...
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Grammar Moses: It's not a pickup line, it's a paraprosdokianMar 28, 2020 1:00 am - If I said you had a beautiful body, would you hold it against me? My lede today is an example of a "paraprosdokian," a mouthful-and-a-half of a figure of speech in which...
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Baseball Way Back: Taking in Wrigley Field, then-Comiskey Park for the first timeMar 28, 2020 1:00 am - “Get your pencils and score cards ready. And I'll give you the correct lineup for today's ballgame,” intoned the wizened voice over the public address system. I would la...
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Constable: Addicts must balance risk of coronavirus with threat of relapseMar 28, 2020 1:00 am - Whether you are part of a religious congregation, joining with an audience at a concert, sitting next to a stranger in the crowd at a baseball game, or just chatting wit...
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Suburban police want education, not arrests, for stay-at-home violatorsMar 27, 2020 5:30 am - Is going out going to get you locked up? Almost certainly not, suburban law enforcement officials told us this week when we asked how their departments are enforcing Gov...
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Coronavirus highlights importance of paid leave for workersMar 27, 2020 1:00 am - The novel coronavirus has caused policymakers to revisit several proposals that have been sidelined for far too long. Eager to contain what the World Health Organizatio...
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O'Donnell: Bruce Weber recalls 'fairy tale' of Illini's Elite Eight win over ArizonaMar 27, 2020 1:00 am - ONE OF THE SAFEST BETS of new-mill sports is that Bruce Weber will never forget Easter 2005. It was 15 years ago this weekend. It's double-guaranteed that the Orange Kru...
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How DePaul, NIU women's basketball coaches and athletes are copingMar 27, 2020 1:00 am - The backgammon board is sizzling. Rarely has it been used so often and so many days in a row. DePaul women's basketball coach Doug Bruno doesn't typically have enough ti...
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Electric atmosphere surrounded Buffalo Grove-Meadows gameMar 27, 2020 1:00 am - A basket for you, a basket for me. A 3-pointer for you, a 3-pointer for me. This happened over and over again on Feb. 7, 2020 on an electric Friday night in February as ...