Columns
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Jim O'Donnell: Could a self-aware La Russa favor fans, read the histories and cancel himself?Apr 23, 2022 9:00 am - TONY LA RUSSA AND THE WHITE SOX have had better weeks. And yes, they scurried to Minneapolis for a weekend set as “a .500 team amid injuries.” But the expectations are s...
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Look for helpful books on coping with griefApr 23, 2022 7:00 am - We can't "read" ourselves out of grief. Yet some thoughtful books that share experiences or ideas on coping with grief may help, depending on the person, their particula...
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Association documents must outline how to pay for window repairsApr 23, 2022 6:00 am - Q: The windows in our condominium association are reaching the end of their useful life and need to be replaced. One of the board members contends the windows are limite...
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Grammar Moses: Is Wordle invading your dreams, too?Apr 23, 2022 1:00 am - Like many of the people who populate my Facebook feed, I have fallen fully under Wordle's spell. I assume that if you're reading my prattle you already play Wordle or at...
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Facts Matter: Stunt dummy was for TV show, not fake war sceneApr 23, 2022 1:00 am - Russian State TV recently aired a video showing two men applying tape to a prop dummy, claiming the dummy will be used to create a staged war scene. "This is how the Arm...
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'Professor' Jay Hook has lasting effect on 'The Old Perfessor' Casey StengelApr 23, 2022 1:00 am - Second of 2 parts When Jay Hook glanced at the 1962 New York Mets roster, he didn't see a team destined to lose 120 games. "I looked at the lineup of the people they had...
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Constable: Passionate Naperville hobbyist knows the ropes of model shipsApr 23, 2022 1:00 am - Passion pours into every model ship that 85-year-old Greg Zimmerman builds in the wood shop of Naperville's Monarch Landing senior living community. But painstakingly cr...
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Hub Arkush: Meet the new Bears ... where familiar faces are hard to findApr 23, 2022 1:00 am - Ryan Poles' and Matt Eberflus' first veteran minicamp is in the books. It was the first time Eberflus and his staff got to see their troops practice, and hope to further...
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Good news: Jane Addams Junior High band director moonlights in Chicago tribute bandApr 22, 2022 6:00 am - Eric Caliendo is living the dream, literally. By day, he directs the seventh and eighth grade bands at Jane Addams Junior High School in Schaumburg, and at night he perf...
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A family tree of Batavia music sprouts during Mendelssohn's ElijahApr 22, 2022 6:00 am - Marilynn Whitney knew she would have to pay full attention to the three-hour-plus operatic presentation of Felix Mendelssohn's Elijah to grasp the Biblical prophet's sto...