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How suburban cops and the ATF are teaming up to track guns used in crimesDec 21, 2018 4:33 am - Every time someone shoots a semi-automatic gun, the weapon's firing pin, breech face and ejector leave unique marks on the casing of the bullet's cartridge. Like a finge...
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Michael Gerson: Caring about the lives of prisoners benefits society as a wholeDec 21, 2018 12:00 am - Cleveland has written the latest chapter in the unfolding scandal of the American criminal justice system. A report by the U.S. Marshals Service details a series of fai...
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Want to root for a winning Illini squad? Look to volleyballDec 21, 2018 12:00 am - It's not easy being an Illinois football fan these days. The Illini just wrapped a 4-8 campaign, 2-7 in the Big Ten. It's been seven years since Illinois has had a winni...
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Feder: 'Happy ending' to stellar career as Steve Dahl leaves WLS todayDec 21, 2018 12:00 am - Forty years after Steve Dahl burst onto Chicago radio as a 23-year-old cocksure kid hosting a morning show called "Steve Dahl's Rude Awakening," he's bowing out as an el...
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Feder: Media in memoriam — 2018Dec 21, 2018 12:00 am - Gone but not forgotten: Robert Feder takes a look back at Chicago media luminaries who left us in 2018. Read the full list here. ...
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Cokie and Steve Roberts: Media is tougher on Trump because he fabricates more than his predecessors.Dec 21, 2018 12:00 am - "The man doesn't tell the truth." That simple, devastating statement describing Donald Trump was not made by a political foe. It was made by Michael Cohen, Trump's close...
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Georgie Anne Geyer says this is the season to spread the good wordDec 20, 2018 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - In these days before Christmas, one story keeps haunting me. It is a tale that seems so odd - in today's world of young people glued to iPhones, a leader st...
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Explaining the rise of districts and possible demise of Hinsdale footballDec 20, 2018 12:00 am - We interrupt your regularly scheduled basketball season. Eyes on Five is back to bring you some breaking prep football news. In a stunning vote — results released Tuesd...
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Feder: After Christmas, Lite FM turns to 'Relaxing Favorites'Dec 20, 2018 12:00 am - When WLIT 93.9-FM wraps up its annual run as Chicago's Christmas Lite next week, look for the iHeartMedia adult contemporary station to begin marketing its sound as "Rel...
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Feder: The Score renews Cubs announcer Pat HughesDec 20, 2018 12:00 am - Pat Hughes will remain in the Chicago Cubs broadcast booth for years to come, WSCR 670-AM announced Thursday, Robert Feder writes. Hughes, 63, has signed a multiyear ext...