Columns
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Family bond strong as Paynes team up at StreamwoodDec 17, 2018 12:01 am - When Kent Payne took over as Streamwood's boys basketball coach earlier this year, one of the first things he did was assemble a varsity assistant coaching staff. He did...
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Insurers should be focus of latest workers' comp debateDec 17, 2018 12:00 am - In 2011, at the urging of the state's leading business organizations, bipartisan majorities of Illinois lawmakers approved a workers' compensation overhaul aimed at redu...
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Feder: New WLS lineup moves Big John Howell to late afternoonsDec 17, 2018 12:00 am - By this time next week, you may not recognize WLS 890-AM, Robert Feder writes. Gone from the Cumulus Media news/talk station will be the morning show hosted by Big John ...
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Rozner: Does Blackhawks' Crawford have an NHL future?Dec 17, 2018 12:00 am - Corey Crawford is going to get a lot of free advice in the days and weeks to come. And it's worth precisely what it costs. While we wait to see if he returns to the Blac...
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Meet the downy woodpecker - designed for drilling holesDec 16, 2018 10:00 pm - If it weren't for owls, I'd be a woodpecker guy. Like owls, woodpeckers have some amazing adaptations. The downy woodpecker, our country's smallest woodpecker, can be fo...
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The newspaper legacy the Paddocks leave: Fearing God, telling the truth, making moneyDec 16, 2018 6:30 am - On Dec. 15, 1898, Hosea C. Paddock bought the Palatine Enterprise for $175 and started his newspaper business in the rural hamlets that would grow to become the modern N...
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Ex props up new wife by putting herself downDec 16, 2018 5:00 am - Q. I interact with my husband's ex-wife, "Debby," almost weekly at the kid handoff and other kid-related events. She is honestly one of the sweetest people I've ever met...
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Repairing a garage floorDec 16, 2018 5:00 am - Q. My garage floor is pitted in some areas. You mentioned a penetrating sealer in today's column. Is there a certain brand you would recommend? Would this work if applie...
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The collapsing gun lobbyDec 16, 2018 12:00 am - Sometimes, dramatic shifts in American politics go unnoticed. They are buried under other news or dismissed because they represent such a sharp break from long-standing ...
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Rozner: Bears enjoy division title at Packers' expenseDec 16, 2018 12:00 am - The Bears have been talking about expectations for more than 30 years. And now they really have some. With their victory over Green Bay Sunday the Bears clinched their d...