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Pedaling through the pandemic: Forest preserves report more riders on the bike trailsSep 28, 2020 6:00 am - You weren't imagining it - bike trails were crowded during the shutdown. Five county forest preserves confirmed double and even triple trail usage April through August. ...
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Railway collisions plummet nationwide,­ but not in IllinoisSep 28, 2020 5:30 am - With train traffic decreasing in 2020 because of COVID-19 and Illinoisans hunkering down in the spring, it seems logical that railway crossing crashes would plummet, rig...
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In crowded NU QB room, Ramsey trying to pull away from the packSep 28, 2020 5:00 am - It's getting even more crowded in the quarterback film room at Northwestern. Seven quarterbacks are on the roster for Northwestern, which recently resumed full-time prac...
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Rozner: White Sox, Cubs limping into the postseason, but at least they're in the postseasonSep 28, 2020 1:00 am - There seems no end to the oddities of 2020. It has evolved into a never-ending punchline for humanity, some sort of cosmic reprimand for inhabiting a planet. Throw in, f...
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Arkush: Your Gale Sayers questions answeredSep 28, 2020 1:00 am - You ask I answer ... Gale Sayers was before my time. Walter Payton is the greatest football player I've seen. Barry Sanders was the best pure runner I've seen. I've hear...
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Constable: Awful 2020 gives us best October in Chicago sports historySep 28, 2020 1:00 am - The year 2020 has given us a pandemic seemingly intent on killing a quarter-million Americans, record unemployment, hurricanes, wildfires, economic devastation, civil an...
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My co-workers won't wear face masks and it's stressing me outSep 27, 2020 6:18 am - Q: I recently started an entry-level job at a small nonprofit after two months of being unemployed. We work with students, and masks are strictly enforced for them. In m...
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Rozner: Bears, Foles win thriller as Trubisky finally benchedSep 27, 2020 1:00 am - It's one of the best plays Mitch Trubisky has ever made in a Bears uniform. He used great vision, outstanding quickness and all his many physical attributes in chasing d...
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This is not how a winner talks about the electionSep 27, 2020 1:00 am - On Wednesday, this was the exchange between a reporter and President Donald Trump at a news conference. In the White House, we must note: Reporter: "Will you commit here...
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Addiction thrives in the darkSep 27, 2020 1:00 am - Everything looked fine on the surface. It's kind of like when the house gets really quiet. That's when you should be worried your kids are tearing the next room apart. I...