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Feder: Steve Dolinsky makes reservation with NBC 5 as 'The Food Guy'Aug 02, 2021 1:00 am - There's finally some good news on the eat beat in Chicago. Steve Dolinsky, whose savvy restaurant reviews have been tantalizing viewers for more than 25 years, is about ...
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Grammar Moses: Did I make a straw man argument? No problem!Aug 01, 2021 5:30 am - Theresa Pawlicki tells me she is 78 years old and has a daughter who is a stickler about proper English, so she lives in mild fear of saying the wrong thing. But that's ...
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Quinn - and the Bears - looks forward to a greatly improved yearAug 01, 2021 1:00 am - "Come all without, come all within, you'll not see nothing like the Mighty Quinn." When Bob Dylan wrote and recorded the song in 1967 and other rock legends including th...
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Immigration is our universal American storyAug 01, 2021 1:00 am - Last month, a federal judge in Houston ruled that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy was "illegal," which halted accepting incoming applications. I was in...
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Capone draws the most attention at Cubs-Sox exhibition in 1931Jul 31, 2021 7:00 pm - Three great Chicago pastimes - baseball, politics and organized crime - converged Sept. 9, 1931, at Comiskey Park. The occasion was a charity game between the Cubs and t...
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When bereaved, look outside yourself for comfortJul 31, 2021 7:00 am - Some say, “Animals are people too.” I guess my own mother thought so because she loved animals and when I was a kid she had a sweet habit of feeding peanut butter to the...
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Why Cubs felt it was right time to deal team's biggest starsJul 31, 2021 1:00 am - If you're waiting for prospects, you're waiting to get fired. Those were the wise words of former major league scout John Van Ornum about 25 years ago during the midst o...
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Arkush: Do the Bears have the fastest wide receiver corps in the NFL?Jul 31, 2021 1:00 am - The need for speed is a common thread that runs through every move the Bears made this past offseason on offense. Justin Fields is now the third-fastest QB in the leagu...
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Goodman's 'School Girls' a dream come true for former Chicago actressJul 30, 2021 6:00 am - From the moment nine years ago when Ciera Dawn saw Goodman Theatre's production of David Mamet's "Race," she knew she would one day appear on its stage. Last year, days...
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Looking for laughs? Try Schaumburg's Laugh Out Loud and Chicago's Goodman TheatreJul 30, 2021 6:00 am - Summer laughs Laugh Out Loud Theater invites patrons to chill out with "Hot Laugh Summer," a weekly sketch and improv showcase featuring members of the theater's main s...