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Facts Matter: Volunteer door knockers not looking for guns, BiblesJul 24, 2021 1:00 am - President Joe Biden, earlier this month, outlined the effort his administration planned to get out information about COVID-19 vaccinations. "Now we need to go community-...
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Go Figure: On the anniversary of baseball's return, a blend of 2020, 2021 statsJul 24, 2021 1:00 am - One year ago, on July 23, the 2020 Major League Baseball season began. Since then, teams have played, on average, 156 games - 60 last year and 96 this year - just shy of...
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Hub grades the Bears: A tough task at QBJul 24, 2021 1:00 am - Throughout the summer we will be running a 12-part series grading each Bears position group on a standard A-F scale, including pluses and minuses based on a bell cur...
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Grammar Moses: Is President Biden, who has a 'good-paying' job, too familiar?Jul 24, 2021 1:00 am - I haven't spoken to President Joe Biden about this, so kindly grant me a little poetic license for a spell. Joe, like almost all of the presidents we've shared during my...
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Zalusky: A history of the Cubs-Sox trade wars as the deadline approachesJul 24, 2021 1:00 am - With the trade deadline looming, it is once again time to speculate about possible trades between the Cubs and Sox. This year, there has been barely a trickle of such ta...
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25 years and counting: What makes Wasco Diamond girls' fastpitch softball a winning programJul 23, 2021 6:00 am - Many local youth sports programs do what they were designed to do — give kids a place to have fun and exercise, learn how to play a game properly and experience how team...
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How a St. Charles officer's quick actions saved a shooting victim's lifeJul 23, 2021 5:30 am - By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas cops crime@dailyherald.com St. Charles patrol officer Steve Mattas was about halfway through his midnight shift June 27 when a bu...
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Milwaukee's magical NBA championship something to celebrateJul 23, 2021 1:00 am - By all accounts, local and otherwise, we have just witnessed the "greatest moment in Milwaukee sports history." Lucky us. Luckier them. This is a boast best not shouted ...
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Jim O'Donnell: WaPo's Sally Jenkins working OT to spotlight treachery of the OlympicsJul 23, 2021 1:00 am - SPORTS COLUMNISTS SELDOM win Pulitzer Prizes. And a female sports columnist? Ain't never been done. But the inspired Sally Jenkins of The Washington Post could be in the...
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Hedge funds are killing the newsroomJul 23, 2021 1:00 am - If Hollywood wanted to make a gritty movie about the work of dig-it-out newspaper reporters who uncover big local stories of government doings and corporate misdeeds, it...