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Tours, walks in Lake County Forest Preserves part of statewide celebration of natural areasAug 22, 2023 6:00 am - Tours, walks in Lake County Forest Preserves part of statewide celebration of natural areas
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'Hazing defeats the purpose of the team': What some schools are doing to ensure it doesn't happenAug 22, 2023 1:00 am - First of two parts Dragan Teonic has been a football coach at both the college and high school level during his 20-plus years on the gridiron. He's also been educated by...
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Single women are the odd men out, politicallyAug 22, 2023 1:00 am - America's political parties are the oldest and third-oldest in the world, and they have competed for votes among a population that has been diverse since colonial times....
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GOP fiddles as America burnsAug 22, 2023 1:00 am - Republican politicians are taking their lead on energy policy from Emperor Nero who, according to legend, fiddled while Rome burned. No, wait, it's worse than that. Whil...
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Experts: Literacy training must evolve to help kids in early gradesAug 21, 2023 5:30 am - After years of teaching high school students with learning disabilities, Carol Benz realized their problems with reading could have been addressed at a much younger age....
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'Cast Call: How Chicago's local music scene got me hooked on podcastsAug 21, 2023 5:30 am - When people ask me about whether my husband and I have a “meet cute,” they get one of two stories, and the one they hear depends on whether or not they're in journalism....
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Suburban Mosaic: Islamic convention will bring 20,000 people to RosemontAug 21, 2023 5:30 am - In two weeks, more than 20,000 Muslims from across North America and the world are expected to converge on Rosemont for a four-day Islamic convention - one of the larges...
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Ziehm: Hovland's 61 is just the latest memorable BMW moment in the Chicago areaAug 21, 2023 1:00 am - Sunday's rousing finish to the BMW Championship at Olympia Fields was a lot like the wrapup to the tourney's previous Chicago-area staging when fans were allowed through...
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Inspector's estimates on repair costs are unreliableAug 20, 2023 7:00 am - Q: When we bought our home, the home inspection report included estimated costs to repair the reported defects. The conclusion of the report stated all of the problems f...
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Good News Sunday: New mom who suffered embolism thanks Elgin hospital staff for saving her lifeAug 20, 2023 6:00 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: Yana Zablotska died, for a moment, after...