Columns
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Baseball's first all-star game a success of Ruthian proportionsJul 16, 2022 1:00 am - Major league baseball's first all-star game was billed as the "Game of the Century." The reason was its tie-in with Chicago's world's fair, known as the Century of Progr...
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Grammar Moses: Why is avenging so popular?Jul 16, 2022 1:00 am - Jamie Smith is a voracious reader, notably of British mystery novels. "I've been seeing 'revenge' used as a verb, and it always causes a me to stumble," she wrote in an ...
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Constable: Race honoring legendary Conant track coach nears finish lineJul 16, 2022 1:00 am - A Hall of Fame track coach after a 29-year career at Conant High School, 66-year-old Ron Gummerson was responding well to cancer treatment and appeared on his way to rec...
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Stage to screen: Broadway-bound 'Devil Wears Prada' tuner premieres in ChicagoJul 15, 2022 6:00 am - A joyful noise Metropolis Performing Arts Centre presents "Sister Act," the musical comedy adapted from the 1992 film starring Whoopi Goldberg as a Las Vegas lounge sing...
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Batavia couple makes 'sport of kings' a way of lifeJul 15, 2022 6:00 am - Fundraiser for Batavia Arts Council an opportunity to watch polo action
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What's next for Highland Park shooting defendant? It'll be a long road, Gacy's attorney saysJul 15, 2022 5:00 am - With the accused in custody and reportedly facing a mountain of incriminating evidence that includes a confession, you might think the case against the suspect in the ma...
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Guest columnist Nicole Wolter: Pending vote on public unions shows why businesses are fleeing IllinoisJul 15, 2022 1:00 am - Some companies are saying sayonara to the Prairie State. After more than 90 years of calling Illinois home, construction equipment manufacturer Caterpillar is moving its...
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Lincicome: Goodbyes are more about the fans than the guest of honorJul 15, 2022 1:00 am - The Bank of Scotland put Jack Nicklaus' face on its five-pound note when he played his last British Open at St. Andrews 17 years ago. That five pounds today would be wor...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: GOP voters prefer to think elections are corruptJul 15, 2022 1:00 am - Many on the right have bashed the House Committee looking into the Jan. 6 Capitol riot for having too few Republicans and leaning heavily on edited videotapes of former ...
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O'Donnell: Dick Clark, Fidel Castro and Ozzie Guillen mesh amid the Ins and Outs of JulyJul 15, 2022 1:00 am - IF DICK CLARK WAS still around to host "The Pyramid," the clues might be: "An All-Star break ... NFL preseason projections ... Major golf live from Scotland at 5 a.m., C...