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Hub Arkush: Bears got the win, but was anything really different?Nov 09, 2019 11:00 pm - It was great to see the Bears snap their four-game losing streak with their 20-13 win over the Lions on Sunday, and even more a real relief to see Mitch Trubisky get on ...
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Owners not entitled to compensation for balcony workNov 09, 2019 6:00 am - Q: We own and live in an old condominium building. The association is performing major tuckpointing work on the exterior of the building. It is a project with a 10-month...
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Grief: Lessons, advice from funny mother always at the readyNov 09, 2019 5:00 am - It's a good idea to draw on positive role models from childhood for strength when dealing with grief. Personally I often think of my funny mother. Not funny “ha ha” but ...
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Facts Matter: In Trump Twitter post, Medal of Honor winner replaced by dog ConanNov 09, 2019 12:00 am - President Donald Trump retweeted a doctored photo last week showing him awarding a medal to Conan, the dog credited with assisting in the Oct. 27 raid in Syria that resu...
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Constable: Arlington Heights World War II veteran, 99, to be honored by a third nationNov 09, 2019 12:00 am - Seventy-five years after his heroics during World War II earned him countless medals, including the Distinguished Flying Cross and the British Distinguished Flying Cross...
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Grammar Moses: A lesson in humilityNov 09, 2019 12:00 am - Sometimes, words are abused so severely that they come to mean the opposite of what originally was intended. Once upon a time, something that was "awesome" was to be fea...
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Public safety pension investment returns are missing targets - by nearly $1 billionNov 09, 2019 12:00 am - Over the past five years, 642 public safety pension funds in the suburbs and downstate have received more than $3.2 billion in investment returns. However, those funds w...
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How The Fox and The Turkey races in Batavia benefit the communityNov 08, 2019 5:00 am - Many runners gravitate to competitive local events in which they can have finish times electronically certified before they move on to the next event. But they also keep...
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How young is too young to be in lockup? Supreme Court, legislature might decideNov 08, 2019 4:30 am - How young is too young to throw a juvenile offender in detention? That's a question both state lawmakers and the Illinois Supreme Court are likely to address in the near...
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The phone call, the transcript and consciousness of guiltNov 08, 2019 12:00 am - The July 25 call between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Vlodomyr Zelenskiy is the central piece of evidence in the Democratic drive to remove the preside...