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Bulls expert Mark Schanowski cutting back at NBC Sports ChicagoAug 16, 2019 1:00 am - Mark Schanowski, the affable and authoritative Chicago Bulls basketball analyst who's been a prominent player on the local sports media scene for three decades, is cutti...
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Grandma feels ambivalent about arrival of first grandchildAug 15, 2019 11:00 pm - Q. Maybe you can suggest some ways I could shake myself out of ambivalence regarding the birth of my first grandchild. I have observed friends ecstatic over such news, a...
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How animals can go from pets to pests when released in the wildAug 15, 2019 11:00 pm - A few years ago, I took a call at the nature center about a big snake in Tekakwitha Woods Forest Preserve. The caller was pretty rattled, and she wanted someone to “do s...
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Sound check: Iconic Dionne Warwick plays RiverEdge Park; 90s Palooza in LisleAug 15, 2019 6:00 am - 'What's it all about, Alfie?' International icon and smooth-voiced musical legend Dionne Warwick makes an appearance in the suburbs this weekend when she plays Rive...
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'Gwen' a pretty, but ho-hum period horror taleAug 15, 2019 6:00 am - "Gwen" - ★ ★ It's hard to tell if William McGregor's dark and murky, unsatisfying gothic drama "Gwen" wants to be a cutting art-house horror tale like Robert Eggers' "Th...
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Constable: Are you there, God? It's us, Americans praying for smiteAug 15, 2019 5:30 am - With the great differences of opinion among people in the United States, the political divide in this nation seems almost biblical. So, is it OK to pray for God to smite...
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Like it or not, age will be an issue in 2020 presidential campaignAug 15, 2019 1:00 am - Here are the ages that the top presidential candidates will be on Inauguration Day, 2021: Bernie Sanders, 79; Joe Biden, 78; Donald Trump, 74; and Elizabeth Warren, 71. ...
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Rozner: Healthy Woods makes return to MedinahAug 15, 2019 1:00 am - Given that he's played 13 rounds of golf in the last four months, and that he managed only 18 holes a week ago, expectations for Tiger Woods at Medinah on Thursday were ...
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Feder: Jeff Joniak to join Chicagoland Sports Hall of FameAug 15, 2019 1:00 am - Jeff Joniak, sports director of Entercom all-news WBBM 780-AM/WCFS 105.9-FM and longtime radio voice of the Chicago Bears, will receive the Media Award from the Chicagol...
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Thomas settles down, shares first-round leadAug 15, 2019 1:00 am - It didn't matter that all the conditions - comfortable temperatures, minimal wind, soft greens and fairways - were all ideal for low scoring Thursday at Medinah. Justin ...