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Kane County Cougars extend netting to protect fansJul 03, 2019 6:30 am - Professional baseball teams at all levels are considering extending protective netting from home plate to the foul poles, or at least well beyond the dugouts. It became ...
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Trump's endless self-regard is being exploited on the world stageJul 03, 2019 1:00 am - I worked for a leader who was sometimes accused of lacking in the smarts department. But no one I know who spent time with President George W. Bush was left with that im...
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Feder: WGN pulls Pat Tomasulo's 'Man of the People' from lineupJul 03, 2019 1:00 am - Pat Tomasulo has lost his weekly late-night comedy show on WGN-Channel 9, Robert Feder writes. The Tribune Broadcasting station confirmed that it's pulled the plug on "M...
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American Legion post goes all out for July 4, but it struggles to attract younger veteransJul 03, 2019 1:00 am - This story has been updated to note that there are certain eligibility time periods during which Armed Services personnel and veterans must have served in order to q...
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O'Donnell: Fireworking on The Fourth, an incomplete guide to the mid-year in Chicago sportsJul 03, 2019 1:00 am - AS A FOURTH OF JULY SPECIAL - to be mounted right alongside images of Samuel Adams, James Cagney and Sally Hemings - a holiday update on the state of Chicago's major tea...
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Rozner: Disco Demolition, the night of living dangerouslyJul 03, 2019 1:00 am - It was one small step for a child. Yeah, that's all. No giant leap. Not for me, anyway. The lunatics jumping onto the field from high above Comiskey Park's turf were tak...
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Democratic debates reveal a galaxy of starsJul 02, 2019 1:00 am - CAMDEN, S.C. - By now, the winners and losers of the first Democratic presidential debate(s) have been thoroughly hashed, roasted and served up overdone. Bottom line: Wo...
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Time for lawmakers to step up on gerrymanderingJul 02, 2019 1:00 am - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last Thursday that federal judges will not come to the rescue when it comes to partisan mapmaking. The two gerrymandering cases before the ...
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Rozner: Why Hawks new goalie is more than an expensive insurance policyJul 02, 2019 1:00 am - Another lob wedge was preparing to come up short late Monday afternoon when the phone began to buzz. The surprise isn't that the short game is dreadful, not given the te...
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Feder: Amid 'outpouring of love,' WXRT's Terri Hemmert to sign off middays July 9Jul 02, 2019 1:00 am - Culminating a ton of well-deserved tributes to Terri Hemmert, the beloved Chicago radio icon will mark her final broadcast as midday personality on WXRT 93.1-FM July 9, ...