Columns
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Use LinkedIn to find customers, not just jobsJan 01, 2017 12:00 am - LinkedIn launched, officially, in May 2003. A month later, the network had 4,500 members. Third quarter last year (2016, if your calendar is slow), LI had 467 million me...
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Good riddance, 2016Jan 01, 2017 12:00 am - By George F. Will Viewing 2016 in retrospect - doing so is unpleasant, but less so than was living through it - the year resembles a china shop after a visit from an es...
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Trump wishes us all a happy thermonuclear new yearJan 01, 2017 12:00 am - Now that the presidential election is over, will it ever really end? Not if Donald J. Trump and the cable news networks get their way. Having made the election into a pr...
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Davis: No kidding, we did find political letters that made our '16 faves listJan 01, 2017 12:00 am - Truth be told, 2016 wasn't the best year for our favorite letters to the editor salute, now making its fourth annual appearance. The nastiness and viciousness of the pre...
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Palatine lawyer learned some strategy as rugby player for BlazeJan 01, 2017 12:00 am - James R. Doerr of Winfield is a defense attorney with Palatine-based Lavelle Law Ltd. and does a monthly podcast called "Liberty and the Law." And while he's competitive...
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6 young Suburban Standouts: Where are they now?Dec 31, 2016 6:30 am - One of our favorite things during the holiday season is catching up with the young men and women we have profiled over the years in our Suburban Standouts column. And i...
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Lester: Beloit man carves path through suburbs to Wrigley in wheelchairDec 29, 2016 4:33 am - Four years after he lost the his right leg in an auto accident, his father to Alzheimer's disease and his mother to cancer, Dennis Schulze is taking an unlikely journey ...
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A look back at oddball suburban police cases of 2016Dec 29, 2016 12:00 am - A car driving down the road with a tree embedded in its grille. An epic beer run that lands its protagonist behind bars. A drug suspect leaping into the arms of law enfo...
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With half the sugar, this healthy brownie delivers a big chocolate punchDec 27, 2016 5:00 am - The new year begins in just a few days. One New Year's resolution: create the best tasting, low-fat and low-sugar desserts that I can. My ultimate goal: those new desser...
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Lester: Former Cubs pitcher says IHSA pitch count only part of equationDec 26, 2016 4:30 am - A former Chicago Cubs pitcher and baseball analyst is applauding a recent Illinois High School Association decision to limit the number of pitches high school baseball p...