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Derek Chauvin: The great white defendantApr 23, 2021 1:00 am - In the brilliant novel "The Bonfire of the Vanities," author Tom Wolfe describes what he calls the intense media interest in covering "The Great White Defendant." A revi...
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Gourmet Kitchn finds a big e-commerce appetiteApr 23, 2021 1:00 am - Jamie Moriarty figured surely Amazon already was shipping cold food products across the country. But as Moriarty and his business partners looked into it, they discovere...
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Are big, stud defensive tackles a dying breed in the NFL?Apr 23, 2021 1:00 am - Maybe it's proliferation of 3-4 schemes, but big uglies getting harder and harder to find
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Davies thinks he can help get Cubs rotation rightApr 22, 2021 11:00 am - For most of last season, the Cubs starting pitchers carried the weight while the team's veteran hitters slumped. The revamped rotation is off to an underwhelming start i...
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Widescreen: Not feeling the Oscars? Here are some Sunday night alternativesApr 22, 2021 6:00 am - I've often referred to Oscar Night as "my Super Bowl," but this year feels more like a Thursday night game between the Bears and the Jaguars. Sure, I'm interested in the...
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Dann Gire traverses the year's 'Nomadland' in search of Oscar winnersApr 22, 2021 6:00 am - Part of me secretly hopes I am wrong about my predictions for the 93rd Academy Awards. Predicting many of the winners seems way too easy. Surely, a dark horse upset or a...
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The gallantry of respectful persistenceApr 22, 2021 1:00 am - It is Earth Day 2021, and I find myself thinking of one of my favorite poetic stanzas. It's from Emily Dickinson: "To fight aloud is very brave, / But gallanter I know /...
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Wide receiver draft class is loaded with home run hitters, slot guysApr 22, 2021 1:00 am - Fourth in a series The NFL draft is being billed as possibly the best wide receiver class of all time but they are small. That's not to say there won't be a big bunch of...
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Support grows for putting a price on carbon pollutionApr 22, 2021 1:00 am - Why is there so much growing support for climate action? While extreme weather events such as the winter storms in Texas, wildfires in California and hurricanes in Flori...
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Feder: Bill & Wendy pulling the plug on Cumulus podcastApr 22, 2021 1:00 am - Ending their 15-month run as a podcasting team, Bill Leff and Wendy Snyder will record their final episode Monday. Since February 2020 the longtime Chicago radio duo ha...