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Longtime Batavia volunteer retires from Clothes Closet director postFeb 28, 2020 5:00 am - As one cruises toward retirement, different stories emerge about the sudden change from work life to more leisure time. Some say they love retirement, and others say the...
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Widescreen: Oscar holdouts no more; 'Braveheart' celebrates 25 yearsFeb 28, 2020 5:00 am - We now have release dates for the two remaining home-video holdouts from this year's Best Picture Oscar field of nine. One-time front-runner "1917," the one-shot World W...
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Son's diagnosis prompts Batavia family to raise awareness about juvenile osteoporosisFeb 28, 2020 5:00 am - For many parents, watching a child play sports from the sidelines or the bleachers is the norm. Parents are there to cheer in victory, console in defeat. Can you imagine...
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Appeals court again denies new trial for killer of McHenry County sheriff's deputyFeb 28, 2020 4:30 am - It was different argument, same result this week for Scott Peters, the Holiday Hills man serving a 135-year prison term for shooting a pair of McHenry County sheriff's d...
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Rozner: Can Blackhawks find enough pieces for Kane, Toews to make one more run?Feb 28, 2020 12:00 am - Good luck choosing a lens through which to view the Blackhawks. A reasonable person would say they won three Stanley Cups and had a coach who wouldn't want to be part of...
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Feder: Before he became 'Mayor Pete,' Buttigieg worked as NBC 5 investigative internFeb 28, 2020 12:00 am - For six weeks during the summer of 2002, a 20-year-old college student named Peter Buttigieg toiled in the background as an intern at WMAQ-Channel 5, the NBC-owned stati...
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What to value about AmericaFeb 28, 2020 12:00 am - By Lee H. Hamilton Sometimes, you just need to step back. The political conversations I hear these days are strikingly negative, dominated by what's amiss in Washington,...
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Find out how to distinguish suburban wildlife tracksFeb 27, 2020 6:40 am - As I type this, the ground is covered with a fresh layer of snow. With that in mind, I'm going to write about three mammals that often leave their footprints in suburban...
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Photo provides glimpse of woman Elgin park is named afterFeb 27, 2020 5:00 am - Photo provides rare glimpse of woman Elgin park is named after
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Moss' performance supplies visible proof of excellence in 'The Invisible Man'Feb 27, 2020 5:00 am - Leigh Whannell's tightly twisted update of Universal Pictures' 1933 classic "The Invisible Man" seems more like an R-rated toxic-relationship drama than a vintage sci-fi...