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Grammar Moses: Disbanding club is an apostrophe catastropheDec 07, 2019 12:00 am - That creeping sense of dread you're feeling? No, I'm not talking about climate change, the potential impeachment vote or the notion that my opening question was merely a...
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Facts Matter: Post office won't deliver Christmas cards addressed to 'any soldier'Dec 07, 2019 12:00 am - A social media post asking users to send an extra Christmas card to injured American soldiers has been flagged as false information by Facebook, according to PolitiFact....
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Illinois spent $8.5 billion to cut its pension debt. It wasn't enough.Dec 07, 2019 12:00 am - Trying to get pension funding back on track, state officials designated $8.5 billion last year to five state-funded retirement systems. It wasn't enough, and the pension...
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Algonquin teen navigates LGBTQ world in 'Work in Progress'Dec 07, 2019 12:00 am - In her life as a sophomore at Jacobs High School, 15-year-old Lauren Viteri is a well-behaved kid who gets good grades and comes home to her parents, Raul, a Realtor, an...
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A kid, a cop and a story to warm a winter's dayDec 06, 2019 5:00 am - There are certain days that are "classic" Chicago winter. We all know them: cold, damp, windy, overcast. The sort of days we'll do almost anything to avoid going out in...
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Dragon boat races, festival may be returning to St. Charles next summerDec 06, 2019 5:00 am - When a community festival disappears — either to take a short hiatus or simply because its time had come and gone because of finances, manpower or lack of community inte...
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Trust is an essential foundation for effective governmentDec 06, 2019 12:00 am - To me, it was a thunderclap. Years ago, when I was in Congress, we were in the midst of a tense, contentious debate. Members had gotten irritated, levying charges back a...
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Rozner: Nagy has Bears' Trubisky in line for huge contractDec 06, 2019 12:00 am - Just as they planned, it's all coming together for the Bears after 13 games. In Year 5 of Ryan Pace's rebuild, Matt Nagy and Mitch Trubisky are just where they want to b...
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Local women's basketball coaches are rare breed: lifetime coaches and lifelong friendsDec 06, 2019 12:00 am - About 12 years ago, when Joe McKeown was trying to decide whether he should leave a good situation at George Washington to accept a job offer to take over a struggling N...
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Why beatdown of Cowboys could be crucial turning point for BearsDec 06, 2019 12:00 am - As I was saying a week ago ... Sorry guys, I didn't mean to disappear like that but, it seems the big guy had a plan for me to spend a little time on injured reserve. Wh...