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Feder: Nexstar Media pulling the plug on CLTVDec 16, 2019 12:00 am - CLTV, the 24-hour local cable news channel launched as Chicagoland Television on New Year's Day 1993, is shutting down at the end of the month, Nexstar Media Group annou...
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Folding ladder in garage ceilingDec 15, 2019 6:00 am - Q: We want to use our attic for additional storage space and were planning to install a folding ladder in the garage ceiling to provide access. This seemed like a good i...
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Her boss has made her work all major holidays for the past 12 yearsDec 15, 2019 5:10 am - Q: My son's girlfriend is a waitress in a hotel restaurant in California. My son wants to bring her to meet our family at Christmas, but her manager has forbidden her to...
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Hub Arkush: Bears lose another one they could have wonDec 15, 2019 12:00 am - This game could have had it all. So how disappointing, inexcusable and, quite frankly, shameful is it that the 200th meeting of the NFL's oldest and best rivalry - one o...
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Special session needed to show urgency of fighting corruptionDec 15, 2019 12:00 am - "Republicans want special session on ethics. Pritzker says no." This was a recent headline in the State Journal-Register and it perfectly sums up the position of the Dem...
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Rozner: Yet another 'learning experience' for BearsDec 15, 2019 12:00 am - After a few good quarters of football against some really bad teams, the narrative had been struck. Again. Matt Nagy and Mitch Trubisky had figured it out. Again. This w...
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Illinois should embrace a national rate cap on consumer loansDec 15, 2019 12:00 am - She lived in her car but feared the title lender would take it. Billie Aschmeller needed a winter coat for her pregnant daughter and a crib and car seat for her grandda...
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Feder: Former Harvest pastor sues Mancow, alleges defamationDec 15, 2019 12:00 am - James MacDonald, the embattled former pastor of the Harvest Bible Chapel megachurch, is suing Chicago radio personality Erich Mancow Muller for branding him a "con man" ...
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The restaurants Dave Heun would choose if he had to eat every meal outDec 14, 2019 6:28 am - The holidays call for many family gatherings, parties and meals within the home. But it's also the time many of us might dine out more often because of time off work or ...
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Grief: Remembering the biggest lobster I ever ateDec 14, 2019 4:00 am - We all have our ways of managing grief and trying to feel better over the years. One my favorite and useful techniques is to surround myself with family photos and favo...