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Hospice: Death is important, tooNov 03, 2018 7:30 am - When my mother was dying in hospice from a brain tumor, one day she said to my sister Mary, "People make a lot of fuss over the birth of a baby, but dying is important t...
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Rozner: Wildcats push Irish to the very endNov 03, 2018 1:00 am - It was supposed to be a very big night of college football along Lake Michigan. After all, you had No. 4 Notre Dame undefeated and playing for a better spot in the playo...
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Constable: Democrat or Republican, these election judges work together for votersNov 03, 2018 1:00 am - Chatting politely and chuckling at times, these two longtime election judges figure out they probably have been to the same political rallies. Dianna Rushing, 67, a pass...
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Grammar Moses: Take these words to the pollsNov 03, 2018 1:00 am - Is everyone excited about the midterm election? I, for one, can't wait until it's over. I feel like I've been forced to watch an endless schoolyard brawl in which the fa...
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Facts Matter: Stock exchange didn't open day after 9/11Nov 03, 2018 1:00 am - During campaign stops immediately following the massacre of 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue on Oct. 27, President Donald Trump said he considered canceling the event...
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Uber, Google and the long, lingering tail of #MeTooNov 03, 2018 1:00 am - Two Silicon Valley heavyweights faced fresh headlines this week about prior allegations of sexual misconduct, serving as a reminder to companies that their handling of h...
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Widescreen: 'Walk Hard' remains a perfect parody of music epics like 'Bohemian Rhapsody'Nov 02, 2018 5:59 am - The Hollywood biopic of British rock legends Queen and Freddie Mercury arrives this weekend in theaters to tepid reviews, some of which invoke the name of one of the mos...
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8 years later, hit-and-run driver who killed Maine West student still unknownNov 02, 2018 5:30 am - Monday marks the eighth anniversary of the death of Choice Taylor, a popular Maine West High School student struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver as he walked across...
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Lake County giving free tablets to jail inmates, but some say there's a catchNov 02, 2018 5:30 am - Most jails issue inmates little more than an orange jumpsuit, slip-on shoes and some sparse bedding when they arrive at the lockup. Detainees at the Lake County jail soo...
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10 moments in Cubs bobblehead historyNov 02, 2018 5:20 am - The Chicago Cubs have given away 61 promotional bobbleheads since beginning the practice in 2001. Here are 10 of the favorites and not-so-favorites: • Sammy Sosa was the...