Columns
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Benedictine University to host Sikh harvest festival to help raise awareness about cultureApr 11, 2022 5:00 am - Beards, turbans and other traditional garb many Sikh Americans wear at times make them easy targets of hate crimes, says Manmohan Kaur of Naperville. In 2019, law enforc...
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Patience at the plate pays off for Cubs in opening seriesApr 11, 2022 1:00 am - Right before Willie Mays Hayes takes his first at-bat in the movie "Major League," announcer Bob Uecker notes: "A lot of people say you can tell how the season's gonna g...
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Good News Sunday: Wheaton native discovers star, makes astrophysics historyApr 10, 2022 7:30 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: In his adolescent dreams as a student at...
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Readers disclosure concerns are overblownApr 10, 2022 6:00 am - Q: It's been three years since we bought our home, and we just discovered asbestos tiles under the basement carpet. Unfortunately, this was not reported by our home insp...
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Facts Matter: Ukraine video following attack not stagedApr 10, 2022 1:00 am - Russian officials denied responsibility for a recent attack on Ukraine, claiming a video of the aftermath is staged and dead bodies shown in the clip really are actors. ...
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Guest columnist Keith Peterson: Sustainable energy is a key to the future - and suburbs play an important roleApr 10, 2022 1:00 am - About 15 years ago, I was working at the State Department's Foreign Press Center with a responsibility for Washington-based journalists from Western Europe, and I organi...
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Syndicated columnist Jamie Stiehm: Racing away from our past with Judge JacksonApr 10, 2022 1:00 am - The vortex of our vexed record on race came out with the cherry blossoms. These three things: the Senate vote on a historic Supreme Court nominee; an anti-lynching law p...
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Hub Arkush's NFL Draft preview: Defensive tacklesApr 10, 2022 1:00 am - Georgia's Jordan Davis could be a Top 10 to 15 pick, but also may be the only defensive tackle selected in the first round this year. While very thin at the top, this gr...
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The bereaved often feel pressure to act 'happy,' or 'normal'Apr 09, 2022 6:00 am - Did you know there is a World Happiness Index? Well, there is. I didn't know until I read a recent article on the topic (Scientific Reports, Feb. 2022). This index is or...
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New floor must meet an 'unspecified' standardApr 09, 2022 6:00 am - Q: I am a board member of our condominium association and have been assigned the task of reviewing our rules for possible update. One of the rules states the underlaymen...