Columns
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Meet the minscule insects that picnic on leafy vegetationAug 19, 2022 1:00 am - There once was a growing young miner. Who sought safety in a leaf's inner liner. Away from the birds And hungry lizards -She digested her digitate diner. Not surprisingl...
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Jim O'Donnell: Right now, Matt Eberflus is one up on Vince LombardiAug 19, 2022 1:00 am - AS THE GLORY-BOUND HEAD COACH of the Green Bay Packers, Vince Lombardi was 42-8 in "exhibition" games. He insisted that winning was a habit. But he opened 1-1 in his fir...
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A vengeful lion eradicates humans in the delightfully cheesy, derivative thriller 'Beast'Aug 18, 2022 11:00 am - “Beast” - ★ ★ ½ What? You missed Stephen King's 1983 movie “Cujo” with a rabid St. Bernard menacing a parent and child trapped in a car? And you forgot the scary kitche...
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Neighbors in the news: Retired police officers takes on new role as crime authorAug 18, 2022 6:00 am - • After 41 years in law enforcement, John Good of Schaumburg has applied his experiences as a police officer to author a book titled "Blood on the Badge." Good uses his...
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Heidi Kettenring, Marriott Theatre's Dolly Levi, says working on 'Hello, Dolly!' revival is 'nothing but fun'Aug 18, 2022 6:00 am - If you asked Heidi Kettenring - star of Marriott Theatre's "Hello, Dolly!" revival - who showed her how a pro conducts herself in the rehearsal room, she would credit th...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: Broken border, dysfunctional governmentAug 18, 2022 1:00 am - The wages of sanctimony hover over New York Mayor Eric Adams. With President Joe Biden's policies drawing record numbers of migrants to cross the Texas border illegally,...
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Syndicated columnist Jamie Stiehm: Members of 'Silent Generation' still have much to say and doAug 18, 2022 1:00 am - Historian David McCullough has left us at 89, a beloved storyteller of presidents and nation-building feats such as the Brooklyn Bridge. Author Douglas Brinkley likened ...
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Fifth Third Bike the Drive organizer hopes to get 400 volunteers for fundraising eventAug 17, 2022 11:00 pm - With a staff under 20, how does any organization pull off a 20,000-rider bike event on a major roadway? “Volunteers are the keystone, full stop!” So acknowledges Melod...
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Widescreen: Malort and tavern-style pizza go great with Chicago-made movie screening Monday at the TivoliAug 17, 2022 11:00 pm - I felt “seen” multiple times in the opening minutes of “Relative,” a slice of Chicago life written and directed by Michael Glover Smith about a family of young adults co...
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Sound check: Celebrate Latin artists at Ruido Fest; 56 Music Fix takes over Mount ProspectAug 17, 2022 6:00 am - Ruido weekend Argentine ska band Los Fabulosos Cadillacs are cruising into town this weekend, and they're bringing singer-songwriter Cuco, the "high"-jinks of hip-h...