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Bears shock Packers in 1st half, embarrass themselves in 2ndDec 12, 2021 12:00 am - GREEN BAY - Well, at least half of it was fun. Unfortunately it took Green Bay just 12 minutes of the third period to outscore the Bears 17-0 and give them a stern remin...
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Good News Sunday: Libertyville fifth-grader collects more than 100 bags of food, toys for pantryDec 11, 2021 10:00 pm - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: A 10-year-old Libertyville boy assumed t...
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Facts Matter: Gunman at Oxford school didn't pretend to be sheriffDec 11, 2021 4:30 am - A Michigan 15-year-old has been charged with first-degree murder in the Nov. 30 shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan where four students were killed and multiple p...
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Jim O'Donnell: Live, from Green Bay, it's a new NBC version of an old NFL game show!Dec 11, 2021 4:00 am - OFFICIALLY, NBC SPORTS will be presenting a “Sunday Night Football” game between the Bears and Green Bay. Unofficially, it's really a TV game show called “Organic or Non...
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Grammar Moses: Shorter isn't always betterDec 11, 2021 12:00 am - Contractions can be wonderful space- and timesavers. They also can gum up the works. You might tell the 14-year-old babysitter: "There's a 12-pack of Coors Light in the ...
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Constable: $275,000 guitar just part of luthiers' magic work in WaucondaDec 11, 2021 12:00 am - Tucked away in an old converted aluminum foundry in this unremarkable Wauconda business park is a father-and-son workshop where magical things happen. The haunting melod...
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Arkush: Do Bears have enough in their tank to hang with the Packers?Dec 11, 2021 12:00 am - If we get the two teams we last saw — Bears vs. Cardinals and Packers vs. Rams before the bye — and Aaron Rodgers is under center the Bears have little chance of even ma...
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Zalusky: Chicago a key stop on the road to the Hall for KaatDec 11, 2021 12:00 am - Jim Kaat said he will wear a Minnesota Twins hat on his Hall of Fame plaque. But he tipped his cap to the White Sox organization during a Dec. 5 news conference followin...
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Bulls add Chicago native McKinnie as second hardship playerDec 10, 2021 12:00 pm - The Bulls signed forward Alfonzo McKinnie to a 10-day contract on Friday. Both he and Stanley Johnson could see action Saturday when the Bulls face the Miami Heat at the...
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Spotlight: Second City sends up the holidays at the McAninchDec 10, 2021 5:00 am - BrightSide's 'Miracle' BrightSide Theatre presents "Miracle on 34th Street," a musical radio play adaptation of the 1947 film performed live and in-person under artistic...