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Public safety pension investment returns are missing targets - by nearly $1 billionNov 09, 2019 12:00 am - Over the past five years, 642 public safety pension funds in the suburbs and downstate have received more than $3.2 billion in investment returns. However, those funds w...
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How The Fox and The Turkey races in Batavia benefit the communityNov 08, 2019 5:00 am - Many runners gravitate to competitive local events in which they can have finish times electronically certified before they move on to the next event. But they also keep...
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How young is too young to be in lockup? Supreme Court, legislature might decideNov 08, 2019 4:30 am - How young is too young to throw a juvenile offender in detention? That's a question both state lawmakers and the Illinois Supreme Court are likely to address in the near...
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The phone call, the transcript and consciousness of guiltNov 08, 2019 12:00 am - The July 25 call between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Vlodomyr Zelenskiy is the central piece of evidence in the Democratic drive to remove the preside...
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How NIU women's basketball puts focus on limiting knee injuriesNov 08, 2019 12:00 am - Almost nothing in life is foolproof, and the Northern Illinois women's basketball team got a dose of that reality when guard Errin Hodges went down with a preseason knee...
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O'Donnell: November start to ACC basketball leaves Jim Boeheim seeing mean TV greenNov 08, 2019 12:00 am - WAS IT THE O'JAYS OR JERRY REINSDORF who first sang "For the Love of Money?" Buzz in whenever, but the theme certifiably belonged to college basketball this week. Most p...
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Rozner: Sounds like Bears are lowering expectationsNov 08, 2019 12:00 am - It was just a couple months ago that the Bears were talking Super Bowl. Now, the head coach is trying to lower expectations and remind you that the Bears are still rebui...
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A Veterans Day appeal: Help fight youth obesityNov 08, 2019 12:00 am - On Veterans Day, our nation honors our soldiers past and present. We owe an enormous debt of gratitude to these men and women who have selflessly served our country. Tha...
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Feder: NBC 5 doubles up on morning weather front; Bulls PA announcer retiresNov 08, 2019 12:00 am - Are two meteorologists better than one? Alicia Roman this week joined Andy Avalos on NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5's weekday morning newscast. "We're going to kind of tag-tea...
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Schaumburg's DataCubes sees huge growth in insurance underwritingNov 08, 2019 12:00 am - The view from the seventh floor Schaumburg office of DataCubes is stunning. There, the company commands a panoramic view of the Busse Woods Forest Preserve and, on the h...