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Cathy Engelbert perfect choice for WNBA commissionerMay 17, 2019 1:00 am - The WNBA seems to have hit the jackpot with the hiring of its new commissioner. Cathy Engelbert is the whole package. She knows business. She knows families. And she kno...
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Naperville natives pitch business on 'Shark Tank'May 17, 2019 1:00 am - Two Naperville natives recently took a dive into the "Shark Tank" and came out with a big bite. Brothers Anthony and Nick Pucci took their product, Cubicall, to the popu...
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Feder: Tracy Baim celebrates 35 years as media trailblazerMay 17, 2019 1:00 am - Friends and colleagues of Tracy Baim will gather next week at Sidetrack, 3349 North Halsted Street, to toast the groundbreaking Chicago journalist on her 35th year in LG...
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O'Donnell: Movin' on up with Jason Benetti, Bill Cullen and Boston's BruinsMay 17, 2019 1:00 am - GETTING THE NEW SUNDAY PLAYHOUSE started: Jason Benetti - the 35-year-old White Sox TV play-by-play man - is an extraordinarily bright young fellow (with a law degree). ...
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Biden faces difficult challenge to stir passion in old themesMay 17, 2019 1:00 am - Every so often, America's party of the left is seized by the fear that its platform of anti-militarism, sweet reason and communal progress just can't compete with the ri...
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Sound check: Chicago Open Air brings Tool, System of a DownMay 16, 2019 6:00 am - Chicago Open Air After a year away, Chicago Open Air, the city's hard rock and metal fest, returns with a full slate of much-anticipated acts. System of a Down take...
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Joe Biden and restoring the old (pre-Trump) orderMay 16, 2019 1:00 am - There was a school of thought that said former Vice President Joe Biden would begin to sink in the polls the moment he announced his candidacy for the Democratic preside...
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Robert Feder's take on Conrad Black's pardon by President TrumpMay 16, 2019 1:00 am - The revered film critic Roger Ebert spoke for all of us who worked at the Chicago Sun-Times when he stood up to Conrad Black, the Canadian-born press baron who owned the...
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Weakness starting to show in drive for graduated income taxMay 16, 2019 1:00 am - J.B. Pritzker announced his run for governor of Illinois more than two years ago. From the jump, his campaign pushed a simple policy message: pass a progressive income ...
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How Waubonsee's literary magazine creates a community through writingMay 15, 2019 11:00 pm - I sent out the text message to the team after the delivery. "It's here!" Very soon my small office of bookshelves and an oversized desk was flooded with six students who...