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A taste of Napa: New owners mark one year at The Wine Exchange in St. CharlesApr 23, 2019 11:00 pm - From their vantage point as 10-year members of The Wine Exchange in St. Charles, Bob Sommer and his wife, Keri Foster, had a pretty good idea what they wanted to do with...
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'Avengers: Endgame' is a satisfying piece of pop culture wish fulfillmentApr 23, 2019 5:00 pm - “Avengers: Endgame” - ★ ★ ★ ½ In this age of pop culture wish fulfillment, when every beloved movie gets a sequel and streaming services resurrect TV shows canceled yea...
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Where does 'Avengers: Endgame' rank among all 22 Marvel Cinematic Universe films?Apr 23, 2019 5:00 pm - Editor's Note: This is an updated version of an article that first appeared in April 2018, just before the release of "Avengers: Infinity War." Eleven years, 22 mov...
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Retired Dist. 214 teacher still encouraging new writers through Arts Unlimited contestApr 23, 2019 6:00 am - A rare moment played out at last week's reception for the Arts Unlimited District 214/Daily Herald Community Arts and Writing Contest Arts Unlimited in Arlington Heights...
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Sound check: Badflower rocks, rips your heart out at free WKQX showApr 23, 2019 6:00 am - Badflower at BaseCamp Badflower is the new face of modern rock: one foot in huge, hard-driving sound while also dipping a toe in deliciously tortured, emotional pop....
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Constable: Hanover Park writer fueled by both tragic and uplifting dog talesApr 23, 2019 5:25 am - As a young girl growing up behind the Iron Curtain in Bulgaria, Nadia Ianakieva remembers the day the Communist authorities decided her town of Sophia had too many dogs,...
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Feder: Pulitzer for L.A. Times reflects Chicagoan's key roleApr 23, 2019 1:00 am - Jim Kirk's brief tenure as editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Times last year yielded more than just the respect and gratitude of the staff for the veteran Chicago journ...
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Honor of the presidency now depends on the actions of CongressApr 23, 2019 1:00 am - Politics is an odd profession. Usually it involves the posturing inherent to partisanship and the self-abasement of endless fundraising. But occasionally it entails the ...
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O'Donnell: Coppock's final weeks were filled with work, hope, happiness … and then his family's sad vigilApr 23, 2019 1:00 am - On Sunday morning, April 7, Tyler Coppock and sister Lyndsey Coppock-Connolly were texting back and forth about a common new-mill dilemma: Who's going to pick up Dad at ...
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President Moon holds key to success in North, South KoreaApr 23, 2019 1:00 am - The April 11 summit in Washington between President Moon Jae-in of South Korea and President Donald Trump of the United States deserves much greater attention than has b...