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Feder: Chicago Reader celebrates 50th anniversary with gratitudeSep 27, 2021 1:00 am - The venerable Chicago Reader will honor its 50th year of publication with special anniversary issues on October 14 and October 28, featuring its origin story and article...
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Arkush: The Bears are officially desperate and 'everything is on the table' vs. LionsSep 27, 2021 1:00 am - When the sky is falling and lands smack dab on your head, where do you begin to pick up the pieces? How do you keep everyone and anyone from deserting the ship? And who ...
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Feder: Why Zoraida Sambolin came back to say goodbyeSep 27, 2021 1:00 am - Why did morning news anchor Zoraida Sambolin return to NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5 last week after a four-month leave of absence only to resign a few days later? It was pa...
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Lincicome: For Nagy, stumbling, bumbling is no way to go through a seasonSep 27, 2021 1:00 am - It seems so simple. Play Justin Fields and get on with it, get on not only with the future, but with the present. Accept the pain, enjoy the promise. It is going to work...
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City, suburban theaters return with fewer shows but plenty of applause-worthy optionsSep 26, 2021 7:00 am - While a crush of openings typically accompany autumn's arrival, that is not the case this year as the Chicago-area theater community continues to suffer the residual eff...
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Good News Sunday: Palatine junior high among new Blue Ribbon winnersSep 26, 2021 6:00 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona ...
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Paving contractor not responding to complaint?Sep 26, 2021 6:00 am - Q: I hired a contractor last year to repave my driveway with concrete. The work seemed OK at first, but it turned out that the pavement doesn't drain toward the street. ...
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Grammar Moses: Hey, let's make hay with homophones!Sep 26, 2021 5:30 am - It's been forever since we explored some words that sound the same but have different spellings or meanings. Let's start with "bear" and "bare." To bear something is to ...
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Stacks of burial vaults aren't evidence COVID-19 was plannedSep 26, 2021 5:30 am - Social media users earlier this month were sharing video from a 2010 episode of "Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura," as proof that COVID-19 was planned by the governm...
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The time to protect our ocean and Great Lakes is now - are you in?Sep 26, 2021 1:00 am - Earlier this month, Gov. Pritzker signed the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act at Shedd Aquarium, on the shore of Lake Michigan. It is a comprehensive, equitable climate an...