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Oswald: Frozen ship is not the USS Al GoreFeb 20, 2021 12:00 am - Social media users have been sharing images of snow and ice as much of the country deals with a recent series of wintry blasts. Among those is a photo of a frozen boat, ...
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David Montgomery's 2020 campaign leaves Bears comfortable at running backFeb 20, 2021 12:00 am - David Montgomery established himself as a No. 1 running back in his second NFL season with 1,508 yards from scrimmage (1,070 rushing, 438 receiving), fourth best in the ...
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Baseball Way Back: Chicago baseball spring training tragediesFeb 20, 2021 12:00 am - Pitchers and catchers reporting. A magic phrase for a young baseball fan bogged down in schoolwork and daydreaming of the lazy summer days at the ballpark ahead. Just th...
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Constable: Snowmobilers' dreams of white February finally arriveFeb 20, 2021 12:00 am - The volunteers walk through the grass in November, putting signs on the trails with the intention of directing snowmobile traffic. “Every year when we're marking the tra...
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Group offering mental health support to faith communitiesFeb 20, 2021 12:00 am - A suburban agency says there's been a sharp uptick in people seeking mental health services during the pandemic. The National Alliance on Mental Illness Metro Suburban i...
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It's official: Referees doing "yeoman's work" calling high school games during pandemicFeb 20, 2021 12:00 am - Even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, numbers for high school sports officials in Illinois were on the decline. Particularly in basketball. For whatever reason in recen...
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Readers weigh in on which albums kept their turntables busyFeb 19, 2021 5:00 am - The winter's bitter turn and the ongoing pandemic have given many of us a chance to revisit our music libraries. For most, that means playing digital music channels or p...
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As crashes, injuries mount, task force takes aim at Move Over violatorsFeb 19, 2021 4:30 am - You couldn't blame Illinois State Police for feeling like it's déjà vu all over again, in the worst possible way. Two years after a rash of roadside crashes left two sta...
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Never let a good manufactured crisis go to wasteFeb 19, 2021 12:00 am - A seemingly effective way for politicians to justify our need for their services is to fabricate or exaggerate a problem, promise to fix said problem with a new program ...
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Feder: First-time producer Deborah Norville finds moviemaking 'really appealing'Feb 19, 2021 12:00 am - Now you can add movie mogul to Deborah Norville's list of credits. The former Chicago TV news anchor and longtime host of "Inside Edition" is executive producer of the l...