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Who needs a sleigh? Area bike groups to take part in Holiday Toy Ride on Dec. 10Dec 03, 2021 5:00 am - Hibernate for three months? No way, say some cyclists. Despite the wintry cold, these weather-defiant riders cycle year-round. Hard core or a tad crazy? I'm planning to ...
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How residents of Fox Chase subdivision in St. Charles keep their neighborhood beautifulDec 03, 2021 5:00 am - It's not that the city of St. Charles' public works department can't keep the median it owns in the Fox Chase subdivision in good shape. However, it is more than a half-...
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Blackhawks defensemen need to pick it up offensivelyDec 03, 2021 12:00 am - Before the Blackhawks began practice at Fifth Third Arena on Tuesday the players set up on both sides of the ice and ran a simple drill. With two forwards standing in fr...
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Feder: Sun-Times, WBEZ closing in on mergerDec 03, 2021 12:00 am - For a couple of news organizations that demand transparency from everyone else, there's been little of it from the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Public Media, parent com...
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Crime reform is here. Do you feel safer?Dec 03, 2021 12:00 am - If a conservative is a liberal who got mugged, California is about to have a bumper crop of right-wingers as the social compact is crumbling in the Golden State and beyo...
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The Biden-Buttigieg pitch: It's all free!Dec 03, 2021 12:00 am - The 2020 Democratic presidential primary campaign was essentially a bidding war in which each candidate pledged to spend trillions of dollars beyond what is needed to ru...
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Frank, personal 'Stove Toucher' at Buffalo Theatre examines skater kid's past from middle-age perspectiveDec 02, 2021 10:00 am - “Stove Toucher” - ★ ★ ★ If candor makes you uncomfortable, “Stove Toucher,” the new autobiographical play by Kurt Naebig may be too frank for you. A combination coming-...
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Constable: Annoying holiday song also is a quirky financial barometerDec 02, 2021 4:30 am - Always in those conversations about the most annoying holiday song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" also occupies a position as a whimsical financial barometer. Every yea...
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Gonzales: McNamara's switch to football turns out well for MichiganDec 02, 2021 12:00 am - Cade McNamara played varsity baseball as a high school freshman and might have followed in the footsteps of his father, who excelled at Fresno State with former Cubs pla...
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Feder: WBBM Newsradio, Lite FM tie for first-place in Chicago radio ratingsDec 02, 2021 12:00 am - WBBM 780-AM/WCFS 105.9-FM, the Audacy all-news combo, and WLIT 93.9-FM, the iHeartMedia adult contemporary station, tied for first place in the latest Chicago radio rati...