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Losing your adviser or confidant adds to the depth of griefApr 17, 2021 6:00 am - When a dear one dies, you may have not only lost a beloved partner, friend or parent, but also lost your best adviser, or best confidant — or both. We are lucky if we ha...
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Lake in the Hills' first female police chief takes helm in JulyApr 17, 2021 1:00 am - Mary Frake didn't set out to make history. But soon she will join the ranks of just a handful of women leading suburban police departments. Frake, who has served 27 year...
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Constable: From atomic bomb to solar power, Downers Grove scientist always innovatesApr 17, 2021 1:00 am - Dieter Gruen escaped Nazi Germany, worked on the Manhattan Project during World War II, helped design nuclear submarines, earned patents throughout a celebrated and inno...
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Grammar Moses: Is it that that that was one too many?Apr 17, 2021 1:00 am - There you have me repeating myself again. Readers Mike and Gayle Politowicz feel (that) I am a serial abuser of "that." That is to say the word "that," not this or that....
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Swiss billionaire gives up bid for Chicago TribuneApr 17, 2021 1:00 am - On second thought, cancel the ticker tape parade and key to the city for Hansjörg Wyss. The Swiss billionaire who burst on the scene last month as the “potential savior...
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Baseball Way Back: 'Clean' Sox had an uphill battle in 1921Apr 17, 2021 1:00 am - One hundred years ago, April was indeed the cruelest month for Sox fans. Instead of relishing the defending American League or even world champions, they contemplated th...
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Facts Matter: Government won't require vaccine passportApr 17, 2021 1:00 am - As an increasing number of people are receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, social media posts are claiming the federal government will require a health passport for domestic ...
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Striking success: St. Charles Bowl marks 60th anniversaryApr 16, 2021 6:00 am - By opening in 1961, St. Charles Bowl became part of a booming decade for the recreational sport. After all, once automatic pinsetters were all the rage in the 1950s and ...
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Kane County takes aim at child exploitation with hire of veteran prosecutorApr 16, 2021 5:11 am - Prosecuting child exploitation cases is a horrible thing in which to be an expert. But it's one reason veteran prosecutor Robert Dore is coming out of retirement to beco...
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Feder: Free agent Mark Giangreco still missing from ESPN 1000Apr 16, 2021 1:00 am - Don't look for Mark Giangreco to be back on the radio any time soon, Robert Feder writes. The veteran Chicago sportscaster had been a fixture for years on Good Karma Br...