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Support gender equality by joining International Women's Day rideFeb 16, 2021 5:00 am - Get your bikes out of the garage for an early March ride that is all about solidarity. Lombard rider Dawn Piech, founder of International Women's Day Together We Ride ev...
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Constable: Unlike dogs, not every president should have a dayFeb 16, 2021 4:30 am - Festive Americans celebrated Monday's Presidents Day holiday in traditional style - by forgoing mail service and saving up to 50% on best-selling, brand-name mattresses....
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New Bears defensive coordinator Desai credits mainly Fangio for his new jobFeb 16, 2021 12:00 am - When The Who released "Won't Get Fooled Again" it's certain they didn't have Sean Desai or Vic Fangio in mind. It was 1971. And it's not as if the Bears were fooled by C...
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Crucial time for policymakers to support entrepreneursFeb 16, 2021 12:00 am - Perhaps you had a lemonade stand when you were young. For many entrepreneurs, a lemonade stand was their first entrepreneurial venture. This pandemic has cost Illinoisa...
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The Republican Party won't fall apart this time eitherFeb 16, 2021 12:00 am - When you've been consuming and producing political commentary for many years, you get used to certain recurring themes. One is the imminent disappearance or relegation t...
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Culturally responsive curriculum will help suburban teachersFeb 16, 2021 12:00 am - I come from an all-white family, attended nearly all-white schools, live in a nearly all-white community and work with a nearly all-white staff. And yet I teach a studen...
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Reader questions on 7-defensemen strategy, the Boqvist dilemma, Kurashev and moreFeb 16, 2021 12:00 am - With the Blackhawks about one-third of the way through their 56-game season, now seems like a good time to do our first reader Q&A. I asked for suggestions on social me...
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Rozner: White Sox have a right to dream bigFeb 16, 2021 12:00 am - If the last 12 months of living in the Bizarro World has taught us nothing else, at least it's clear now that trying to forecast tomorrow is pretty much impossible. Thro...
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In Transit: With fewer cars on the roads in 2020, why did more people die in crashes?Feb 15, 2021 4:30 am - In a year when thousands hunkered down at home because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of people killed in traffic crashes spiked by 15.6% in Illinois. And despite ...
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The homicide epidemic in Chicago during the COVID-19 pandemicFeb 15, 2021 12:00 am - The number of murders in Chicago increased an unprecedented 55% from 2019 (495) to 2020 (769). Previous years with a comparable number of homicides in Chicago were 1996 ...