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California's newest crop of Chardonnay hits store shelvesJan 13, 2021 5:00 am - Dear wine drinkers, I hope you are enjoying California's new crop of Chardonnay as much as I am. The 2018 vintage currently on our retail shelves was a winemaker's dream...
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Source of income discrimination - let's end itJan 13, 2021 12:00 am - In the age of coronavirus and with an economy on the brink of catastrophe, none of us can afford to turn our noses up at government aid. Many were happy to receive those...
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Jim O'Donnell: McCaskey parlor games beg for a Jerry Jones cloneJan 13, 2021 12:00 am - WITH A WEEK AHEAD when sports should mean so little, let's cut to the chase: Until the Bears get dynamic new ownership, the organization is a cork on the NFL ocean. The ...
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Will Democrats ditch a policy that's produced more equal incomes?Jan 13, 2021 12:00 am - By Michael Barone The policies of defeated one-term presidents are not as easily reversed as their victorious successors, suffused with campaign rhetoric, sometimes sup...
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Good chance Drew Brees will head to broadcast booth next seasonJan 13, 2021 12:00 am - Bears fans better remotely cheer or jeer Drew Brees while they can (Sunday, CBS & Nickelodeon, 3:40 p.m.). Age (42) plus residuals from 11 fractured ribs and a punctured...
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Letter from the Editor: They aren't really president, but they play one on TVJan 13, 2021 12:00 am - As I believe I have mentioned approximately eleventy billion times, I am a politics junkie. So as you might imagine, Inauguration Day to me is what the Super Bowl is to ...
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Rozner: A Bears celebration as they keep the band togetherJan 13, 2021 12:00 am - It's been 45 days since the Bears were humiliated in Green Bay. And yet, it took every one of those days for Bears ownership to decide how they were going to explain why...
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Meet the blue jay, the intelligent rascal of the bird worldJan 12, 2021 5:00 am - When it comes to blue jays, there seem to be two schools of thought. One group thinks they are bullies that intimidate other birds, blah, blah, blah. Obviously, I don't ...
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Constable: 97-year-old author surprised by discovery of book she wrote decades agoJan 12, 2021 4:30 am - A lifelong historian and writer, 97-year-old Margery Frisbie of Arlington Heights no longer sees well enough to read books, not even the recently unearthed novel she wro...
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Feder: WLS Radio owner Cumulus Media forbids talk of 'stolen elections'Jan 12, 2021 12:00 am - Cumulus Media, parent company of conservative news/talk stations nationwide including Chicago's WLS 890-AM, has ordered its talk show hosts to refrain from spreading lie...