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Constable: Pandemic closes theaters, but suburban group's online show (and charity) go onJul 04, 2020 1:00 am - The pandemic can take the theater away from performers, but it can't take the theater out of those performers. A suburban group plans to broaden the stage, turn performa...
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WNBA players trying to spark social change through respectful action, dialogueJul 04, 2020 1:00 am - An iconic elk statue in downtown Portland had to be removed on Thursday because it was severely damaged when rioters lit it on fire. Lighting an elk on fire? So, what do...
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Facts Matter: Pneumonia not caused by wearing face maskJul 04, 2020 1:00 am - A social media post by a woman running for congressional seat in Florida falsely claims wearing a face mask can cause an infection. "Excessive use of face masks causes f...
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Zalusky: Memories of Ron Santo's first major league homerJul 04, 2020 1:00 am - A day before Independence Day 60 years ago, Ron Santo celebrated with a declaration of his own. On July 3, 1960 at Wrigley Field, the 20-year-old rookie hit the first of...
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Grammar Moses: This column not filmed before a live studio audienceJul 04, 2020 1:00 am - Eleanor Wasielewski has a bone to pick with Lucille Ball. Well, Desi Arnaz. "I Love Lucy" was the first television show to be filmed "before a live studio audience." Sh...
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Wheeling police giving social media followers 'inside' look at the departmentJul 03, 2020 5:30 am - One suburban department is trying to answer those questions with the launch of a new social media program called “Inside the Wheeling Police Department.” Every week, Whe...
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Racism exists, but freedom is America's systemic foundationJul 03, 2020 1:00 am - On the recent 76th D-Day Anniversary, I was moved to address the current war for the future of our nation centered on the proposition that the United States of America i...
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O'Donnell: Fourth-and-folly — Who's going to watch all of these summer games?Jul 03, 2020 1:00 am - WHERE WOULD AMERICA BE without summer's whiff of spectacle? Fireworks. Pennant races. NFL training camps. Where would American TV be without the profitable lure of fresh...
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Constable: They were married 68 years. They died 2 days apart. Now they are buried together.Jul 03, 2020 1:00 am - Haunting twin trumpet refrains of taps echo across Fort Sheridan National Cemetery before the members of the Honor Guard from Libertyville crisply fold a pair of U.S. fl...
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Feder: NBC Chicago launched record-setting run for Hugh DownsJul 03, 2020 1:00 am - The great Hugh Downs, whose more than five decades in television earned him a Guinness-certified record for most hours on network TV, started it all in Chicago, Robert F...