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Feder: WGN Radio cancels Rick Pearson's 'Sunday Spin' for music showJun 10, 2020 1:00 am - With a presidential election less than five months away, WGN 720-AM is about to drop its weekly political talk show to add another nostalgic music program to its lineup,...
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Constable: Great Scott! Suburban father and son build 'Back to the Future' guitarJun 09, 2020 5:33 am - As a teenager in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Steve Doner played trumpet in the high school band, and he learned enough in an electronics class to start a business setting up sp...
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Arkush: If you think you know who will be the Bears' starting QB, you're kidding yourselfJun 09, 2020 1:00 am - If I bump into one more person who discovers what I do for a living and their first question isn't "Who's going to be starting at quarterback for the Bears on opening da...
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Feder: Middlebrooks exits with WBBM Newsradio on topJun 09, 2020 1:00 am - Audience shares declined from their sky-high levels in April for Chicago's news and news/talk radio stations, but WBBM 780-AM/WCFS 105.9-FM continued to lead the market ...
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Coaches offer empathy, understanding to playersJun 09, 2020 1:00 am - Ryan Crissey knew he couldn't let the civil unrest of the past two weeks pass. So the Glenbard South football coach went on Instagram and Twitter with this message for ...
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Are Democrats smart enough to take yes for an answer?Jun 09, 2020 1:00 am - By Mark Shields Here's the fail-safe test for whether a political party is growing and strengthening or shrinking in size and prospects: Is that party spending its time,...
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Rozner: PGA Tour golf returns Thursday…finallyJun 09, 2020 1:00 am - How desperate are PGA Tour pros to get back on the course and compete? Well, let's say just as desperate as you are to watch some live sports. The field for Thursday's C...
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NBC 5 anchor Dick Johnson dies at 66Jun 09, 2020 1:00 am - Dick Johnson, a Chicago television news anchor and reporter for 38 years, is being remembered by colleagues for his versatility as a journalist as well as his gracious m...
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Northbrook student raises funds to help buy ventilatorJun 08, 2020 11:00 pm - Ryan Feinstein, 12, of Northbrook likes playing guitar, video games and volunteering. He also donates his time to about 10 local charity projects every year. This year,...
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Muskrat tales: How this swimming rodent differs from a beaverJun 08, 2020 6:00 am - This time of year, I often see a muskrat gracefully swimming along the surface of our pond with a mouth full of greens. At a certain location, the animal dives down and ...