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Mail-order dreamsApr 19, 2020 1:00 am - As a working-class man who shrewdly avoided work by becoming a writer, the United States Post Office means three things to me. The first is that postal jobs are good job...
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The opioid epidemic meets the COVID-19 pandemicApr 19, 2020 1:00 am - Recovering opioid addicts are a vulnerable community during the Coronavirus Pandemic. Now more than ever, they are susceptible to relapse because effective recovery ofte...
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Rozner: Is there still time for NHL postseason?Apr 19, 2020 1:00 am - Drew Doughty was only voicing what everyone has been thinking for weeks. "Honestly, I don't see how this season is going to return," the veteran Kings defenseman said on...
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Hub Arkush: Edge rusher group has boom-or-bust potentialApr 19, 2020 1:00 am - Eighth in a series of our updated post-NFL Combine draft prospect rankings, with comments on players who appear likely to be fits for the Bears. By Hub Arkush hark...
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COVID-19 announcement prudentApr 18, 2020 7:00 am - Q: I am fortunate enough to work for an essential business, and I am still working full time away from my unit. I have a dog, and the board of our condominium associatio...
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Adopting a pet can help with the grieving processApr 18, 2020 6:00 am - Why do we love our pets? Let me count the ways. You have probably heard the phrase “eye candy.” I didn't hear it until a couple years ago. And at first I didn't understa...
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Class Acts: Antioch's speedy Smith engineers winning formulaApr 18, 2020 1:00 am - Finish lines energize Charlie Smith. So do Computer Aided Design and Drafting classes. "I've taken a couple of CADD classes," said Smith, an Antioch senior who plans to ...
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Baseball Way Back: Hubbs, Beckert and what might have beenApr 18, 2020 1:00 am - The Chicago drugstore was wedged among a seemingly endless string of Lincoln Avenue motels with names like the Spa, the Apache and the O-MI, I would visit the store oft...
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Does spring sports season still have hope?Apr 18, 2020 1:00 am - It's June 1, and we've bent the curve like a pretzel. School is out for the summer and numbers from the COVID-19 pandemic have improved to the point where Gov. J.B. Prit...
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Constable: You're bored at home? Try living in the now, Lake Barrington psychologist saysApr 18, 2020 1:00 am - It's been a month since Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued the stay-at-home order, and some people might be feeling a little restless. Working from home and sheltering in place w...