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Holocaust Museum fundraiser to focus on rising hate, racismSep 12, 2020 1:00 am - Growing up in Skokie among a community of Jewish elders who had witnessed genocide, Mally Zoberman-Rutkoff always felt the weight and responsibility of being a child of ...
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Cook County turns spotlight on racial equity this weekSep 12, 2020 1:00 am - Cook County's second annual Racial Equity Week begins Monday and runs through Friday, offering a series of interactive virtual events with community leaders, experts, ar...
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Hub Arkush: Bears vs. Lions, who's got the edge?Sep 12, 2020 1:00 am - The last time we saw the Bears and Lions get together on a football field in Detroit, it was Thanksgiving Day, both clubs were playing for little more than pride and no ...
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Grammar Moses: If I were a rich manSep 12, 2020 1:00 am - "I have a problem with the words 'were' and 'was,'" writes reader Linda Cohen. "'If I was rich' or 'If I were rich.' Please help with that." Let me understand the questi...
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Rozner: Once again, Pace, Bears talking Super Bowl in 2020Sep 12, 2020 1:00 am - You have to admire Ryan Pace. No, really. You have to appreciate that six years into his term as general manager of the Bears, he continues to talk about his team as if ...
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Chronicling diverse stories about our rich suburban mosaicSep 12, 2020 1:00 am - A Monday morning phone call from a source tipped me off to a developing story. Vandals had destroyed and tagged with racist graffiti Black Lives Matter signs outside a W...
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Restoration ecologists work to preserve orchids in Lake County Forest PreservesSep 11, 2020 6:00 am - Editor's note: The is part two of a two-part series looking at native orchids found in Lake County. Orchids, known to be elegant, evolved and delicate, are among the rar...
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A look at St. Charles' history of disastrous train wrecksSep 11, 2020 6:00 am - If someone were to say, “St. Charles is a train wreck,” it would be accurate - if it references the city's past bad luck with the rail system's tracks downtown and west ...
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Countdown to the Emmys: 6 essential episodes of Johnny, Moira, David and AlexisSep 11, 2020 6:00 am - Despite its ever-growing popularity and the presence of two bona fide comedy legends, “Schitt's Creek” was unseen by this writer until his wife decided to take the Netfl...
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Gunman who shot postal worker in Elk Grove pleads guilty, faces long prison termSep 11, 2020 5:30 am - Cameron Ruebusch might have thought he'd lucked upon an easy score on New Year's Eve 2018, when he stepped out of his Elk Grove Village home and spotted a delivery van p...