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Is that a bowl of galosh you're eating?Jul 25, 2020 3:00 pm - “That's a hansom cab,” you might tell your driver. And he or she might doff a top hat and thank you for your kind words. But is that necessarily a compliment? A hansom c...
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Facts Matter: Obama didn't sign law to 'snatch' protestorsJul 25, 2020 3:00 pm - Following President Donald Trump's deployment of federal agents to Portland, Oregon, and talk of sending other agents to Chicago, social media users falsely claimed it w...
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Albright Community Theatre stage goes dark until 2021Jul 25, 2020 7:00 am - The show must go on. Until it shouldn't. Area community theaters are finding the coronavirus pandemic to be a foe that shatters the notion that actors, directors and sta...
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Why youth, inexperience may be big disadvantages this NFL seasonJul 24, 2020 11:00 pm - Contrary to what you probably believe, as of a few days ago there was still no “complete formal agreement” between the owners and players as to all that will take place ...
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Rozner: Even bad baseball at Wrigley Field is a good thingJul 24, 2020 11:00 pm - On the drive to Wrigley Field Saturday morning, I attempted to do some math. While fairly certain that seven remains one more than six, and that 60 is fewer than 162, t...
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Baseball way back: Why Phil Regan is one of MLB's most unique birdsJul 24, 2020 11:00 pm - Ever since his very first opening day in the majors, Phil Regan has specialized in putting out fires. On April 11, 1961, before more than 41,000 at Tiger Stadium, Detro...
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Appeals court calls Aurora murder-for-hire plot conviction a "failure"Jul 24, 2020 5:00 am - A Kane County jury didn't believe it six years ago when an Aurora woman said she was duped into a murder-for-hire plot by an overzealous informant and federal agent, but...
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Feder: Four 'valued colleagues' cut in layoffs at WTTW, WFMTJul 23, 2020 11:00 pm - Four full-time employees were laid off and other cost-cutting measures were disclosed Friday at the nonprofit parent company of public television WTTW-Channel 11 and cla...
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Feder: Ex-anchor recalls earlier era when WGN made news at 10 o'clockJul 23, 2020 11:00 pm - A note here the other day about the ratings success of WGN-Channel 9's 10 p.m. newscast prompted a gentle correction from Jack Taylor, the legendary Chicago broadcaster ...
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Is it health and safety worries keeping NFL owners and players up at night?Jul 23, 2020 11:00 pm - Of course, they count but they may not be the biggest risk the game is facing