Columns
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Constable: Shirtless children's hospital 'mayor' brings strength and smiles for everyoneJan 18, 2020 12:00 am - Comfortable in his skin, 11-year-old Michael Carr of Bloomingdale sometimes peels off his shirt when he makes his rounds. "I'm known for it there," Michael says of the s...
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SAG Awards are like family for production manager from Buffalo GroveJan 18, 2020 12:00 am - To the public, the SAG Awards — airing Sunday — might look like just another movie and TV awards program. But production manager Adam Cohen, who grew up in Buffalo Grove...
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Grammar Moses: How many 'k' sounds in Celtic? It dependsJan 18, 2020 12:00 am - "I have a disagreement with my brother and his wife about the word 'Celtic,'" writes pen pal Cynthia Cwynar. "I say the word is always pronounced with a 'k' sound unless...
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A journalist's version of the '2020 tip challenge' plays outJan 17, 2020 5:00 am - It's hard to say what I would have done if Donnie Wahlberg and his wife, Jenny McCarthy, the celebrities who call St. Charles their home, hadn't supplied a dose of motiv...
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Condo buyers must be given association's financial documentsJan 17, 2020 5:00 am - Q. My husband and I signed a contract a few weeks ago to sell our condo. Everything seemed to be going along fine until a couple days ago when our attorney received a le...
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Why Illinois State Police are changing standards for recruiting pushJan 17, 2020 4:28 am - Illinois wants you. It might not have the same ring to it as the "Uncle Sam Wants You" phrase that adorned military recruiting posters of the past, but the message is th...
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O'Donnell: Scandal - what scandal? MLB dilemma is all about image, not integrityJan 17, 2020 12:00 am - THE FIRST STRATEGIC STEP in the management of any imaging crisis is quite simple: Stop the bleeding. Think Rob Manfred and the masters of Major League Baseball are anywh...
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It piles up, this stuff in our wayJan 17, 2020 12:00 am - On Monday, singer John Legend, a star by any measure, tweeted his choice for president to his 13.2 million followers: "I'll be voting for Elizabeth Warren in the CA Demo...
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Season gets off to strange start for 2 of Chicago's top golfersJan 17, 2020 12:00 am - This was a weird first tournament week of the season for two of Chicago's most prominent golfers. Both Mike Small and Dylan Wu blew 7-stroke leads in their 2020 tourname...
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Will upping ante for players make WNBA a better league?Jan 17, 2020 12:00 am - Twitter has been flooded by plenty of #BetOnWomen taglines attached to tweets about the WNBA's new collective bargaining agreement. The WNBA and players Tuesday agreed t...