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Illinois' annual PGA Tour event canceledMay 28, 2020 1:00 am - Illinois won't have its longest-standing PGA Tour stop this year. The John Deere Classic was canceled Thursday. The JDC, the only PGA Tour event held annually in the sta...
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COVID-19 shows we're more risk-averse than post-World War II AmericansMay 28, 2020 1:00 am - Do you remember the 1957-58 Asian flu? Or the 1968-69 Hong Kong flu? I do. I was a teenager during the first of these, an adult finishing law school during the second. B...
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Widescreen: Six ways to capture the magic of summer from your couchMay 27, 2020 11:00 pm - It's not even June, but summerlike weather has already arrived. Normally, this would be cause for celebration, but this summer will be unlike any other summer we've expe...
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A primer on rosé, just in time for enjoying with spring dishesMay 27, 2020 6:00 am - With spring in the air (or at least on the calendar), it's time for a refresher in rosé. What is rosé? Simply put, rosé (ro-ZAY) is the lightest of red wines. After that...
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Good News: Young violinist brings happiness to residents of Clearbrook homesMay 27, 2020 6:00 am - Justin Coleman, 13, of Arlington Heights only learned to play the violin three years ago. But he has mastered the instrument so quickly that last fall, he auditioned and...
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Lean and lovin' it: Looking to find a little comfort from childhoodMay 27, 2020 6:00 am - During the stay-at-home pandemic, I got tired of making many of the same things and strictly sticking to my low-carb food plan. That got me to hankering for one-time-onl...
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Feder: WGN to host statewide virtual town hall Thursday with Durbin, DuckworthMay 27, 2020 1:00 am - WGN-Channel 9 will originate a live virtual town on the coronavirus pandemic from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday - to be simulcast on news/talk WGN 720-AM and eight other Nexstar ...
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Feder: Mass layoffs at CBS 2 hit Pam Zekman, other 'valued members of our team'May 27, 2020 1:00 am - The legendary Pam Zekman, one of Chicago television's premier investigative reporters, was among at least a dozen employees at WBBM-Channel 2 who lost their jobs today i...
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States' rights are so last monthMay 26, 2020 1:00 am - Last Wednesday morning, President Donald Trump did what he does worst - he took to Twitter to type two tweets that threatened to withhold federal funds from Michigan and...
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Feder: Community Trust funds hiring of two Sun-Times reportersMay 26, 2020 1:00 am - Two seasoned Chicago reporters will be joining the Sun-Times, thanks to a grant from The Chicago Community Trust, Robert Feder writes. Elvia Malagón, a reporter for the...