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Will Trump round me up?Oct 19, 2024 2:00 pm - Will they come at night? When I'm asleep next to my wife? When my cat Jack is curled up next to my ankles? Or in the daytime? When my wife is at work? When I'm at home re...
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This is no time to let the Bears laze about in their bye weekOct 19, 2024 10:00 am - Note to the NFL office: No thanks. The Bears will just go on from here, doing what they’ve been doing the last couple of weeks, roaring along on the Big Bandwagon Momentu...
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Jim O’Donnell: Reinsdorf’s shenanigans dominate the bye week of the BearsOct 19, 2024 10:00 am - SPORTS FANS ARE SPORTS FANS primarily because they want adrenaline rushes based on the constant craving for shared tribal triumph. In Chicago, the tribal triumphs are rar...
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Barna hoping to contribute to Illini’s Wheaton weekendOct 18, 2024 6:29 pm - While Illinois will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the famous Red Grange game on Saturday against Michigan, another Wheaton native, freshman outside linebacker Joe Barna, will try to build on his early success.
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Rental communities earn high marks with back-to-school conveniencesOct 18, 2024 11:36 am - Proximity to good schools has long been a top consideration for house hunters. Nationally, homes near top schools cost nearly 80% more on average, according to a recent ...
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Which prep football teams sit on the edge of the playoff picture?Oct 18, 2024 6:00 am - We’re taking a look at several area prep football teams sitting on the edge of the playoff picture.
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A shift in the raceOct 18, 2024 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Byron York:
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We can’t ‘leave Social Security alone,' but we can protect people who need itOct 18, 2024 4:00 am - The United States is at a crossroads. You may have heard that Social Security is politically impossible to reform. But that belief will be hard to sustain. In a few years...
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Building, and rebuilding bridges: Crossing the Fox River was no easy task for early residentsOct 18, 2024 4:00 am - We take bridges for granted when stuck in downtown traffic while crossing the Fox River, but these structures were not easy to build and were a source of much stress, concern and brainpower.
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Mitzi Gaynor: Superstar, one-time Elgin girlOct 17, 2024 4:15 pm - Editor’s note: Actor-dancer Mitzi Gaynor died Thursday at age 93. This story was originally published on March 19, 2013. “Oh, honey,” Mitzi Gaynor told us, “it's hard to...