Columns
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O'Donnell: For canniest contrarians, flawed LSU-Clemson betting line is a golden opportunityJan 10, 2020 12:00 am - ONE OF THE GRAND DREAMS of a sports speculator is a flawed betting line. The line for the CFP championship game Monday night - LSU minus-6 over Clemson - is flawed. Taun...
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Feder: Ring Lardner Awards to honor Dan Roan, Toni Ginnetti and Cooper RollowJan 10, 2020 12:00 am - Dan Roan, longtime sports anchor at Nexstar Media WGN-Channel 9, has been named broadcast recipient of the 2020 Ring Lardner Award for Excellence in Sports Journalism, R...
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A research visit turns into exhibit opportunity at Dunn MuseumJan 09, 2020 5:00 am - Traditional Native American artists Pat Kruse and Terri Hom visited the Dunn Museum in Libertyville 16 months ago to research a birchbark cradle in the museum's collecti...
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'Just Mercy' a familiar, crowd-pleasing civil rights courtroom dramaJan 09, 2020 5:00 am - "Just Mercy" - ★ ★ ½ The civil rights/courtroom drama "Just Mercy" doesn't merely ask for our attention and approval, it demands them, as if its noble crusade against th...
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Constable: As war hangs on hawks, doves and tweets, thankfully suburbs help save birdsJan 09, 2020 4:00 am - When the specter of World War III can hang on a single tweet and the passions of hawks and doves, we can find a haven among the birds of our suburbs. One of our favorite...
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Remembering tragedy can be link to hopeJan 09, 2020 12:00 am - A.J. Freund died before his sixth birthday, but he may have accomplished something important in his difficult short life. That will not be because the Crystal Lake boy s...
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Feder: WGN to expand newscasts on Saturdays and SundaysJan 09, 2020 12:00 am - With the expansion of news on Saturdays and Sundays, WGN-Channel 9 will increase its output to a record 72½ hours of news each week, the Nexstar Media Group station anno...
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More questions answered on Bears, Trubisky, Nagy and moreJan 09, 2020 12:00 am - We answer more Bears/NFL/Life questions ... Why do the Bears treat quarterback Mitch Trubisky with kid gloves? - Submitted by Brett Rapaport A: Brett, I can't really ans...
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Tips for dealing with misbehaving childrenJan 08, 2020 10:00 pm - Sometimes we can learn as much about parenting by just watching people as we can by reading books or attending seminars. For instance, the other day I stopped in for a c...
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Famed bean soup a unifying force in the Senate since 1903Jan 08, 2020 5:05 am - Nobody's looking for political commentary in the Food section. Yet, I'm kind of going there - but just for a second, so don't worry. The U.S. Senate is going to be in th...