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Facts Matter: Breaking news is not media manipulationMar 30, 2019 1:00 am - A Facebook post earlier this month shows two side-by-side copies of The Wall Street Journal with very different headlines and the claim, "Same paper, same dates, differe...
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Homebuyers with heavy debt might find it tougher to get a mortgageMar 29, 2019 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - First-time and move-up homebuyers with heavy debt loads, low credit scores and small down payments face a daunting new mortgage hurdle: The Federal Housing ...
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He didn't kill anyone, so why does a court say Round Lake man belongs locked up for murder?Mar 29, 2019 5:30 am - Jose Rebollar-Vergara didn't kill anyone. He didn't even know a shooting was about to happen when he and a fellow gang member met up with a teen they mistook for a rival...
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Lent is the annual invitation to focus on spiritual mattersMar 29, 2019 1:00 am - A friend - reacting to the apparent thinness of Robert Mueller's case against the president - told me: "This year, I'm giving up hope for Lent." I, in turn, am giving up...
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Requiem for an investigationMar 29, 2019 1:00 am - Cathartic, it was not. The relentlessly plodding Mueller report finally ended after a 22-month whodunit that climaxed to the sound of pffft. There is no evidence of col...
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Feder: Will CBS 2 get out of last place in the morning?Mar 29, 2019 1:00 am - Morning news ratings can't get much worse for CBS-owned WBBM-Channel 2, which ended another month dead last in the Nielsens from 4:30 to 7 a.m. Monday through Friday, Ro...
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Returning to work after maternity leave isn't working outMar 28, 2019 11:00 pm - Q. I am really struggling with going back to work after having my child. I am a university professor and took one year of maternity leave. Upon returning, I discovered I...
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'Hotel Mumbai' a flawed but visceral account of mass killings in IndiaMar 28, 2019 6:00 am - “Hotel Mumbai” - ★ ★ ★ Seriously? Bleeker Street distributes its graphically violent terrorist attack thriller “Hotel Mumbai” less than two weeks after the deadly anti-...
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Constable: Musical bridges span diverse churches and worldsMar 28, 2019 5:12 am - In a society where we sometimes wall ourselves off into easily labeled groups, we can define Lou Bury as the 61-year-old associate pastor at Downers Grove Community Chur...
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Feder: Eddie Arruza leaving WTTW to 'continue growing professionally'Mar 28, 2019 1:00 am - Eddie Arruza, the veteran newsman who's been a capable and well-informed correspondent on "Chicago Tonight" for 15 years, announced he's leaving WTTW-Channel 11 to pursu...