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Sound check: Take the Reins, Release(r), Hoodie Life play Fitz'sApr 17, 2019 9:00 am - Rockin' Fitz's New songs are afoot for West suburban punk band Take the Reins. The band will roll out one Saturday at Fitz's Spare Keys in downtown Elmhurst. The f...
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Scalloped vs. gratin: And the winner is potatoes au gratinApr 17, 2019 6:00 am - What goes perfect with breakfast, lunch or dinner? My answer is potatoes, but not just any potatoes, I like mine to be cheesy; the au gratin kind. Scalloped vs. au grati...
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How some county board members are already collecting public pensionsApr 17, 2019 5:13 am - Most people have to wait until they're out of a job to begin collecting retirement benefits they accrued while working there. That's not the case for at least 13 part-...
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Democratic rope-a-dope tactics and moreApr 17, 2019 1:00 am - By Walter E. Williams See the text of Williams' column from today's Daily Herald here: ...
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Trump is a threat to religious freedomApr 17, 2019 1:00 am - So another norm of public decency falls, like a historical building demolished to make way for one of Donald Trump's tasteless towers. When the president of the United ...
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Feder: Kartemquin Films wins two Peabody AwardsApr 17, 2019 1:00 am - Kartemquin Films, the Chicago-based nonprofit collective behind such acclaimed documentaries as "Hoop Dreams" (1994) and "The Interrupters" (2011), was named winner of t...
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Heartbreaking and tragic, black church fires in Louisiana ignite decency and goodApr 17, 2019 1:00 am - Seeing the iconic church on fire was stunning. After firefighters extinguished the inferno, the heartbreaking scenes of the charred church, which had been a beloved home...
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Flanagan's Boston finish sets her up for even bigger thingsApr 17, 2019 1:00 am - Lindsay Flanagan is running unattached, without a sponsor. After Monday that may change. Achieving her goal of a top-10 finish to gain Olympic Trials qualification, the ...
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A new name, location for historic St. Charles congregationApr 16, 2019 11:00 pm - It's not the largest congregation in the Tri-Cities area and, in fact, might be one of the smallest. But the St. Charles Free Methodist Church carried a lot of history w...
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Parkinson's diagnosis now drives American Ninja WarriorApr 16, 2019 5:30 am - A scratch golfer and former high school athlete, Jimmy Choi of Bolingbrook was just 27 when he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in the spring of 2003. “I was shock...