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Pesto, change-O: Try this inventive take on two summer classics — fresh sweet corn and pestoAug 21, 2019 6:00 am - There is nothing better than freshly shucked sweet corn dripping in butter and sprinkled with salt. But maybe you'd like to try a way to enjoy corn, but with a little mo...
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The slow burn of Congo's Ebola outbreakAug 21, 2019 1:00 am - Meanwhile, in the semitropical vastness of eastern Congo, a killer is loose. The second-largest Ebola outbreak in history has entered its second year. It has taken more...
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Feder: ABC 7 promotes 'Windy City' producer to programming chiefAug 21, 2019 1:00 am - Matt Knutson, executive producer of “Windy City Live,” has been promoted to director of content innovation at ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7, Robert Feder writes. He'll supervi...
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O'Donnell: Bill Walton's one-off underscores tedium of Chicago baseball broadcastingAug 21, 2019 1:00 am - KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR got "Airplane!" Bill Walton got to work the White Sox-Angeles game last Friday night alongside Jason Benetti for NBCSCH. Ah, fate is a fickle tickle,...
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What will they learn at college?Aug 21, 2019 1:00 am - By Walter E. Williams See the text of Williams' column from today's Daily Herald here: ...
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Wedding-night horror comedy 'Ready or Not' wields laughs and goreAug 20, 2019 12:00 pm - "Ready or Not" - ★ ★ ★ ½ Traditionally, horror films released during late August (the so-called "dog days" of summer cinema) tend to be cheap, stupid and exploitative. T...
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How Schaumburg Community Garden Club continues to share the bountyAug 20, 2019 6:00 am - At long last, local gardeners are reaping their homegrown tomato crops this month, and so are the volunteer gardeners involved with the Schaumburg Community Garden Club'...
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Mouth a construction zone for bad-breath bacteriaAug 20, 2019 6:00 am - "Why do we have bad breath?" asked a young patron from the Wauconda Area Library. Smelly armpits, smelly diapers, smelly breath. Body aromas can burst into a gamy b...
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When it comes to great fishermen, confidence is the major factorAug 20, 2019 1:00 am - He likes catching fish. Better yet he relishes his ability to find finicky fish. And then the easy part comes next when he directs his guide parties where to place a lu...
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Amash's independence shows voters they don't have to settle for binary choiceAug 20, 2019 1:00 am - GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan - It is difficult to discourage and impossible to manage Justin Amash because he, unusual among politicians, does not want much and wants nothing ...