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Widescreen: 'Walk Hard' remains a perfect parody of music epics like 'Bohemian Rhapsody'Nov 02, 2018 5:59 am - The Hollywood biopic of British rock legends Queen and Freddie Mercury arrives this weekend in theaters to tepid reviews, some of which invoke the name of one of the mos...
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8 years later, hit-and-run driver who killed Maine West student still unknownNov 02, 2018 5:30 am - Monday marks the eighth anniversary of the death of Choice Taylor, a popular Maine West High School student struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver as he walked across...
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Lake County giving free tablets to jail inmates, but some say there's a catchNov 02, 2018 5:30 am - Most jails issue inmates little more than an orange jumpsuit, slip-on shoes and some sparse bedding when they arrive at the lockup. Detainees at the Lake County jail soo...
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10 moments in Cubs bobblehead historyNov 02, 2018 5:20 am - The Chicago Cubs have given away 61 promotional bobbleheads since beginning the practice in 2001. Here are 10 of the favorites and not-so-favorites: • Sammy Sosa was the...
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Constable: It's no Cubs World Series parade, but Pat Hughes bobblehead will call the victoryNov 02, 2018 5:00 am - According to my calendar entry filled out months ago, today should be the parade and rally for the 2018 World Series Champion Chicago Cubs after that unbelievable and th...
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Feder: Multiple Tribune bidders; Eric Ferguson on life without Kathy HartNov 02, 2018 1:00 am - Just under the deadline Thursday, multiple bidders submitted offers to buy the parent company of the Chicago Tribune, Robert Feder writes. A company spokeswoman would no...
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Illinois women's basketball coach plans to make school her 3rd, final jobNov 02, 2018 1:00 am - It took Nancy Fahey all of two moves to go from coaching high school girls basketball to coaching women's basketball at the Big Ten level. Granted, Fahey (pronounced FAY...
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Our vulgarized culture corrupts us allNov 02, 2018 1:00 am - By Georgie Anne Geyer Why is it, each time I think about this ugly season of violence in America, that certain words and phrases keep popping into my head? "Nobody's gui...
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Movie review: Disney's visually enticing 'Nutcracker' lacks dramatic crunchNov 01, 2018 6:00 am - “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” - ★ ★ ½ Walt Disney's music-filled early holiday gift, “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms,” feels like a big-budget, large-studio s...
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Movie review: Horror film 'Monster Party' shocking - and awe-ful funnyNov 01, 2018 6:00 am - "Monster Party" - ★ ★ ★ Do you really want to know how horribly comic this horror movie can get? A sleazy guy gives one of those slow, sarcastic claps to young Iris (Vir...