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Rozner: Kopech's education with White Sox just beginningAug 25, 2018 1:00 am - It is not a sin to throw 100 mph, nor does it guarantee a trip to baseball heaven. There have been dozens of starters who threw very hard and made it very big, like Sand...
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Grammar Moses: On volcanology and portmanteausAug 25, 2018 1:00 am - My dad is always up for a robust conversation about plate tectonics, concentric urban design theory and the vagaries of communism. Just ask any of my friends, who probab...
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1968 Democratic convention 'impossible to forget,' says reporter who covered itAug 25, 2018 1:00 am - Editor's note: Ed Murnane of Arlington Heights is retired president of the Illinois Civil Justice League and a former staff member for presidents Ronald Reagan and G...
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'Perfect Bid' is a perfectly entertaining documentary about 'The Price is Right'Aug 24, 2018 6:00 am - In 2008, a contestant on CBS' “The Price is Right” blurted out a very strange, very precise bid for his grand-prize Showcase haul that included a trailer: $23,743. In th...
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Glenn Close gives Oscar-worthy performance in well-wrought 'The Wife'Aug 24, 2018 6:00 am - “The Wife” - ★ ★ ★ ½ I am grateful to have seen Bjorn Runge's “The Wife” through the eyes of a longtime marriage veteran (43 years) rather than through those of a curio...
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Sellers' price-cutting trend could be good news for buyersAug 24, 2018 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - You might be relaxing at the beach or in the mountains, but if you're considering purchasing a home in the coming months, you should be aware of an importan...
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How likely are roof tiles to break?Aug 24, 2018 6:00 am - Q. My new home is currently being built, and I'm trying to decide what kind of roofing material to install. My last two homes had asphalt shingles, and they were never a...
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Has Devil's Breath, 'the world's scariest drug,' made it to the suburbs? (Probably not)Aug 24, 2018 5:30 am - It sounded plenty frightening. A young woman walking through Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg is approached by a stranger who blows on her ear and neck. Moments later, the 2...
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Study finds governments spend, borrow, tax more when newspaper closesAug 24, 2018 1:00 am - When a newspaper closes, local governments in the area tend to borrow more, spend more, hire more workers and raise taxes, according to a study on the matter. The study ...
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A 'Galileo Moment' on birth control for the Catholic ChurchAug 24, 2018 1:00 am - Until last week, the predominant attitude of most of the American public about the problems of "predator priests" seemed to be that it was tragic, but limited in scope. ...